[TowerTalk] Cable Treatment Suggestions

[Ian White GM3SEK]

Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>

>>Has anyone here ever built or acquired a simple, small plow blade, 
>>scoop, digger suitable for a decent sized garden tractor yet capable 
>>of digging enough trench to bury control line, RG6 bev lines or even a 
>>run of RG8
>
>Take a look at the blade and feeder the power company uses to bury the
>natural gas lines feeding the customer.
>If only going down 3 or 4 inches max a fairly simple system can be built you
>can hook to a medicum size garden tractor with little expense if you have
>access to some welding equipment.
[...]
>BTW the same device can be used to bury radials just beneath the surface
>although it doesn't need to be near as "beefy" to just cut a slot in the
>grass and lay the wire.

http://www.sm2cew.com/plow.htm

Not quite big enough for Bill's cables, but a very good source of ideas.

It also confirms that just everybody needs to own a red Volvo tractor.


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73 from Ian GM3SEK