Trenching for Water Lines and Future Plans
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You Won't BELIEVE THIS! Heavy Equipment Trenching Off Grid Farm Water System!
What happens here
The speaker moves to the location of the water line trenches. He highlights a completed trench, noting its depth of 20 to 24 inches, which is intentionally deeper than the local 18-inch frost line to prevent freezing. He shows a GEHL RT210 skid loader equipped with a Caterpillar trencher attachment. The plan involves extending this trench from the current location all the way up to a solar well, then across the farm to another field. Future steps will include crossing a public road (once utilities are marked and permits obtained) and a pond dam, requiring careful planning to go under existing pipes. The speaker also mentions a minor electrical issue with the skid loader, which he affectionately calls 'Peanut'.
Goal: Dig trenches for farm water lines and outline the full scope of the water infrastructure project.
Tools and materials
- GEHL RT210 Skid Loader GEHL — Operating the trencher attachment and moving around the farm