Hi Wayne,
Not much in the way of rocks here but roots are an issue at a couple parts
along the run. So the idea with the big cut is to clear a path that would
buy some insurance spacing of the wires in the trench and the roots in part.
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wayne Kline
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2017 3:04 PM
To: Jeff Blaine ; towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] trencher
Hi Jeff,
As stated B-4 the # 1 issue with a trencher is the soil type.
I have used both Backhoe with a 12" bucket . a walk behind trencher and a
ride on trencher. The 1400' ft I assume is multiple trenches to your
towers. A moot point... At my QTH the total for the 4 towers and the 4 sq
was 1600 ft. X 24 inches deep. I used a walk behind and my soil is a
mixture of clay and loam with a potato size rock hers and there. I was
lucky there are BIG boulders hit one for my pole building
The trencher I used was a tracked unit link..
https://www.orerentals.com/equipment.asp?action=category&category=35&key=035%2D0075
So IMO the soil determines hopefully no TREE roots ( no equipment likes
them ..
YMMV Wayne W3EA
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From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Jeff Blaine
<jeff@ac0c.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 1, 2017 5:20 PM
To: towertalk@contesting.com
Subject: [TowerTalk] trencher
I want to cut a slot in the yard about 12” wide and about 12” deep to
accommodate tower wiring here on the site. In total the runs are about 1400
foot.
Is a trencher the right tool for that job? I have no experience with that
sort of thing but the rental guy I talked too scratched his head when I
mentioned the 1400’ length and the fact the trench was shallow. Maybe I
have the wrong rental place. Or maybe this is better a job for a mini
excavator?
73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com<http://www.ac0c.com>
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie
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