Trenching

C4Ranch · May 15, 2015

I did one with a middlebuster

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...g-middle-buster-lay-4-a.html?highlight=Trench

EddieWalker · May 15, 2015

Rent a trencher. A walk behind would get the job done for the least amount of money, bit it's of no help for filling in the trench. You didn't say how long you where going, but for longer runs, it's really nice having a blade on the front of a trencher for putting the dirt back in the trench.

If you are in an area with expansive clay soil, like all that black clay East of Dallas, you really want to make sure you put in a pipe that slides in and out while the ground moves. If you use schedule 40 pvc and glue it together, it will break.

Eddie

bigdeano · May 15, 2015

I routinely plow a foot deep with my 18" single bottom plow. Just did my garden a couple weeks ago. It will go deeper if I remove the coulter, or if I could raise it higher.

blucoondawg · May 15, 2015

Have someone drive the tractor while you run the backhoe, shouldn't take that long to dig. I won't rent a digging machine when I already have a backhoe.

downsizingnow48 · May 15, 2015

Re-positioning the backhoe with the boom/stick/bucket is pretty much the way it is done in my experience. Too time consuming if you try to drive the tractor forward a few feet every few hoe cycles.

avalancheMM · May 15, 2015

I ran a backhoe for a living for many years, and now have a Woods hoe for my Boomer 35, I have never got off of the machine to move down the trench, leave your FEL up, park brake on, lift your stabs up a few inches off of the ground, lift the rear wheels of your tractor machine with the main boom of your hoe, and move forward with the dipper, even with little experience, you will be able to trench 300 yards 12" deep in very little time, plus get a bit more time behind the hoe, you will be well experienced in an afternoon. If you are sure to leave your stabs only 3" off of the ground, and take your time, you will get the knack of moving the entire machine without ever having to 'drive' your tractor, make sure you straighten your wheels before you move, and with a bit of practice, you will be straight trenching in no time.

regards

bdog · May 15, 2015

blucoondawg said:
Have someone drive the tractor while you run the backhoe, shouldn't take that long to dig. I won't rent a digging machine when I already have a backhoe.

Are they going to stand there all day?

sensabmc · May 15, 2015

550 feet in 45 min. 18" deep, 6" wide.

$125 for the day.
Work smarter. Not harder.
Finished project. If going across finished lawn, rent a sod cutter and cut your path you want to trench. Roll up the sod, dig your trench, backfill and the just roll the sod back over the path.

blucoondawg · May 15, 2015

bdog said:
Are they going to stand there all day?

No they are going to sit on the machine while the work is being done, if it takes you all day to dig a trench this distance 12" deep then you should sell your backhoe.
I put over 1000 feet of chain link fence around my yard and through woods mostly so pushing the tractor straight and trenching wasn't really an option with dodging around trees and uneven ground, I had the wife drive as I dug and I dug deeper than a foot and dug deeper for the post holes at the same time and it didn't take long at all even with running strings and measuring out post spacing. Digging a little ditch for a pipe will take no time.