As he mentioned below, depth is a consideration on the ES-Trencher. From our experience, the EZ-Trencher works well for Ethernet drops that only need to be buried an inch or two beneath the surface. Also, they work well for small diameter cable/wire, but wouldn’t work for conduit if you were going to put your fiber drops in those. We have had good luck with them, especially being able to bury an ethernet cable at a later date by modifying the cable pickup on the trencher. Because of this we don’t have to have the trencher in the van every day, we just string together a bunch of cable bury jobs and do that when more convenient.
For fiber, I would be concerned about direct burying the fiber drop as it might damage the cable, but we haven’t tried that. Regards, David Coudron From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Steven Kenney Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 7:30 AM To: af <af@af.afmug.com> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trencher Haven't seen them. This is why I'm asking. We've always done this with a shovel but since we are now getting into fiber we'll need some of these. -- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications http://www.wavedirect.net (519)737-WAVE (9283) ________________________________ From: "Timothy Steele" <timothy.pct...@gmail.com<mailto:timothy.pct...@gmail.com>> To: "af" <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 8:24:14 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trencher why not an EZ-Trencher? or are you needing to go deeper than that? On Wed, Jan 29, 2020 at 4:26 AM Steven Kenney <st...@wavedirect.org<mailto:st...@wavedirect.org>> wrote: Looks about the size I was talking about. Small enough to fit into a work van. But powerful enough to do the job. -- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications http://www.wavedirect.net (519)737-WAVE (9283) ________________________________ From: "Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi]" <j...@brazoswifi.com<mailto:j...@brazoswifi.com>> To: "af" <af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com>> Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 2:39:23 PM Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Trencher I think that is going to vary depending on how much you use it. We have a Ditch Witch SX100. Good little machine for 4-6” depth. We have probably only run it 100 hours so far. We also have a Ditch Witch 4010DD with the plow attachment. It has about 2000 hours on it and required a bit of work to get it back to good after purchase. Overall, I think they are decent machines for what they do. Jim Bouse Owner - Brazos WiFi 979-985-5912 http://www.brazoswifi.com From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com<mailto:af-boun...@af.afmug.com>> On Behalf Of Steven Kenney Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 1:13 PM To: af@af.afmug.com<mailto:af@af.afmug.com> Subject: [AFMUG] Trencher 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? -- Steven Kenney Network Operations Manager WaveDirect Telecommunications http://www.wavedirect.net (519)737-WAVE (9283) -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com<mailto:AF@af.afmug.com> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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