Digging a Trench for Silt Fence Installation

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Erosion Control and Silt Fence

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What happens here

The worker manually digs a trench using a square shovel along the perimeter where the silt fence will be installed. The presenter states that a trench of approximately 6 inches deep is required to properly "toe in" or bury the bottom of the silt fence. He also highlights that dedicated trenching machines or edgers can be used for a quicker and straighter cut.

Goal: Create a sufficient trench for securely burying the base of the silt fence.

Tools and materials

Edger — Mechanical alternative for cutting a straight trench
Square Shovel — Used for manual digging of the trench
Trenching Machine — Dedicated machine for digging trenches
Soil N/A — Material being excavated for the trench

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and bologs. So, let's get started. We're out here installing silt fence. Now, we've already got one row of silt fence, which has been up and functioning for about 90 days now. But the city wants to see a reinforced silt fence, and I'm going to show you the difference between them and show you how to install them. Jake's doing the manual. He's just manually digging a trench. You can get a trencher. This way works good. You got to get about a 6- in deep trench to tow it in. And as we look at the one that's already been installed and in in service for a while now, you can see that it's

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