Dirt Moving Cheap Cable Trencher?

[WeldGuy]

Has anyone made a cheap cable trencher attachment for installing wire about six inches down? We'll be installing some invisible fencing for the pup.

 

[jmanatee2]

Yes I did... Buried coax with it. Worked very good.

basically I took two 8" x 6" plates of steel (1/4 plate), welded the 8" edges together to form a V with the wide end of the V about 4" apart, then welded bracing in to the open end of the V.

Then on what would be the top of the V closer to the point I welded two 3/4" nuts per side. (I did this with them on 3/4" all thread so the threads would line up).

I then took a piece of scrap 3" x 3" 1/4" angle and drilled two holes in it.

To use it you basically slide it over a tooth on the back hoe and tighten the nuts clamping the V under the bucket and the angle in the bucket.

I straddled the wire with the tractor and dragged a ditch about 100', while the wife simply put the wire in the ditch (which ended up about 5 or 6" deep) and pushed the dirt back covering it.

 

[yelbike]

jmanatee2 Do you have a picture?:drool:

 

[Deano]

Are you driving the tractor forward and dragging the backhoe? Or are you pulling forward and manipulating the backhoe every 3-4 feet? Yeah, a picture would be great.

Deano

 

[Baby Grand]

I used a subsoiler to bury some thin walled PVC hose - don't see that it would be functionally different from doing the same with cable. Warning - the following picture includes duct tape:

 

[JOHNTHOMAS]

I have a single bottom plow and removed the wheel which is to set the depth. I dropped it and drove forward and it cut the most perfect 6"x6" trench I've about every seen with the removed dirt piled on one side. I did it for drainage and it did it so clean and easy that I did about 5 times as much as I needed. So, if you have a single bottom plow or can borrow one, it's something to consider. Just have to come back along and cover your ditch with the dirt piled on the one side.

 

[jmanatee2]

I am in NH wedge is in CT I will have wife take a picture and send it. I will post it later.

I used the backhoe (I had a case 680 at the time) to pull about 12 feet at a time. I didn't have to use the stabilizers the park brake was enough to hold the tractor.

By using the boom, dipper and bucket I could stretch way out and pull the dipper towards me while lifting the boom and rolling the bucket.

It did a really good job. the grass was back to normal within a couple weeks.

 

[kennyd]

Here is my version: https://picasaweb.google.com/113966569709555812037/Wire#

A good thread to read: Cable plow - TractorByNet.com

 

[powerstroke444e]

For a dog fence wire we just use a edger if you don't have one a local rental store should be $50 or less for the day. Hard to build something for less.

 

[jmanatee2]

Mine looks ugly compared to the above or the ones in the link

 

[Crumbumb]

this is what i use to install my dog fence. It worked great all i did was turn the blade and install the pin so the blade was fixed like that.

 

[Deano]

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this is what i use to install my dog fence. It worked great all i did was turn the blade and install the pin so the blade was fixed like that.

Well how would you get those helpers to my house?? Would I hafta pay the airfare??!!



Kennyd...that is an awesome idea!!:thumbsup:

 

[TheKid]

I have a couple of attachments that work in conjunction with my rear ballast. One's narrow for wire, and the other opens up about a 4" wide trough. With the help of the weights they will go down about a foot.

 

[Barnone]

I have a couple of attachments that work in conjunction with my rear ballast. One's narrow for wire, and the other opens up about a 4" wide trough. With the help of the weights they will go down about a foot.

That is a neat rig and a good use for those barbell weights that are always in the way.:laughing:

 

[BeezFun]

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this is what i use to install my dog fence. It worked great all i did was turn the blade and install the pin so the blade was fixed like that.

I love it, great finding a clever use for something I already own.

 

[BeezFun]

Has anyone made a cheap cable trencher attachment for installing wire about six inches down? We'll be installing some invisible fencing for the pup.

Shove milk bones in the ground around the perimeter, just follow the dog, he'll make a trench.

 

[crazyal]

I wish I could do something like that around here but with amount of large rocks I have growing in the dirt I don't think I could make it more than a few feet.

 

[zmansmac]

I remember looking into this kind of project a while ago and found this old posting very informative.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/projects/14926-laying-pipe.html

JohnZ
B7500

 

[tractorgp]

I posted a video on YouTube a while ago showing a simple homemade trencher that couples to the FEL of my Kubota. The trencher is made from a length of angle iron and is attached to the bucket with chains and load binders. Already used it successfully to dig a shallow trench to run cables to my weather station and security camera. Here's a link to the video. If the link doesn't work (I'm not quite sure how to insert here) search Youtube for nlinventor's channel and see the trencher video and other tractor videos, there.
Homemade trencher for tractor bucket on Kubota BX - YouTube

 

[Dutch61]

Are you sure the signal can penetrate 6"? I used an edger and only went down an inch or so.