Hi I was wondering if anybody knew what was the best implement to use to bury a water hose aprox 8 to 10 inches, on a sod property, (a single bottom plow ?) a furrow? that would cause the least amount damage to the sod, I have a kubota bx 25 and the soil is 6" of topsoil+under that just sand, thanks
whats the best implement to bury water hose
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kennyd
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MarkLeininger
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I would have said rent a small ditch witch until I saw kennyd's gizroid. That's pretty clever, I don't even need one and I think I'm going to make one.
that looks neat! I was thinking of putting in a water tap about 300 feet from the house for watering (i'm tired of lugging 5/8' water hose around) I was thinking of putting in 1" hose the kind you use for wells thanks
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A subsoiler would probably be the best choice for making a narrow but 10" deep trench that wouldn't mess up to much sod. You might have to run it through the trench a time or two to get it cleaned out well enough to force the hose down into it.
WarrenF
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I made this thing to bury some wire...went down about 14" or so. But I gotta ask-Why "hose" and not pipe?
WOW that is very creative....if you would just figure out how to hook up a vibrating type device to your implement. GOOD JOB
WantedWolf
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I worked with a ditch witch 100sx for 11 years now, for residential irrigation. for small jobs its hard to beat. Tight spacing and discret lays in sod are its specialties. it lays 1" poly at 12" very well. a quick tamp and a little shady seed youll never no it was there in 2 weeks. mine had the honda 11hp gas but weighed over 800lbs so it can be a bull to turn sharply or in extreme rocky soils. they sell new about 12000, or rent about $150 a day around here. you can also plow wire at the same time as the pipe. Oh and if you get an option of pipe attatch take the sock (like chinese finger trap) instead of the bullet style but wear gloves.
kennyd
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Thanks to all for the compliments...
Let me elaborate a little, I was in a hurry last night when I posted that.
Taos: First, you want to bury poly pipe, not "hose"-That's why I asked.
The rig I made was copied from someone else on this site, so I cannot take full credit for the design, but there are a few around. They have been used to bury pipe and cable with great success, and with the soil conditions you described it will work outstanding. My soil is all shale, so I made a couple "dry" runs to loosen it up first before burying the cable. After the cable was lay-ed I just drove over the lines to pack down the soil and you could hardly tell I did anything.
The sub-soiler attachment form TSC is very close to what I made, but you would need to weld a ring on it to pull the pipe with, and it would probably disturb the soil more than mine.
Here are a few post's that may be helpful, some are about cable rather than pipe but the theory is the same...
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Let me elaborate a little, I was in a hurry last night when I posted that.
Taos: First, you want to bury poly pipe, not "hose"-That's why I asked.
The rig I made was copied from someone else on this site, so I cannot take full credit for the design, but there are a few around. They have been used to bury pipe and cable with great success, and with the soil conditions you described it will work outstanding. My soil is all shale, so I made a couple "dry" runs to loosen it up first before burying the cable. After the cable was lay-ed I just drove over the lines to pack down the soil and you could hardly tell I did anything.
The sub-soiler attachment form TSC is very close to what I made, but you would need to weld a ring on it to pull the pipe with, and it would probably disturb the soil more than mine.
Here are a few post's that may be helpful, some are about cable rather than pipe but the theory is the same...
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Five
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Depending on length and turns you can pull PVC behind a subsoiler and do it in one pass. Will need someone to feed it into the ground for you.
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I'd think Kenny's rig could be adapted: maybe an old car wheel at the top to reel the poly over it and down to a more-curved-than-kenny's gizmo at the bottom. Make some sort of mounting above and behind the tire wheel to mount the coil of poly pipe.
I've seen people pull poly plus wire over an old car wheel to pull the submerged well pumps out of the ground. The car wheel keeps the pipe from crimping coming up and out parallel to the ground.
If you don't have far to go, buy yourself a trenching (skinny, about 30 degree bend) shovel to dig the trench and lay the poly into it. This is what I used at Baton Rouge. Here, I buried some of it this way, just under the grass. Mostly, I just laid the poly on top the ground. You could do this in Canada if you just blew the pipe empty with air at the end of the season, OR if it runs downhill like my 1100' of poly, it'll drain by gravity. Poly is pretty tough. It'll stand up to the tractor running over it. Heck, I hung some of it down near my garden with my brush hog and didn't hurt it (blade didn't hit it).
Ralph
I've seen people pull poly plus wire over an old car wheel to pull the submerged well pumps out of the ground. The car wheel keeps the pipe from crimping coming up and out parallel to the ground.
If you don't have far to go, buy yourself a trenching (skinny, about 30 degree bend) shovel to dig the trench and lay the poly into it. This is what I used at Baton Rouge. Here, I buried some of it this way, just under the grass. Mostly, I just laid the poly on top the ground. You could do this in Canada if you just blew the pipe empty with air at the end of the season, OR if it runs downhill like my 1100' of poly, it'll drain by gravity. Poly is pretty tough. It'll stand up to the tractor running over it. Heck, I hung some of it down near my garden with my brush hog and didn't hurt it (blade didn't hit it).
Ralph
