Roger et al:
Gaed, I hate being the ancient archivist....so I won't be. However,
about 20 or 25 years ago, an magazine article showed up in (I
believe) the old Ham Radio Magazine) by W7IV....and the subject
was "Building a 'jig' to attach to the back of your car of jeep,
to dig trenches for ground wires." All of my magazines are in
storage boxes and not easily accessible, so I can't find it now.
The article as I recall desdribed how to easily build a 'hook'
device that attaches to a trailer hitch, or some such. My most
vivid memory is that, at the time, it seemed like a pretty nifty
idea, and OM Harry stated that it saved him a significant amount
of time.
If anyone has a set of old Ham Radio magazines (note: It may have
bee QST as well.....just can't remember), do a check around the
mid-1970's and you'll see that old article.
73 & GL
Dale K5MM
At 08:30 PM 4/29/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>The problem with this great labor saving method is that someday you may
>>wish to aerate or thatch your lawn and then the problems begin snagging
>>your radials... visible or not.
>.....................................
>Oh, I hate to say this: Been there, done that,..or rather my wife did while
thatching one time: "Hey, where is this wire coming from that's in my rake."
>
>When I put in 1500 feet of wire for an invisible dog fence and a 1200 foot
lawn sprinkler system. I rented from Prime Rentals in Houston, a 3 wheeled
trencher where the wheel that did the trenching is mounted under the machine
between these 3 wheels. You set the depth to whatever you wanted from
scratching the dirt to maybe 6 inches. The trench is 2 inches wide.
>
>For the 'dog fence', it took 30 minutes to cut about a 1-2 inch trench,
1500 feet long. 'Course I did have to come along later and tuck in the wire
and then 'hoe in' some dirt.
>
>As I recall the trencher rents for 'about' $65.00 for 3 hours.
>
>73 de Mike K5UO
>bragassa@glasnet.ru
>bragassa@hal-pc.org
>bragassa@flex.net
>
>
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