best way/attachment to trench water main

[flusher]

I need to run a 2" water main to a house that I am going to build on my land. To make a long story short, my neighbor cut a new easement road for me to use to get to my land because he no longer wanted me to use the current road. I asked him to hold off on any further work on the road once the bulldozer did their part so I would be able to trench in soft field dirt. Instead he had 3" gravel laid and packed down hard, about 18" thick. There is no shoulder and trenching parallel to the road is not an option as it is thick forest that the road was cut through. I don't know if a plow would work. Any suggestions would be appreciated.:dance1:

I'm confused. Do you need to run the trench across the road or parallel to the road?

 

[paulharvey]

You could rent a mini hoe and cut the first 12-18" (the rock) out about 24" wide; put it on the good clean rock; then dig the dirt out to grade, and pile that separate from the rock. Lay your two inch line, as flat and straight as you can. Pressure test before you backfill anything. I would pump it up to 150 psi for at least an hour. If you loose more than 5 psi; check every fitting and glue joint; don't back fill till sure it's good. Back fill 6-12" lifts and compact well with tamp. Then back fill next lift, ect.