trencher

[bosskag]

does anyone make a small trencher for a 3ph that will only go about a max of about 3 feet?. everything i have found (on the web) so far are very large and a minimum of about 6 feet. i need something just to bury water/electric lines...thanks

 

[Freds]

Do a search on "subsoilers" and you'll find all kinds of stuff and methods. This is the tool of choice for burying wire and small diameter pipe as you go.

 

[Darren]

Bradco and possibly Woods who bought DuAl make 3 pt trenchers. The DuAl goes down maybe 5'. The depth is adjustable so if you only need 3' that's easy to do.

 

[Freds]

Oops, I should have read that closer. A subsoiler won't get you three feet deep for water lines, but you probably know that... /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[lmiller]

I was just looking for info, found this link

http://www.gearmore.com/pdf/52_Trenchers.pdf

Has anyone seen one that works off to one side?

Lou

 

[tomrscott]

I've been wanting something like that too. But I don't think I need a typical "chain saw style" for my topsoil, and can't really afford one anyway. I keep thinking I could get buy with a specially designed plow. If I don't find one, I'm eventually going to design it myself. Sort of like attaching a trenching shovel to the 3pt (only a much stronger blade of course, and a few other refinements, but that's the inspiration of it). /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

 

[Darren]

I checked on pricing of the Bradco's a couple of years ago. They were running about $4K. Then I found a used DuAl on ebay for 1/3 the Bradco. While it won't work on solid rock, it will on rocky soil. I've had it pull up rocks the size of 5 gal. buckets.

 

[keeney]

I built an adapter on my loader and an aux hydraulic circuit so I can use Mini-skid-steer attachments that I can easily rent/borow. One of the primary things I used it for was a trencher.

The attachments are cheaper to rent by themselfs without the power unit. Typically about $80 per day. They are also about half the price per day of a full-sized skid-steer attachment, and they are more the right size for my smaller JD 4100 CUT.

- Rick