3 Point Single plow

[duckhunter27]

Hi All not sure where I have read about the 3 point single plow from like tractor supply but I was wondering if any one has used one to make trench for a water line? My questions would be how deep does it go and how wide? Thanks in advance for any help.

 

[bcp]

Two styles of "plow."



The one on the right could potentially go deeper since the bottom is farther below the hitch pins.

Bruce

 

[nybirdman]

I own a middle buster,handy but won't go very deep;max a foot.

 

[oosik]

I have a single bottom 16" moldboard plow. I've used it to open trench to instal plastic irrigation pipe. Under ideal conditions it goes about 8", maybe 9".

 

[Jabonee]

Hi All not sure where I have read about the 3 point single plow from like tractor supply but I was wondering if any one has used one to make trench for a water line? My questions would be how deep does it go and how wide? Thanks in advance for any help.

Have you considered a back hoe? I don't think you will get the depth your looking for with a plow or puller.:confused3:

 

[TheSpoon]

I can't speak for the depth, but you could get a subsoiler with the pipelayer attachment (or make one cheaply yourself with some pvc).
Subsoiler: 3 Point Subsoiler-Subsoiler Attachment | Agri Supply #73410
Attachment: 3-Point Pipelayer-Pipe Layer Attachment | Agri Supply #73622

 

[winston1]

My 3 point will go to about 6" above the ground. My middle buster is sort of home made but I can go deeper than 12", more like 18". I think I could do the same with the Tractor Supply one. Your lift rods have 3 different holes for up down adjustmenet.

I have used mine for water lines, of course here in East Texas a foot deep is way plenty.

 

[tman1020]

I have a small single bottom plow. Smaller than the category 1 that they sell at TSC. I use it to install direct burial wire on occasion. Small conduit and shallow water lines. It will go about 5 inches deep without much trouble and flips the sod over to one side of the trench nice and neat. Very easy to take a greater blade and come back and flip the sod right back over the buried line. If shallow is OK you can Bury a lot of line fast this way.

 

[SSdoxie]

I have used a combination of subsoiler/middle buster plow to bury TV cable and direct bury wire, using the subsoiler to loosen soil to deeper depth then come back the middle buster to plow and widen trench. This only works to depth equal to middle buster shovel height any over that the soil falls over top of the shovel and back into the trench.
For water lines I rent a trencher.

 

[duckhunter27]

Thanks for all the replies I do think it may work for what I want to do sounds deep enough. I plan to run a water line to my shop to go to a stainless steel table with a sink I bought to use for cleaning fish in the summer time. I plan to use under ground sprinkler line with automatic drain valves and will hook it to a water hydrant about 300 feet from my shop. It wont be on during the winter months so freezing should not be a issue. I can buy a middle buster for $129.00 bucks seems cheap way to put in water line plus i'm sure i can find other uses for it. I won't be doing this for a month or two but will try and post some pic's when I do. Any other thoughts or advise would be appreciated. Thanks Vince

 

[winston1]

I agree all dirt won't be cleaned out of ditch, I always expect to do some shovel work but loose dirt shovels much easier.

 

[powerscol]

Personally I would rent a good trencher and go deeper. Years form now you wont know where the line is and irrigation pipe is no match for a shovel. I would go at least 18" to 2' or more. Good luck.......as for the need of a fish cleaning table, I go fishing, but never catch anything :confused3::ashamed:. What is your secrete?

 

[duckhunter27]

Hi guys did trench in some pipe this weekend worked well I took the shovel off the middle buster and added shank off my box scarper . This set up buried the pipe about 2ft deep which was just fine for what i was doing. Trenched in about 400 ft of pipe in no time at all didn't hardly leave a make above ground.

 

[winston1]

Looks like you did an excellent job although I don't understand exactly how you fed the pipe in there? :confused3:

 

[pwright]

That's what I am wondering as well. How did you feed the pipe in and especially how did you keep from kinking it as you went.

 

[TheSpoon]

The way I've seen it DIY'd is by using a PVC 90 long attached behind the blade of the middle buster. The wire/pipe is fed through that.

 

[duckhunter27]

I will try and get a pic of what i did. I put a small piece of chain around bottom of my ripper shanks and feed the tube threw it and started pulling worked great and fast.

 

[pwright]

Did you have a helper feeding out the tubing as it was pulled? I've rolled out 250 yards of 1" polyline and it was a huge pain to roll out and keep from kinking.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I want to see how you did this too!