wrong attachment?

[Taylortractornut]

Try on your attachment right at the top of the ground welding a set of wings on top of the existing V. That might move the sod back a little. I had to use a sub soiler on a friends tractor and where the point went in the ground we took and old leaf spring and leaf and owed it in a curve and attached it to this sub soilers point. It was about 1/4 inche widers than the blade on the sub soilder buit it drug all the crud out of the trench. On another job o nthe same farm we had some different soild condition so we ripped it once to get the depth on the trench then used the wider leaf spring on the shank in place of the Sub soiler tooth. It did pretty good.

 

[gabby]

Why do you want a clean trench? Just pull the pipe underground as you go. Here's my pipe puller. I had to crop the heck out of the picture to get it below 100k. Once you get the plow down to working depth the pipe stays there and it slides through the ground easily as long as it's not real dry. I dig a starter hole to drop the plow into so you start at working depth right away. I have also used the same plow to pull underground electrical wire. My record pulls: 900 feet of 1" pipe in one pull, and 700 feet of #8 wire in one pull.

 

[Freds]

I was hoping the angle iron was going to act as wings to the subsoiler. Now I need wings on my wings /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
Sure wish I could see a pic of what you're describing Taylor. Did the leaf spring go up the length of the subsoiler?

Why do I want a clean trench, Gabby? I figured it would be easier to lay the pipe I'm using being able to see what I'm doing. As mentioned, I'm using some leftover plastic gaspipe. The kind that comes coiled up. I had planned on rolling it into the trench and if it got a little wavy I was going to take something to keep it wedged in the bottom of the trench until I filled it in. If I just drag it underground what keeps it from having high and low points? What keeps it in the bottom of the trench and not poking up in spots through the loose dirt? Maybe I'm missing something here?

 

[gabby]

Freds,
Can you stretch out the gas pipe and let it bake in the hot sun to straighten it? Then try plowing it without the wings. If it doesn't work out you can easily pull the pipe out of the furrow and clean out the ditch with your sharpshooter shovel and lay the pipe in the open ditch.

I don't think you will ever get an open ditch with wings.

Gabby

 

[Freds]

Hey, thanks for the tip, Gabby.
I'll cut it roughly to length and give it a try. Although I think yesterday was the only sunny day we were going to have for a while, it will still be warm and that may work.

 

[Taylortractornut]

What I ment by the extra set of wings was to put a set that would be on the top of the ground above the wings you mounted to kinda blade back the sod from the trench top. When we used the leaf spring it just came about 4 inches above the trench.it we put a bit extra curve in it to make it roll the dirt out. Ill try to get by his farm in a few days to take some pics.

 

[Freds]

So much for the "bake it straight". Anyway, I dug the trench and pulled the gaspipe along today. It worked quite well except it took a while to get it down to depth. I'm thinking the pipe on the surface kept the subsoiler from submerging at its usual quick pace. My brother in law helped feed it along and keep the pipe from twisting in what I felt would have been the wrong direction.

I drilled a hole in each of the legs on my jig, down low, and also in the plastic pipe. I stuck a long spike through the jig holes and the pipe to hold the pipe in place and it worked quite well. After I had the pipe in place I got out the shop vac and sucked a piece of string through the pipe and used it to pull my sensor probe through the pipe.

Done deal. Thanks for the tip on pulling the pipe as you go, Gabby. There was barely any flattening out to do in the grass and just barely a little more in the gravel drive. Nothing the loaded tires couldn't handle.

Fred

 

[gabby]

Way to go Fred. It's surprisingly fast and easy to plow pipe isn't it? Next time you can dig a starter hole to get the plow down deep from the start.
Gabby