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Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT

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Scott.ID

06-13-2003 10:40:12




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Gents,
The wife decided that she wants to put some kind of edging around all the bermed up areas in the yard to keep the cedar chips outta the grass.

I figgered the best way is to put in some type of plastic edging, but I REALLY don't feel like hand digging 400+ feet of 1/4" 6" deep "slot" with a shovel.

Any ideas? I thought of sacrificing a chainsaw bar and chain, but if I bend over for 400 feet I'm not sure I will get back up again. If I had a rototiller I'd weld an old 12" table saw blade on the arbor, but I don't have one. If I do it with a 6" shovel, I'm looking at 800 cuts and that doesn't sound like a good time.

The trench needs to be about 1/4 " wide so the edging will fit tight and not slip up. A rototiller with only one "disc" would work, but all the ones I've seen have a turn-out at the end of the blade which will make about a 3" wide swath. I don't think that there is more than 6' in a straight line, everything is curvy.

Any Ideas? I'd still like to walk upright after I'm done.

Thanks!

Scott

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chaney creek

06-14-2003 14:11:26




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  
If you had a tractor and a tool bar and a plow coulter you could probably rig it up on the outside of the tool bar and proceed to the "boss'"
deelight and specs. You are still gonna get down on your knees though to put in the barrier. But, by the time you found all of this and spent the time ciferring and rigged it up all up, you could have done it with a shovel just by standing on it and rocking back and forth. If you've had any rain, the ground would be soft enuf to get it done relatively quick. Just think of the cool one at the end of the line and Have fun! You might even get "lucky"!

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ted

06-14-2003 06:07:30




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  
Find someone who has a 1 shank subsoiler (or larger and remove the extra points), or you might get by with one of them lawn and garden cultivators with all the sweeps removed and a straight point on the center shank. You might be able to rig something up using an old field cultivator shank. When you put in the border just pack the dirt back in.

An NH3 knife would also work (1/2"wide and can go about 6"deep) , but may be hard for you to come up with and may take some work getting the edging down the trench.

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ted

06-14-2003 06:11:32




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 Re: Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to ted, 06-14-2003 06:07:30  
Sorry, should have read better, probably won't work on short, curvy areas to easily.



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butcher

06-13-2003 19:22:33




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  
Go to you local rental place and rent a Trench Master. It will cost you about $40 to get the job done. I am a landscape forman and use 2 of them on a daily bassis. I would'nt do it any other way. If your local rental place doesnt have one you should tell them they are missing out on $$$$.



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buck

06-13-2003 18:49:46




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  

This has worked well for me before. Wife goes on a shopping trip (2 or more days works real good) and you just happen to have the labor for the job arranged so when the wife returns everything is finished and you are down in the back real bad and even miss a few days work. She will just love you to death for it.



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Norman ID

06-13-2003 15:02:43




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  
you could try one of those metal bladed lawn edgers if you can find one that would cut deep enough



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Ron from IL

06-13-2003 10:58:19




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 Re: Gotta Dig A 400' Trench, Kinda OT in reply to Scott.ID, 06-13-2003 10:40:12  
Scott,

I don't think you'll be happy with that 'slit in' kind of edging. We put it in and frost heave kept pushing it right back out, year after year. We finally used those bull-nosed edging 'bricks'--rectangular, about 10" long. They hold up well, and go with the flow of the seasons. We put in about 48 cubic YARDS of hardwood mulch two years ago using these bricks, and are very happy with them. If you need to expand the bed area, they're very easy to move.

Good luck!

Ron

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