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Trencher as an implement?

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Pete in PA

08-24-2000 12:54:30




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Hey all...

Does anyone have experience with a 3pt trencher? Does such a creature exist? Who makes them, how well do they work, what are drawbacks and plusses?

Thanks
Pete




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Alan in s.FL

03-04-2002 17:55:55




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 Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Pete in PA, 08-24-2000 12:54:30  
Know what you mean. I have been looking for different brands of 3pt trenchers for some time. The only one i have been able to find so far is a BRADCO,which they make different types of implements. I would like to find others to compare specs to.



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Mike S

08-28-2000 10:45:19




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 Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Pete in PA, 08-24-2000 12:54:30  
The only trencher that I am aware of for Fords was made by Auburn. They add in some different gears and rearrange the hydraulics to raise and lower it. When I was building, we had a 3000 with one one it. Worked okay, kept busting shrear pins anytime it hit anything bigger that a softball. After we got out of the business, boss decided he wanted to keep the tractor and put in on his little farm. Cost 1200 to have the Auburn removed and converted to a regular 3 point hitch with a PTO. I agree with the idea of renting a ditchwitch. Use it, return it and don't have anything else to clutter up the yard.

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hartshorn

08-25-2000 05:12:19




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 Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Pete in PA, 08-24-2000 12:54:30  
As luck would have it there is an 8n for sale in the photo-ads section on the sidebar that has an incredible looking chain-cutter trencher implement at a great price for both the trencher and the tractor....

the picture itself is worth the mouseclicks :-)



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8n and Trenchhog on page 2-posted 8/23

08-25-2000 05:14:55




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 Re: Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to hartshorn, 08-25-2000 05:12:19  
currently it is ad #12 on page 2....it was posted
8/23



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Scott 8N

08-24-2000 14:51:59




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 Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Pete in PA, 08-24-2000 12:54:30  
I have seen some but have no experience with
them. The only problem that comes to mind is that
you need power down on your hitch and the 3 point
hitches I have experience with (Ford) are gravity
down. The trencher would have a tendency to jump
up out of the trench when it hit something.



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Ray Peterson

08-24-2000 18:05:24




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 Re: Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Scott 8N, 08-24-2000 14:51:59  
Trencher? Are you talking about a "middle buster?" I have one of those - built by KingKutter Inc. and available through Quality Farm and Fleet stores. It works OK as long as you're on pretty level land, as the tool goes up and down in opposition to the front of the tractor. I am using mine on a Farmall 200, with a two point hitch converted to three point. It does have down pressure - actually - it pretty much locks in place wherever you set it. It will give you trouble if you try to cut trench in sod, which will ball up on the point and shank. I removed the regular point, and replaced it with a cultivator blade, cut a slot in the sod with that, then go back thru with the regular blade. A rolling coulter in front of the regular blade might also work, but I didn't have one available. My reason for using the unit was to open a furrow to plant pine trees in. For that purpose it worked fine. A friend of mine also used it on a Massey Ferguson with good success. What are your plans to use it for?

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Ray Peterson

08-24-2000 18:04:57




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 Re: Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Scott 8N, 08-24-2000 14:51:59  
Trencher? Are you talking about a "middle buster?" I have one of those - built by KingKutter Inc. and available through Quality Farm and Fleet stores. It works OK as long as you're on pretty level land, as the tool goes up and down in opposition to the front of the tractor. I am using mine on a Farmall 200, with a two point hitch converted to three point. It does have down pressure - actually - it pretty much locks in place wherever you set it. It will give you trouble if you try to cut trench in sod, which will ball up on the point and shank. I removed the regular point, and replaced it with a cultivator blade, cut a slot in the sod with that, then go back thru with the regular blade. A rolling coulter in front of the regular blade might also work, but I didn't have one available. My reason for using the unit was to open a furrow to plant pine trees in. For that purpose it worked fine. A friend of mine also used it on a Massey Ferguson with good success. What are your plans to use it for?

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Pete in PA

08-25-2000 07:52:53




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 Re: Re: Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Ray Peterson, 08-24-2000 18:04:57  
Hey all...

Yep, I saw the ford in "photo ads" and wrote to Del to see if it was a 3pt trencher - he indicated it was not. I need one for several reasons...our house is about 1/2 mile back from the road and we need to route some conduit...also the house sits up on a hill and we want to run gutter drainpipe off the roof underground to our pond at the bottom of the hill. We also are going to be planting a row of leland cypress trees as a windbreak / privacy screen (we have an unobstructed view of a housing development from our porch - we'd rather see trees). A trencher would serve all these needs. A middle buster might work, but I thought a trencher would make a cleaner cut...

Pete

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george

08-27-2000 17:34:37




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 Re: Re: Re: Re: trencher as an implement? in reply to Pete in PA, 08-25-2000 07:52:53  
Hey Pete:

You may want to consider renting a DitchWitch for a day or two and digging the trenches. You can set the cable/pipe after and backfill with your own tractor & blade.



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