Box blade tooth cableplow for wire

RobS · May 7, 2002

Very clever Wallysue /w3tcompact/icons/clever.gif I plan on doing something similar in the future for phone lines, cable and low voltage lighting. I was surprised that you could pull that length of cable underground until I saw your most recent picture of the mole's rear /w3tcompact/icons/blush.gif That thing must make quite a tunnel /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

ns_in_tex · May 9, 2002

I think your plow works very similar to what I have done in the past. We have buried many water lines & wires with our gopher poisoner. With the coulter on the front to cut the turf & the packing wheels on the back to close, you can put in a sprinkler system in sod & hardly see where you put it in. Also I have pulled in as much as 200' of pipe, then after disconnecting from the plow, you could slide the pipe through the hole by hand with ease. Sure does beat digging a ditch doesn't it.

rocky2 · May 10, 2002

Pretty clever.

wallysue · May 10, 2002

Hey ns in tx do you have an image of the gopher poisoner? My plow was made out of what was available and something deeper would be better.

ns_in_tex · May 10, 2002

No, at the present I do not have a picture and the gopher poisoner is grown up down in the field with other unused equipment. Will look the first change I get, to see how hard it would be to get out & take a picture.
I did a google search, thinking I would find one to show you but no luck. 30 years ago we had to use them every year, but since fire ants invaded texas, we no longer have gopher problems.
It worked just about the same as your version, except it had a coulter in front to cut the grass & roots, a packer wheel (or closing wheel like on a planter) behind to firm any raised area, and a planter box above to drop the poison seed into the gopher run it made.

ns_in_tex · May 13, 2002

Dug out the old gopher poisoner today. The rear small wheels used to have rubber tires on them. After they rotted off & we only used it for putting in underground pipe or wires, I welded on a slide to control depth & compress the loose top dirt. Upper scrap iron is something I put on back when used it as poisoner to hold large rocks for weight, to keep it from jumping out of ground when it hit rocks.