[TowerTalk] Shallow burying coax/conduit -- another method

[Grant Saviers]

I rented a 2" wide x 16" deep walk behind 2 wheeled trencher at Home 
Depot which for a 300' RG6 coax in conduit run thru some trees to a 4 sq 
receive antenna.  Barreto brand IIRC.  They also had a larger one, but 
the small one was perfect for maneuverability.  Rental yards have ride 
on sized ones usually Ditch Witch or Vermeer.  My ranch ride on diesel 
DW 3500 (sold) did 5" wide 36" deep and I did thousands of feet of ditch 
with it.

Grant KZ1W

On 5/10/2017 14:33 PM, Richard (Rick) Karlquist wrote:
> Make and model of trencher?
>
> Rick N6RK
>
> On 5/10/2017 1:42 PM, Roger (K8RI) on TT wrote:
>> We recently had our yard cleaned up for summer (getting too old for all
>> the yard work). Running the coax from the 6-pack at the tower to the
>> AV640 mount, we had cut a slot with the edger and pushed the coax in,
>> but the up and down in the coax formed by having to push the BuryFlex
>> into the slot both shortened the run and the coax popped to the surface
>> in a couple of spots. Just laying the coax in the grass was not
>> acceptable as the thatcher would pull it up and get tangled up. The yard
>> crew mentioned they had a small trencher for installing edging (cuts a 4
>> X 4" trench).  They ran a new, straight trench in less than a couple of
>> minutes to drop the straightened coax into which was back to the
>> original length.  This was great for shallow burying of coax, or even 3"
>> PVC conduit.
>>
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