Help with selecting a trencher for my BX

[dragoneggs]

Steep it is. You need dynamite and a dozer to level things off some!:laughing:
Try MIE, (Michigan Iron & Equipment); they can size a ripper tooth like I have, that will get you trenching a path just wide enough, but not as wide as 12".
They do custom work, that would fit your hoe to your specs.

Oh I have been attacking it for the last two summers with my BX. Have racked up 250 hrs and love her more every time I mount her. That sounds bad.

 

[AStanton]

Dragon,
Have you ever thought about capturing rain water? I have a 1,100 gallon cistern and 400 gallons of stock tanks. This gives me more than enough to power wash and water my gardens. I did this because I'm on a well. I collect the water off my house and shed. A 1"rain off a 1,000 square foot roof is suppose to give about 600 gallons. I'm wondering if this would mean less digging to your water line. Here's a pic of my cistern.

 

[ryan08]

Have you looked at the BXpanded ripper tooth? I wonder if that would work for you if you were just running PEX or small PVC?

 

[dragoneggs]

Dragon,
Have you ever thought about capturing rain water? I have a 1,100 gallon cistern and 400 gallons of stock tanks. This gives me more than enough to power wash and water my gardens. I did this because I'm on a well. I collect the water off my house and shed. A 1"rain off a 1,000 square foot roof is suppose to give about 600 gallons. I'm wondering if this would mean less digging to your water line. Here's a pic of my cistern.

You know... that might be a good idea. Probably still want to run underground lines but it could save me some trenching especially near the house. And I wouldn't have to tap into the house main supply line and tear up my front yard in doing so. I wonder what kind of volume I should consider? Do you pressurize your system? I could 'hide' it in the woods at the top of my property but routing collection water to it from the roof would still be a logistics issue. Might have to investigate costs of a tank/system.

 

[AStanton]

I just use a 1/2 HP Wayne pump. Most plumbing supply shops have them or you can buy on line. I filter the water going into the cistern with a bug screen sandwiched by hardware mesh screen.

 

[C4Ranch]

I've done several hundred feet in hilly rocky terrain. First I Subsoiler to pop the large rocks out then I rented a 45hp ride on trencher and worked it hard. Got the insurance and glad I did.

 

[C4Ranch]

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Mark,

I have a subsoiler you can borrow and try out. It is about 4" wide; you can probably find a shovel 6" wide if necessary. I have a middle buster blade for it also.

Ron

 

[dragoneggs]

Mark, I have a subsoiler you can borrow and try out. It is about 4" wide; you can probably find a shovel 6" wide if necessary. I have a middle buster blade for it also. Ron

Ron, how deep will the subsoiler go? I have never used one.

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I know depth is important for water lines that keep water in them for the freezing season but if you can drain it at the end during the winter then depth shouldn't be an issue. I bought a single bottom mold board plow a few years ago that looked like it could fly. I was having some drainage issues at my flat rental property. I hooked up the plow and took off. WOW!! Laid the coolest 6" wide by 6" deep trench. I went crazy and trenched every where. Looked like a 1000 gophers had gone crazy. The dug out part just laid over perfect with the grass on the bottom ready to be turned back over with grass on top which I didn't do because I wanted small ditches to mow over while directing the flow of water. Let my building contractor friend borrow it to bury some gutter drain spouts and he came back and bought it from me for under $300.
You know water flows down hill and will empty out the lowest end for draining.