Ventrac Pics

[murphy1244]

What were you putting in that trench and how deep?

 

[Raw Dodge]

Just a #14 wire,3" deep average,for an underground dog fence.

 

[prs]

How deep and wide will the ditcher ditch? Thinking water line, which to prevent freeze around here needs to be about 32" deep. My current line is circa 1967 and about 3/10 mile long.

prs

 

[Raw Dodge]

That is a Steiner trencher they go 24" and just shy of 4" on the width.The ventrac tiller goes 40 inches deep.. Of course I got this one used as part of a trade and package deal for a great price.. Used Ventrac units are few and far between, you can get an optional 6 inch wide chain for the Steiner unit as well..the chains and parts are pricey for these. .

 

[Raw Dodge]

Gave the ventrac a chore today,as always it helped out tremendously. .

 

[Raw Dodge]

Here's some from our dried out ditch,this is usually2- 3 feet deep with water...the stalks were 6 feet tall,time to get the Steiner in there....it was going great with singles and I decided to try to get that last 100 feet....it was still soft,so soft that if you stood up you'd quickly sink to your knees....it took all our ford 1910 4x4 tractor had to pull it out...dumbly name went back and out the duals on and figures
D I would be able to do the rest,big mistake sunk it with duals too..this deck is a hybrid,it's my junk deck I use for things like this and brush hogging,it's got very durable dixie chopper spindles ,this deck has probably 5-6000 hrs on it..it owes me nothing ,and has probably been welded on more times than I can remember.

 

[Raw Dodge]

It's time to get the wood pile stacked and up on pallets ,love using the versatile ventrac.

 

[John Joseph McVeigh]

I'm glad that you rescued the machine.