easy way to make a small trench?

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cmx

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Nov 9, 2024
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I have a install to do that is 250 feet underground in the past i have just used a flat shovel just enough to cut the grass and some dirt under and lifted up the grass and stuck a CAT6 cable under it that has held up fine for many years. Only issue being a sore foot in the end due to hitting rocks. :)

Since then i have a weed eater edger attachment, i'm thinking of trying it to dig a small trench with it. Sure you could rent a proper trencher but what is the fun in that.
 
buy the the piped pay a sprinkler man to trench it
 
Sounds like a good way to ruin a weedeater/edger but maybe it’s up to the task. What kind of traffic will run over the line? Riding mower, tractor, trucks? For 250 ft I’d rent a mini trencher made for irrigation lines at least if not something that would get you down to 12in or so if there will be heavy vehicles going over it
 
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97JeepXJ said:
Sounds like a good way to ruin a weedeater/edger but maybe it’s up to the task. What kind of traffic will run over the line? Riding mower, tractor, trucks? For 250 ft I’d rent a mini trencher made for irrigation lines at least if not something that would get you down to 12in or so if there will be heavy vehicles going over it
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That is what they are made for a small edge.
 
BobbyArcher said:
I used my gas powered edger. I took off the guard, removed the normal 8" blade and put on a 10" blade. I got the idea from this video ... Laying coaxial cable with an edger
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I'm sure you improved the technique and actually installed something and did a decent job.....that video is a waste of YT bandwidth: all I saw was some big dude's shadow, him scratching the ground a couple of feet maybe an inch deep with some hapless edger....not a single piece of cable went into the ground. What a joke.
 
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