Big Trenching Job Puts Tractor to the Test

[@benchmarksignsandgifts]

I'm glad I found you guys. Great channel! I'm considering a Kioti.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Welcome aboard! We love ours.

[@yasminghani2073]

Great job enjoy watching your video

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Thanks for coming

[@YogiMoore]

On a regin raise your bucket up so the hot gases won’t blow on the bucket arms and melt the paint. You can run your Kioti during this regin. Just keep the RPMs up and work it like any other time.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

never heard this tip before- thanks for sharing.

[@PopleBackyardFarm]

looks like a busy day

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Yes boy it sure was!

[@pwengert1]

Another great video. Things are looking great!

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Thanks a bunch!

[@Jonzuber]

Using fish tape and Crisco oil will enable you to pull wifi and other low voltage cables up to 100+ feet or more!

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Genius!

[@lonanakken1688]

Will be nice to have the drainage trench done before winter rolls in.. you guys are getting a lot done this summer!

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Fingers crossed! That's the plan!!

[@trickydicky78s3]

You guys really do deserve to have more subs just for the work done so far let alone what you plan for the future ! Good job keep on keeping on

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Much appreciated Feel free to spread the word. We ain't stopping anytime soon.

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[@sandranewton6534]

Congratulations! Amazing. You guys are something else. Did not see smoke in the background. Hope everything is OK.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Yes we are and thank you!

[@Jonzuber]

All underground wiring should always be installed in schedule 40 pvc pipe in order to protect it from gophers or moles etc.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Thanks for the pro tips!

[@matthewsmall7607]

If the line is over 300’ the cable that needs to be used is RG-11, not what appears to be RG-6. Too much signal loss on the RG-6.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Oh wow. well we dont have a lot of options here.

[@chasviaud4123]

Hey Amy, I have a nickname for Brian being he spent a lot of time with the retaining wall and trenching for the cable line. Brian's name is " DIRTY DIRT-DIGGER of DENVER". Brian has done a fantastic job outside getting all work done with one more main project to finish, THE WALK-WAY on the right side of the house. Hopefully, he can finish before the "SNOW" falls & the ground freezes, good luck. Amy, Brian can work on the inside all winter long. Chas***

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

hahaha!! He'll love this one. Maybe we'll get lucky this year and get a warm spell that doesn't push us inside by October. So far August has been pretty HOT!

[@jerryebner7582]

We used Mule tape when I was a utility worker to pull wire into pipe we would blow that line from one end then just pull the wire all at once. and use a lube solution so you didn't have hangups. .. You want to make sure if that was to go bad that they could pull it out and put new wire in.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

I think the lube solution would have been key; really had not extra room in the pex for anything else. but good point for setting it up for a quick fix.

[@ThunderHillFarmMaine]

My new L series Kubota only takes about 15 mins for regen and I can work with it while it's doing it...

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

wow what a feature!

[@thewol7534]

You get about 4-5 nuts (like screw on the ends of bolts) that will fit through the conduit, thread some fairly heavy string through them and loop it back and tie it. Now you've got a weighted string. You hold the end of the pex tube up to head level and drop the weighted string down into the tubing. Then you keep raising, shaking and curling back the pex tubing to let the weights fall further and further down the tube, pulling the string behind it, until you gradually work it down out the other end of the tube. You tape the string to the WiFi cable and pull the cable through the pex tubing. It's easier to do this with pex tubing because it's translucent, you can see where the weights are and you can let gravity work for you. You just have to make sure the string is free and loose, and doesn't catch on anything so the weights can pull it.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

I see what you're saying. but have doubts it would have worked in this case since the diameters were so close (cable vs pex). not sure we could have attached the string securely enough without breaking it off from the force of the cable pulling.

[@als2797]

Good job on your videos. Would love to see you in frame more when narrating. Thank you.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Thanks. Would love to but sometimes the narrating is a voiceover of recorded footage. I sure do wish I had a camera person to follow me around!

[@toddincabo]

Good job. Next time if there is one, try using your vacuum and pull some rope through that conduit/PEX and use some really soapy water (dish soap) with a rag on the wire as it it enters the conduit and you can pull a really long distance compared to shoving it through. Thanks for the vid. And always, always spend the little bit extra and run an extra length of at least 1" grey conduit minimum when you have a trench of that length open the first time. Just the time and effort is worth that alone. You could be adding a gate with an intercom system or whatever in the future, you just never know. Have a good one.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

If there is one! I love it because you never know there probably will be. Maybe wiring the shed from the house? Lube would have been a good idea, but we made quick work of the job in any case without much fuss. Great suggestion for the conduit in the ground. We had that original trench open for a very long time.

[@trucker85d47]

Next time get some cable lube it will make that easier great video

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Good idea!

[@mattcaluda]

gotta love a good tractor!

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

You got that right!

[@longcaster]

When taping with vinyl tape, don't just wrap it, stretch it as you wrap. It will make a longer lasting waterproof joint.

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

thanks for the tip!

[@suenorton873]

Hey Amy, no more hanging wires!...lol.. how are the fires? Any out yet? Can you still see n smell the smoke?.. you all be safe

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

hahah!! The wind is blowing differently so not as smoky today; but they are still burning for sure.

[@stephenboots]

Curious about you calling it WiFi with a 500 foot cable in a trench. WiFi is a term to describe Wireless Networking protocols. Is your Internet provider delivering Internet connectivity via wireless to a receiver that you then tie to via the buried cable? What kind of cabling is that 500 foot run of buried wire?

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

It's cable internet. (we just call it wi-fi). I'm not sure what kind of cabling it is, but it was sheathed in a copper foil inside the outer casing.

[@stephenboots]

@@ColoradoMountainLiving Well, I'm glad that you were able to get the trenched and buried successfully. Hopefully there won't be any more mishaps with it to cause an outage!

[@gracepassfield9655]

Put something on the end and use hoover

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Some else suggested that but it would not work in this case, the cable was too snug inside the tubing.

[@18twilliams]

I realize you have already done the job, for the future, they make a slim for pulling wire as you did! It is cheap and clear made just for pulling cable/wires! Makes a world of diff...

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

I'm sure. My hands were sure tired of holding onto the ends while everyone was pulling their pex down the hill!

[@stevenlawson3916]

WiFi or Internet? just giving you a hard time! Looking great!

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

Internet and inside the house we use it as wi-fi.

[@666bruv]

They should have used a proper trench bucket and bury it to a decent depth

[@ColoradoMountainLiving]

It's pretty decent.