I'm tired of renting a DitchWith type of trencher and cutting a 4" wide trench across my lot when I want to lay a bit of pipe or conduit that is 1" wide. The backfilling is always a pain and leaves a visual scar fro some time.
In this case, I want to run a single length of 12ga. UF-G direct burial 'Romex' type cable about 200'.
I'm thinking there must be some way to create a thin trench- maybe 1" wide at most - to allow that.
Could I fabricate a disc with a stop then bolt it to my truck's rear end in place of a wheel? I could then just drive 200' and be done. I'm thinking it would sink pretty well in the damp rock-less dirt around here. Hell, even with a normal tire the truck leaves a good rut.
Or? Is there some other method that is not too costly and/or time consuming?
I also have a tractor with a PTO...but it seems making a spinning trencher gets costly quick
In this case, I want to run a single length of 12ga. UF-G direct burial 'Romex' type cable about 200'.
I'm thinking there must be some way to create a thin trench- maybe 1" wide at most - to allow that.
Could I fabricate a disc with a stop then bolt it to my truck's rear end in place of a wheel? I could then just drive 200' and be done. I'm thinking it would sink pretty well in the damp rock-less dirt around here. Hell, even with a normal tire the truck leaves a good rut.
Or? Is there some other method that is not too costly and/or time consuming?
I also have a tractor with a PTO...but it seems making a spinning trencher gets costly quick