Cable trencher/puller

[parvodog]

I used a commercial unit a long time ago to do some stuff at my place.
The only thing I can see that might cause the throwing of things and cussing, is the top of your wire guide.
If there is much tension on your spool while the wire is pulling from the side, it can catch the edge of the tube and strip insulation or break the wire.

Maybe some sort of funnel?

It looks great!
Tim

 

[merlynr]

Wondering if that angle will affect anything when making a turn?

 

[s219]

Looks good! I agree with the idea of a dry run, no wire, to make sure it slices into the ground and stays put like you envision. Seems like it should work pretty well to me. Tim's suggestion for some sort of guide or bushing or funnel on the inlet pipe edge is a good idea too -- funnel sounds perfect.

 

[ericb2400]

Did you check the fence charger to make sure it would work through 6 inches of earth? The one we had was picky and did not work burried that deep. Just a thought. Love the idea otherwise.

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[LD1]

I'll have to see if a funnel of sorts is needed. Or maybe just a plastic bushing turned down to fit inside the pipe snug but a shoulder on top. Good suggestion. I may go ahead and do that allthough I did clean the end ot the pipe up real well and buttied the de-burring tool. There are no sharp edges at all.

Did you check the fence charger to make sure it would work through 6 inches of earth? The one we had was picky and did not work burried that deep. Just a thought. Love the idea otherwise.

I know it will work. At my old house, I had it burried under the creek, and also about 1' under the drive in hose and it worked.

At my current house, for temp containment, I laid the wire on top of the ground, but at the driveway, which is paved, I ran it in the metal culvert. It also worked fine. So 6" of dirt shouldnt be an issue.

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[LD1]

HAd to add another edge to the front of the cutting edge on a little more angle to help it bury itself. After that, it worked like a charm. 2000+ft of wire in and took about 20 minutes or so.

 

[Carmyne]

Nice job! Are you taking orders? If not you ought to. very nice

 

[Sodo]

The idea of laying the business end over to 45* angle is to kinda slice under the sod and lay the wire in place, instead of a vertical trench where it would be more likely for the wire to not stay in the bottom.

Interesting. What would make you think of that? Had you seen it somewhere, or had trouble with the wire climbing out? Looks like a good time of year to "lay some cable ".

 

[LD1]

Interesting. What would make you think of that? Had you seen it somewhere, or had trouble with the wire climbing out? Looks like a good time of year to "lay some cable ".

Dont really know what made me think of it. I have never pulled cable in before. At my last house, I just used my straight ripper, but then placed the wire by hand. My ground here is uneven, and not wanting to bury the wire 2' down, I was just concerned that a straight ripper would just leave an open trench in the ground and nothing really to hold the wire on the bottom while driving over to to back it back in.

The fence I just burried is not ment to be permanent. Its actually a double loop in a horseshoe shape to allow the dogs access to the front of the pond. Had to do the double loop to give them the pond, cause I didnt want to go around. After the barn is built, I am knocking out the pond dam and re-doing it, so didnt want to tear up my wire doing so. Once the pond is done, and once construction around the barn is done I'll re-do the fence again. But there is room for improvement on cable puller which I may modify for next time...

First, I would make the ski larger. At times it was wanting to take chunks of sod with it. Second, I would make the cutter be at the edge of the ski. I think part of the issue was the knife edge wanting to lift sod, but it was trying to lift it right up into the ski. See pic

 

[CNC Dan]

could you add a wheel behind, to push the sodd back down? And you might want to add a cutting wheel in front to help keep grass from building up on the knife.