tractorgp
Platinum Member
This video has gotten more than 60,000 views on Youtube so far. Pretty sure I posted this in reply to a TBN post some time back but couldn't find it here so here it is. It's only short.
Simple homemade trencher for tractor bucket
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Brad_Blazer
Veteran Member
It puts your loader cylinders in compression so there is some risk of buckling/bending the shafts.
jb62901
Gold Member
I think a subsoiler or middle buster would be the way to go, just my thoughts.
DocDryden
Gold Member
What if you went forward do you think there would be some risk of damage?
chim
Elite Member
I'll be following this. Last year a sidewalk project stalled because the digging was tough enough to require a pick and shovel. Being a bit lazy and 64 I thought about the subsoiler I used to bury rain leaders away from the house. That worked OK but the lines were simple and straight. The sidewalk will have some curves in it and I'm trying not to over-excavate.
The clamp-on idea might work better. I can control the FEL much better than I can the subsoiler. Based on comments here I think it might work to mount the blade so it cuts in the forward direction. I can picture working "backwards" by starting at one end facing that end. The tractor could be backed up, FEL lowered and curled to resemble doing the digging with a shovel. I don't mind shovelling loose dirt into the bucket to haul it away, but am not really interested in getting the pick out of the shed for a manual labor session. Maybe an inverted "T" shape on the blade would work in my application.
The clamp-on idea might work better. I can control the FEL much better than I can the subsoiler. Based on comments here I think it might work to mount the blade so it cuts in the forward direction. I can picture working "backwards" by starting at one end facing that end. The tractor could be backed up, FEL lowered and curled to resemble doing the digging with a shovel. I don't mind shovelling loose dirt into the bucket to haul it away, but am not really interested in getting the pick out of the shed for a manual labor session. Maybe an inverted "T" shape on the blade would work in my application.
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tractorgp
Platinum Member
Feel real comfortable that I'm well within limits - as gotten through my trials and instincts. But maybe some of the other TBN experts like BFreaky, Renze, uncle billy, etc. might like to give an opinion on that if they happen by this thread.
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tractorgp
Platinum Member
But with just an occasional use and about $50 investment this is a practical alternative and it works real good.
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tractorgp
Platinum Member
Felt kind of right going backwards with the trencher but don't see why going forward wouldn't work too.
Mine too. Can't see that set up working to good in hard going.
CAT97
Member
When I had to put in over 200 ft of 3/4 inch water line for my pig pen, I just used the middle tine on my box scraper. dropped it all the way down and
lowered the scraper down and went to town no problem and cleaned the trench with my trenching shovel. What might by a little better would be to
get some new steel stock and make a longer tine to make a deeper ditch since mine is only about one foot deep. Just my opinion but I think that using
one on the FEL bucket might be a little harsh in the hydraulics and the bucket.
lowered the scraper down and went to town no problem and cleaned the trench with my trenching shovel. What might by a little better would be to
get some new steel stock and make a longer tine to make a deeper ditch since mine is only about one foot deep. Just my opinion but I think that using
one on the FEL bucket might be a little harsh in the hydraulics and the bucket.