Maybe after soaking the ground for thirty minutes...

On 11/8/18 5:22 PM, Mathew Howard wrote:
I've done that too, and... yeah. I also have doubts that you could do 100ft in 10 minutes, even with something that wide. Perhaps if the soil is pretty much sand.

On Thu, Nov 8, 2018 at 6:56 PM Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:

    I've done that, but I use a narrower spade.  I have doubts about
    something that wide penetrating the soil around here.

    On 11/8/2018 7:20 PM, ch...@wbmfg.com <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
     > I remember folks using this method back in 1964 at my parents house.
     >
     > -----Original Message----- From: Brian Webster
     > Sent: Thursday, November 8, 2018 4:38 PM
     > To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group'
     > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Drop cable plowing cost
     >
     > I always thought this device looked interesting. Obviously not good
     > for hard pan or really rocky areas but looks effective.
     >
     > "Bury 100ft of wire 10in deep in 10 minutes without any mess.
     > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNqOXul-GOQ";
     >
     >
     > Thank You,
     > Brian Webster
     > www.wirelessmapping.com <http://www.wirelessmapping.com>
     > www.Broadband-Mapping.com <http://www.Broadband-Mapping.com>
     >
     > -----Original Message-----
     > From: AF [mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com
    <mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown
     > Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2018 8:34 AM
     > To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group
     > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Drop cable plowing cost
     >
     > Do you trench, bore, plow, missile, or?  We have a nice little stand
     > behind Ditch Witch drop plow that works well in yards.  Very fast
    too.
     >
     > Sent from my iPhone
     >
     >> On Nov 7, 2018, at 1:18 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com
    <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
     >>
     >> No
     >>
     >> Sent from my iPhone
     >>
     >>> On Nov 7, 2018, at 1:15 PM, Jon Langeler
    <jon-ispli...@michwave.net <mailto:jon-ispli...@michwave.net>>
     >>> wrote:
     >>>
     >>> Including the duct?
     >>>
     >>> Jon Langeler
     >>> Michwave Technologies, Inc.
     >>>
     >>>
     >>>> On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:31 PM, Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com
    <mailto:ch...@wbmfg.com>> wrote:
     >>>>
     >>>> I charge $5/ft for quad 1.25” ducts with my big RT120 plow. So
    that
     >>>> is a realistic upper limit. Depends on what kind of machine and
     >>>> whether you are doing it ac a pure contractor, or doing it for
     >>>> yourself at cost, or doing it at just payroll and fuel to
    minimize
     >>>> the bite.
     >>>>
     >>>> Sent from my iPhone
     >>>>
     >>>>> On Nov 7, 2018, at 10:14 AM, Adam Moffett
    <dmmoff...@gmail.com <mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>>
     >>>>> wrote:
     >>>>>
     >>>>> Do you guys charge to plow in a drop cable?  If so, how much.
     >>>>>
     >>>>> I know someone who's getting a 1/4 mile drop plowed up to his
     >>>>> house by a competitor and they're charging him about $600.  That
     >>>>> works out to $.50/foot.
     >>>>>
     >>>>> My initial thought was I'd do 300' for free and then $1/foot.
     >>>>> Then I'd be at about $1,000 for something the other guys are
    doing
     >>>>> for $600. I'm not looking to rob myself, but also not looking to
     >>>>> price myself out of the market.
     >>>>>
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