That looks like a nice compact plow. I'll definitely keep it in mind.
I'm not trying to say the Vermeer was hard, but if you're chopping
through rocks with your plow I'm betting you'll find a loose bolt now
and again.
On 1/28/2020 2:40 PM, Ryan Hill wrote:
Yeah thats way too much work.
The Lineward is way easier to manage, maintain, and use
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On Jan 28, 2020, at 2:36 PM, Adam Moffett <dmmoff...@gmail.com
<mailto:dmmoff...@gmail.com>> wrote:
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.
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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:
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?
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