A couple weeks ago I rented cool tool. A mini ditch witch. Instead of a chain saw like blade like a big ditch witch this was designed to go between 3 to 7 inches deep. Looked like a lawn mower blade mounted sideways.
We were burying cable for invisible fence and only needed a 3 inch trench. The tool worked great. Cut into our rock like clay with no problem. I had a couple of 4" flexible pipe drain lines to go over and the 1st one was a bit of a problem. So when we got to the 2nd one we had the option of doing an end around (it was just a few extra feet ..so no big deal). We were all careful and got around the 4" flex pipe just fine. But the trencher died. It had done that a couple times before, no problem. We started back up and continued trenching when all the sudden I smell natural gas real strong, and it dawns on me. We might have cut the gas line. Sure enough it comes out of the ground a few inches behind the path we chose to trench.
So 3/4 way through the invisible fence job I had to drop everything ride an ATV 1/2 mile to the well, shut off the gas, mend gas line with spare fitting, back and turn on gas, check new fitting, turn on house safety shut off, and relight a pilot. No fun at all. Just glad I had the spare fitting ....thats because one other time showing the wifey how cool my FEL was I got a bit carried away and cut into the line ....history repeats itself. I've already picked up another spare.
We were burying cable for invisible fence and only needed a 3 inch trench. The tool worked great. Cut into our rock like clay with no problem. I had a couple of 4" flexible pipe drain lines to go over and the 1st one was a bit of a problem. So when we got to the 2nd one we had the option of doing an end around (it was just a few extra feet ..so no big deal). We were all careful and got around the 4" flex pipe just fine. But the trencher died. It had done that a couple times before, no problem. We started back up and continued trenching when all the sudden I smell natural gas real strong, and it dawns on me. We might have cut the gas line. Sure enough it comes out of the ground a few inches behind the path we chose to trench.
So 3/4 way through the invisible fence job I had to drop everything ride an ATV 1/2 mile to the well, shut off the gas, mend gas line with spare fitting, back and turn on gas, check new fitting, turn on house safety shut off, and relight a pilot. No fun at all. Just glad I had the spare fitting ....thats because one other time showing the wifey how cool my FEL was I got a bit carried away and cut into the line ....history repeats itself. I've already picked up another spare.
