That looks and sounds about what we are looking for. Just a little big! You'd need a trailer or pickup to haul that thing around.
-- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications http://www.wavedirect.net (519)737-WAVE (9283) From: "Adam Moffett" <dmmoff...@gmail.com> To: "af" <af@af.afmug.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:36:49 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trencher My last experience was a Vermeer SPX-25. It laid cable quick enough. Depth went to about 10-12". The Vermeer dealer brought one out to demo to us. We intentionally took him to a lot where we knew there were buried chunks of concrete. With a straight blade and some feathering on the controls it would displace or cut up just about anything it bumped into. The chute blade lays out cable for you, but it's more blunt on the leading edge so it's not quite as unstoppable. Every time you use it you have to check the whole plow assembly for loose bolts though. Not that they were loose every time, but if you didn't check you'd find out the hard way that something was loose. Nothing came apart on the tractor piece, just the plow assembly. Keep a torque wrench with the unit and make it part of your procedure to check the bolts on the plow before starting a cable run. I can understand why a rental company wouldn't want to deal with that....but I don't think it's as big a problem as you think it is. On 1/28/2020 2:26 PM, Steven Kenney wrote: I agree.. however we need them small enough installers can use them periodically. For larger projects where they'll be going on all day, yes we'd get a bigger one. We looked at renting one just to try instead of doing it manually (by spade) and nobody would rent them because of how often they fall apart. -- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications [ http://www.wavedirect.net/ | http://www.wavedirect.net ] (519)737-WAVE (9283) From: "Adam Moffett" [ mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com | <dmmoff...@gmail.com> ] To: "af" [ mailto:af@af.afmug.com | <af@af.afmug.com> ] Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:23:07 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trencher Sounds like you mean a vibratory plow? They'll all last more than a few years, but they'll all need bolts tightened frequently. Just an opinion. I'd bet the bigger ones can absorb the vibration better. On 1/28/2020 2:12 PM, Steven Kenney wrote: BQ_BEGIN We are looking to buy a trencher. The vibrating type... however from what we've been told by many people they require constant maintenance because of the vibrations. Things are always falling apart. Has anyone had any good luck with trenchers that are well built and will last more than a few years? If so which brand? -- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications [ http://www.wavedirect.net/ | http://www.wavedirect.net ] (519)737-WAVE (9283) -- AF mailing list [ mailto:AF@af.afmug.com | AF@af.afmug.com ] [ http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com | http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com ] BQ_END -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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