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| Guide to Trenching and Trenchers |
The Easy Digging Trenching Guide:
Hand trenching tools and shovels and tips
Homeowners often do shovel trenching because the short run of trench they need for theirproject does not justify a rental trencher. But even professional trenching crews get out a
trenching shovel when they need to trench in area where their trencher won’t fit, or to clean
the bottom of the trench.
Any shovel will do fine for the first foot of trench depth, but after that you will avoid much
frustration and back pain by using special hand trenching tools and shovels to stand at
ground level while digging out the trench.
For quality hand trenching tools and shovels I recommend looking at:
- Union Tool's trenching shovel collection
- Structron's fiberglass Trenching Shovel
- and Hisco's trenching shovel line
A more efficient trenching tool is Easy Digging’s trenching hoe in 4” or 6” width. With a
trenching hoe you simply swing the long-handled tool down into the trench to chop dirt loose
and then drag the loose soil up the remaining inclined portion of the trench like a bulldozer.
A trenching hoe is much easier on your back
Hand Trenching Tips
Trenching is necessary for lawn irrigation and for providing water or electric utilities to the
far corners of your property. These links provide further information on trenching for lawn
irrigation and trenching in shallow utility lines
For better methods of digging a trench near trees please read this article.
When trenching pipe across a sidewalk, a water-assisted tunneler or the new Sidewalk
Sleever will make it easy.
For more information on trenching for drainage installation or a French Drain system be
sure to review the Lawn and Garden Drainage Guide
Walk-behind trenchers
Walk-behind trenchers are useful for narrow, medium depth trench in areas with reasonable
elbow room. They can be very dangerous – please read this Trenching Safety Guide and
get checked for buried utility lines!
This Guide to Walk-Behind Trenchers lists all the small trenchers currently available in
America.
Special purpose trencher applications…
The bed edger trencher does clean shallow trenching for landscaping borders like brick,
plastic and concrete edging. Two nice bed edger trencher are the Trench’N Edge and E-Z
Trench Bedscaper
A wire trencher installs electric dog fences like Invisible Fence and Dog Watch. The buried
wire is placed using with a wire trencher like the DMR Wire Trencher or the E-Z Trench wire
trencher. The DIY’er with a small yard may want to try this new hand wire trencher
Trencher attachments for skid steer loaders
Full featured trenchers are available for skid steer loaders like Bobcat ,
John Deere , New Holland , and Caterpillar
Ride-on Trencher and trench digger suppliers
The ride-on trencher and trench digger is as large as we go here. This article on getting
more from your trencher provides great tips for increasing the productivity of your
professional ride-on trencher or trench digger.
A variety or ride-on trenchers and trench diggers are produced by Vermeer ,
Ditch Witch , and Parsons
Locating good used trenchers
Finding good used trenchers takes knowledge, luck, and more luck. Learn what commonly
fails and wears out on a trencher. Insist on a test run before you purchase the trencher.
Explore hiring a trencher or rental yard mechanic to inspect it.
Trencher chains are expensive! They wear out in TWO ways – worn down cutter teeth are
usually obvious, but chain stretch isn't.
Please learn how to spot worn trencher chain before you buy a used trencher!
Sources of used trenchers include Machinery Trader and Equipment Locator
Trenching Safety
A trencher is dangerous, and a trench can quickly become a very long grave.
Trenching safety is critical !
Please read this Trencher Safe Use Guide and OSHA’s Trenching Safety Rules
Take the free online Trenching Safety Awareness class if you do big trenching projects.
Hope this helps! Check out our new Garden Drainage Guide
Webmasters: You are welcome to link to our Guide to Trenching and Trenchers
using this underlined title as the anchor text.
If you have a useful site, and want to make a link exchange just click the link...
Professional quality digging tools that are fast, efficient, and affordable.
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| Trencher Safety |
Hand trenching tools and shovels and tips
Homeowners often do shovel trenching because the short run of trench they need for their
trenching shovel when they need to trench in area where their trencher won’t fit, or to clean
the bottom of the trench.
Any shovel will do fine for the first foot of trench depth, but after that you will avoid much
frustration and back pain by using special hand trenching tools and shovels to stand at
ground level while digging out the trench.
For quality hand trenching tools and shovels I recommend looking at:
- Union Tool's trenching shovel collection
- Structron's fiberglass Trenching Shovel
- and Hisco's trenching shovel line
A more efficient trenching tool is Easy Digging’s trenching hoe in 4” or 6” width. With a
trenching hoe you simply swing the long-handled tool down into the trench to chop dirt loose
and then drag the loose soil up the remaining inclined portion of the trench like a bulldozer.
A trenching hoe is much easier on your back
Hand Trenching Tips
Trenching is necessary for lawn irrigation and for providing water or electric utilities to the
far corners of your property. These links provide further information on trenching for lawn
irrigation and trenching in shallow utility lines
For better methods of digging a trench near trees please read this article.
When trenching pipe across a sidewalk, a water-assisted tunneler or the new Sidewalk
Sleever will make it easy.
For more information on trenching for drainage installation or a French Drain system be
sure to review the Lawn and Garden Drainage Guide
Walk-behind trenchers
Walk-behind trenchers are useful for narrow, medium depth trench in areas with reasonable
elbow room. They can be very dangerous – please read this Trenching Safety Guide and
get checked for buried utility lines!
This Guide to Walk-Behind Trenchers lists all the small trenchers currently available in
America.
Special purpose trencher applications…
The bed edger trencher does clean shallow trenching for landscaping borders like brick,
plastic and concrete edging. Two nice bed edger trencher are the Trench’N Edge and E-Z
Trench Bedscaper
A wire trencher installs electric dog fences like Invisible Fence and Dog Watch. The buried
wire is placed using with a wire trencher like the DMR Wire Trencher or the E-Z Trench wire
trencher. The DIY’er with a small yard may want to try this new hand wire trencher
Trencher attachments for skid steer loaders
Full featured trenchers are available for skid steer loaders like Bobcat ,
John Deere , New Holland , and Caterpillar
Ride-on Trencher and trench digger suppliers
The ride-on trencher and trench digger is as large as we go here. This article on getting
more from your trencher provides great tips for increasing the productivity of your
professional ride-on trencher or trench digger.
A variety or ride-on trenchers and trench diggers are produced by Vermeer ,
Ditch Witch , and Parsons
Locating good used trenchers
Finding good used trenchers takes knowledge, luck, and more luck. Learn what commonly
fails and wears out on a trencher. Insist on a test run before you purchase the trencher.
Explore hiring a trencher or rental yard mechanic to inspect it.
Trencher chains are expensive! They wear out in TWO ways – worn down cutter teeth are
usually obvious, but chain stretch isn't.
Please learn how to spot worn trencher chain before you buy a used trencher!
Sources of used trenchers include Machinery Trader and Equipment Locator
Trenching Safety
A trencher is dangerous, and a trench can quickly become a very long grave.
Trenching safety is critical !
Please read this Trencher Safe Use Guide and OSHA’s Trenching Safety Rules
Take the free online Trenching Safety Awareness class if you do big trenching projects.
Hope this helps! Check out our new Garden Drainage Guide
Webmasters: You are welcome to link to our Guide to Trenching and Trenchers
using this underlined title as the anchor text.
If you have a useful site, and want to make a link exchange just click the link...
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