Subsoiler/middle buster/pipe(wire) layer..

[hunt4570]

So I'm looking to run some electrical wire (and someday some waterpipe probably) out in my yard. My soil here is mostly sand did a search and came up with the subsoiler/pipe layer combo at Agrisupply (see below).

My thought was maybe a middle buster/subsoiler combo but cant seem to find one.. What do you think of the set up below.. should it work? I like that the subsoiler is shear bolt protected just in case.

Any thoughts to these attachments? Anyone actually have them and tried them?

Subsoiler: 3 Point Subsoiler-Subsoiler Attachment | Agri Supply #73410

Pipe layer : 3 Point Pipelayer-Pipe Layer Attachment | Agri Supply #73622

 

[hunt4570]

I replied to this because I couldn't even find the post..

 

[joe48]

These weren't available several years ago so I made my own out of a factory bend piece of conduit, basically mounted like theirs. Made some brackets to hold a reel of wire. Not pretty but worked.

 

[LD1]

I just made one too. I think they will all work well for wire. But with a small tractor I don't thin I would trust one to get waterline deep enough.

 

[Deerherd]

So I'm looking to run some electrical wire (and someday some waterpipe probably) out in my yard. My soil here is mostly sand did a search and came up with the subsoiler/pipe layer combo at Agrisupply (see below).

My thought was maybe a middle buster/subsoiler combo but cant seem to find one.. What do you think of the set up below.. should it work? I like that the subsoiler is shear bolt protected just in case.

Any thoughts to these attachments? Anyone actually have them and tried them?

Subsoiler: 3 Point Subsoiler-Subsoiler Attachment | Agri Supply #73410

Pipe layer : 3 Point Pipelayer-Pipe Layer Attachment | Agri Supply #73622

I bought one and it was too large to attach to a standard size subsoiler but made a good beverage holder in the man cave.



I made up a smaller version with exhaust pipe flared and welded in a "V" of angle iron. Worked good for cable lines. In the picture there is a ditching point on the subsoiler, I use the standard point when burying cable. Good luck!

 

[denmis]

Howse makes a combo subsoiler/middlebuster, of which I have one. I've used the middlebuster several times, but have not yet put the subsoiler blade on. Subsoiler Middlebuster Combination

I've been thinking about rigging a conduit to lay pipe too, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[hunt4570]

On one of the reviews I read, the guy says it will work with the small 8" middlebuster blade. I think I'm going to give it all a try.

 

[Ken45101]

I made my own with a 1" piece of pipe that I bent and welded to an old subsoiler that I don't use any more. It worked well for shallow burying antenna ground wires (#14 THHN ham radio antenna). I do not think it would put anything down deep however in our clay soil.

 

[jenkinsph]

I have used a sub soil for sprinkler wire (low voltage) but these attachments won't run deep enough for higher voltage wire. Most electrical codes I have seen require that you place the wire 24" deep.

 

[hunt4570]

So last night I ordered the subsoiler. wire/pipe layer, and the middlebuster blade to go with.. They called this morning to tell me they were out of stock till the middle of next month..on the hunt again I guess.