How much is trenching worth?

MtnViewRanch · Apr 7, 2008

rutwad said:
I was guesstimating, but I would think our R40 would do better and worse depending on depth and soil type. Alot of my trenching has been across pasture land with mostly top soil. That's 2"/second.

How deep are you trenching, and how wide is the trench? Just wondering. About all the trenching, (just short of a mile) that I have done has been in the summer (dry) 9" wide and 54" deep through DG and granite. Very hard on the carbide teeth.

rutwad · Apr 7, 2008

MtnViewRanch said:
How deep are you trenching, and how wide is the trench? Just wondering. About all the trenching, (just short of a mile) that I have done has been in the summer (dry) 9" wide and 54" deep through DG and granite. Very hard on the carbide teeth.

That's some serious trenching.

18" deep, 6" wide.

Eagleview · Apr 8, 2008

I was going to buy a trencher , we have an auger type one in OZ It's called the "Trenchmaster". Once your in you just drive away and the auger flights cut and lift the soil . The guy that demoed it drove over a 4" concrete slab and cut it in half

I got cold feet because if you cut a utility line such as an Optic fibre cable you loose your house as no machine insurance will cover the damage . Out here if you do'nt dial 1100 and wait two days for utility location and damage one , your on your own . A guy cut one with a backhoe in Brisbane , put out all the ATM's , TAB , phones , dial up computers etc , Telstra were going to hit him$200,000 per hour lost revenue . I do'nt know if he dialed 1100 or not but if he did'nt he's probably living in a caravan now . It changed my mind about trenching . With these new remote controled cable moles cables can be anywhere and you just do'nt know .

MtnViewRanch · Apr 8, 2008

rutwad said:
That's some serious trenching.

18" deep, 6" wide.

I need to put in some line later this year that should be 24" down. I am curious how fast our trencher will do that. Time will tell.

Flatheadyoungin · Apr 8, 2008

a buddy of mine does this for a living and he told me $5 a foot for his ride on trencher....pretty big one....

that's all i know.....don't know if there is a minimum or extra for rocks but i'm sure there is