Easier way to trench WITHOUT a backhoe!!! Making use of the Kioti with a subsoiler.

Digging the final trench for out french drain system bring water to the back from the foundation. We're utilizing the Countyline subsoiler to help break up the soil to make the trench MUCH easier to dig. We get this project done in a few hours instead of a few days!
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Here is the list of equipment we use on our farm:
Tractor: Kioti DK6010SEHST with KL5521 Loader
Box Blade: Ideal BB6SDID
Pallet Forks: HLA Attachments HD4248
Mower: Gravely ZT HD 60" with FR730V Kawasaki engine
Subsoiler: Countyline
Backhoe: Kioti KB2485
Drag Harrow: Loyal ATV 4'x4'
Chainsaw: Stihl MS462
Log Splitter: Champion 27 Ton Log Splitter
DIY Leaf Collection System

[@Curtis1824]

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[@butchtheiw]

Did I miss something here? I didn't see the tractor trenching anything.

[@J3Cub1940]

Good idea - a lot faster than a small backhoe too. Be warned though, I have the same subsoiler and just today was running it in very compacted ground (200 yards) and I doubt it will live to work another day. I sent a photo of the bent subsoiler to my uncle, he sent one back of another bent subsoiler ( a heavy old-school one) and asked if I remembered it. Apparently I bent that one too about 40 years ago. I have concluded that I have high expectations of subsoilers.

[@Curtis1824]

I also have the same high expectations and also bent it a little bit. More so at the head of it then the arm going down. My soil is full of rocks, but it was way easier and saved my back vs digging the full trench the way I did in the first few videos by hand. We’ll see how long it lasts!! Thanks for watching!!!

[@scottsmith7080]

I have the same sub soiler from TSC. I used a short length of 1/4” steel cable about 16” long and made a loop at one end -about 1” in diameter which bolts to the bottom of the subsoiler and it drags behind when put in the ground. Before I made a loop in the other end I slid on the cable a 1” dia x 4” long pipe nipple with cap screwed on the leading end with a hole in it for the cable. Then I finished the other loop in the cable. I use it to bury direct bury wire and pex lines for water. I hook the wire to the loop and the pipe nipple slides back down the cable to cover the wire end and acts as a torpedo thru the dirt. It creates a “channel” for the wire so there is zero resistance and you can bury a wire as long as you want. Same for pex, but I clamp in a cap with an eye bolt drilled thru it used as a hook. Another thing I did was weld a plate to the sub soiler and mount a 1/4 hp vibrating motor, which makes it pull ten times easier thru the soil. With that vibrator I can sink the sub soiler down to the drawbar. When done I just drive the tractor back over it to push the soil back down. Good video. Scott

[@Curtis1824]

Thanks, Scott! I plan to do something very similar when running cable and water lines in the future. The vibrating motor sounds interesting! Does it transfer to the tractor much?

[@scottsmith7080]

@@Curtis1824 no, it’s just a little 1/4 hp motor with off balance weights on it. I got it on eBay. It is 120v so I need a long extension cord, or to put the generator on the forks out front, but it makes a huge difference in pulling the sub soiler. The vibration allows me to sink the shank deeper with less pulling effort. The phone company used the same principle on a large ditch witch brand unit to bury my phone cable along side the driveway. I got by without it for years, but if you can find a small vibrating motor it’ll help a lot. Scott

[@georgea6403]

Damn man! Vibrating motor. Great idea. I’m making a trencher mounted on the bucket and having the dirt directed into the bucket but the dirt keeps getting clogged in the chute. This may be the answer. Ordering one online. $40. Thanks much!!

[@johnbarth684]

I have the same idea with my property. We have water coming down the hill onto our lawn. The buster looks like the perfect tool for that. There many roots . The ground is always wet. Our Kioti Nx 4510 lookks just like yours. Hopefully it can do the job.

[@Curtis1824]

Should be fine with NX. It definitely helps break everything up and right through the roots. Another viewer mentioned using the bucket afterwards to dig out the trench instead of the way I did it with the shovel to save some time.

[@jjfore0921]

I wonder if maybe you cracked that rigid pipe when you drove over it. There wasn’t a lot of soil above that plastic. Maybe something to check out in the spring.

[@Curtis1824]

I was thinking either that or just with filling it in the water wasn’t flowing as freely through the soil.

[@DUSTEATER2]

I have never seen anyone connect drain pipe together with duct tape before.

[@Curtis1824]

There's a first time for everything :) The duct tape was more to hold the fitting in place while I buried it so I didn't have to worry about it coming apart on me. Definitely not a permanent hold.

