Thoughts on Ditch Clearing?

[Diggin It]

Well, it's all moot now. No longer possible for me to do the way I was thinking.

They came through and paved yesterday. They added enough width and thickness and changed the edge profile so that I can't possibly drive along the edge. The end tines wouldn't be able to get deep enough before the tineless end would be dragging on the pavement and it's now too steep for me to drop one wheel off and be safe. With the 5' rake width, I don't have enough width outside the tires to get the end tines to the ditch now either.

Back to using the hand shovel and hoe to clean out the culvert the hard way.

 

[kenmbz]

Still think you should ask the town to step in. Sometimes they listen.

 

[deezler]

Ha! What are the odds. Your pavement looked just fine to me in the first pic.... They often re-pave the wrong roads around here too. Frustrating when your tax dollars go into a perfectly fine road while others pound your vehicles apart for years and years before a repair.

 

[bcp]

They may come back soon to re-do the shoulder and ditch.

Bruce

 

[yanmars]

I would suspect they might do that so the drop off is not as steep but one never knows.

 

[/pine]

LoL...If we didn't have ditches...we wouldn't need Gradalls...!

 

[Diggin It]

LoL...If we didn't have ditches...we wouldn't need Gradalls...!

Wouldn't that be a mega-neat 3 point (or maybe QA) type attachment? It would only have to reach out 3-4 feet beyond the tires and down a foot or two below ground. Give it a small capacity bucket/scooper so the load would be less. I could see a lot of buyers that would want to clear ditches or dig shallow trenches near buildings. Offer different bucket widths from 6 to 24" or so. Maybe a rake too. Rig a control box that could run it from the seat like an FEL or grapple. Drive and dig, drive and dig, drive and dig .... Maybe offer a fixed version that only goes to one side for a lesser price and one that can rotate 180 degrees for a higher price.


Don't forget my royalties though if this takes off.

 

[ptsg]

Wouldn't that be a mega-neat 3 point (or maybe QA) type attachment? It would only have to reach out 3-4 feet beyond the tires and down a foot or two below ground. Give it a small capacity bucket/scooper so the load would be less. I could see a lot of buyers that would want to clear ditches or dig shallow trenches near buildings. Offer different bucket widths from 6 to 24" or so. Maybe a rake too. Rig a control box that could run it from the seat like an FEL or grapple. Drive and dig, drive and dig, drive and dig .... Maybe offer a fixed version that only goes to one side for a lesser price and one that can rotate 180 degrees for a higher price.


Don't forget my royalties though if this takes off.

You mean, something like this but with some sort of rake, instead of the bottom plow?

 

[Diggin It]

Umm, well, I guess I can't really comment since ......

 

[ptsg]

Maybe turn off the blockers you run on your browser that even block the videos?

Regardless how I share the link, it will turn into that mini player version on the forum.

 

[Diggin It]

Something like this in a 3 point version:

If they can do a backhoe, they should be able to do a small enough version of these.

 

[Diggin It]

Maybe turn off the blockers you run on your browser that even block the videos?

Regardless how I share the link, it will turn into that mini player version on the forum.

Be considerate of people with slow connections or daily bandwidth limits. Post fixed images, jpg, png instead of mp4 or whatever.

 

[Citydude]

Be considerate of people with slow connections or daily bandwidth limits. Post fixed images, jpg, png instead of mp4 or whatever.

Get Starlink. Quit dinking around with uber expensive hack cable companies.

 

[ptsg]

Be considerate of people with slow connections or daily bandwidth limits. Post fixed images, jpg, png instead of mp4 or whatever.

A picture won't fully express how it works but I forgot how paranoid you are about videos, browsers and adblockers.

It was a simple 60 secs video that was actually recorded in 480p or even less. It won't use that much bandwidth at all.

 

[Xfaxman]

Umm, well, I guess I can't really comment since ......


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[3Ts]

I understand what the implement does, but not why it's being used. Doesn't it cut all the roots on the grape vines as it passes?

 

[ptsg]

I understand what the implement does, but not why it's being used. Doesn't it cut all the roots on the grape vines as it passes?

Not at all. These grape vines have very short roots and tend to go down on the ground. Besides, the plow is pulled in before it gets anywhere close to the vine.

This is done to keep weeds, brush, etc from growing in between the vines. This attachment uses either a small bottom plow, a disc or more commonly, an hydraulic string trimmer. Usually attached to a brush mower so it basically does two jobs in one pass.