copperhead1967
Gold Member
- Joined
- Jun 5, 2005
- Messages
- 250
- Location
- greensburg PA
- Tractor
- kubota BX22, Cub ZForce S 48 inch deck
Yes. Just finished up today. I have put in lots of pipe around the place as I stated before. The BX can handle any trenching you may want to do .
I have lots of natural springs on my property and the driveway always iced up in the winter and got real soggy with the rains.
I dug down about the depth of the backhoe bucket on end and keep the as my guage to tell me if I 'm digging my trench level. I used corregated 4"' drain pipe along the drive and schedule 40 pipe anywhere I crossed the drive.
I used landscape fabric to wrap the pipe to keep it from silting up. I found it cheaper to buy a 3'by 50' roll of landscape fabric than the white wrap they sell for the pipe. I use electrical tape to wrap the fabric on the pipe. I cut the whole roll in half using a sharp pocket knife or razor. The first time I think we tried to cut as we went and boy was that a headache. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I can get 3B gravel pretty cheap from a local quarry ($9 a ton delivered) so I use it fill the ditches to the top. One level FEL bucket fills the ditch to the top if you dig like I said above with the BH.
I have lots of natural springs on my property and the driveway always iced up in the winter and got real soggy with the rains.
I dug down about the depth of the backhoe bucket on end and keep the as my guage to tell me if I 'm digging my trench level. I used corregated 4"' drain pipe along the drive and schedule 40 pipe anywhere I crossed the drive.
I used landscape fabric to wrap the pipe to keep it from silting up. I found it cheaper to buy a 3'by 50' roll of landscape fabric than the white wrap they sell for the pipe. I use electrical tape to wrap the fabric on the pipe. I cut the whole roll in half using a sharp pocket knife or razor. The first time I think we tried to cut as we went and boy was that a headache. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I can get 3B gravel pretty cheap from a local quarry ($9 a ton delivered) so I use it fill the ditches to the top. One level FEL bucket fills the ditch to the top if you dig like I said above with the BH.