[@jarrodp6068]

When i did the corrugated pipe for drains i snapped it together and then wrapped duct tape around the joints so that it would help hold it together until burried and also help keep it from leaking

[@thomasblackwell9507]

An A-Team special! BA would be proud of you!

[@MatthewWilliams-pd7iy]

Well. Not to make it last...

[@chips4289]

I dont know if my eyes deceive me or not but it looks like you are going downhill from the house and then the pipe goes uphill towards the woods

[@Curtis1824]

The land plays some tricks over in that area and the camera doesn't help much either. It's been well tested this year with lots and lots of rain and thankfully it all drains without a problem.

[@davidhoy8997]

Nice tractor, wondering if you’ve done a little piece on the kioti, what you like about it what you don’t etc. etc. would like to know how it compares to the competition

[@newhampshire-bob1604]

I think I have you beat on the size of the rocks in your yard! It is starting to shape up around the house! It can be a little overwhelming at times!

[@Curtis1824]

I try to avoid the iceberg rocks :)

[@newhampshire-bob1604]

@@Curtis1824 Being up in NH, we have lovely rocks, one is the size of our garage! Do you want me to send you some? 😁

[@johnhiggs325]

@@newhampshire-bob1604 We are in limestone seams with fill in between, running generally north/south. I ended up buying an industrial hammer drill so that we could expand our underground utilities.

[@Moselli56]

I need some KZbin dirt! Every video I see has these guys doing stuff with their tractors and there’s never even one rock just pure dirt!

[@Curtis1824]

Ha! I got lucky there. Watch some of my other videos and all I hit is rock. Just depends on where in the yard, but I do have pretty sandy soil which helps things.

[@pauletheridge2412]

Every job goes faster with a banjo. I got a subsoiler but turned out too big for the compact I had. Gotta check that before picking one up.

[@jerryhoover4698]

6 self starting screws would work better than a half a roll of duct tape.

[@Curtis1824]

I thought of that, but didn’t want any holes for any chance of water seeping out.

[@keithrayeski3147]

My issue with gravel up here is winter. Any area you want to keep clear of snow, and us gravel, is a nightmare! It’s essentially lost space all winter. Yes, it can be mostly cleared, but it’s always a risk to clear or, a lot of clean up in spring. Grass or natural is best for me.

[@Curtis1824]

It all worked out pretty well this winter. I have some ideas on diy heating to get in place at some point so I don’t have to clear snow.

[@keithrayeski3147]

@@Curtis1824 I’m going to enjoy those!!

[@bry8890]

I saw this today but it looked a little big for my kubota bx

[@jjfore0921]

Be careful with that shackle on your draw bar. It will swing and hook on your 3pt hitch lifting arm. The result is a bent draw bar and 3pt lifting arm. Ask me how I know. 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@Curtis1824]

Oh man. Thanks for the heads up!

[@inseiin]

I'd assume this would only work in places where the soil doesnt freeze?

[@Curtis1824]

Probably depends on how deep your frost goes. I've broken up 6" of frozen ground with it, but it's hard to get under that.

[@inseiin]

@@Curtis1824 I mean lets say you have a water pipe running....you cant lay that so shallow. In Estonia we have to bury water pipes at least 1.2m below ground to be sure they wont freeze.

[@inseiin]

But yes for pipes that do not depend on how deep they are this tool is waaaay faster than a backhoe. Maybe make it a bit wider somehow so it plows better? (I have a Bronco ATV towable backhoe).

[@Curtis1824]

@@inseiin Completely agree. We have to go down about the same here for anything continually filled with water. This just takes away the rain/snow melt and I haven't had any problems yet with backups.

[@longrange1114]

so, never even got to see the subsoiler in action. title is misleading

[@donaldstrishock3923]

Just happen to "Go back" from a year ago, ( braver now) to finish watching. I surely was not born knowing how to put drain pipe in the ground, but WOW! Having put "Miles" in l would consider this "how to vidio" a pure COMEDY. The "Twack-tor " should of been smarter, because the pipe certainly was not. Just "saying" ; never had to replace any pipe..... l think l need to get a "camera & channel" & HELP the world with "installing drain pipe"; ( l got myself 4 "Twack-tor's) maybe fer just 4 times the comedy.

[@jasongray423]

Way too much shoveling. Flip the loose dirt out with your bucket.

[@Curtis1824]

That would have sped things up for sure. Thanks for the tip!

[@rampanttricky17]

​@@Curtis1824 i think I'd have a tough time moving much soil with a shovel or bucket blade running parallel to a trench and the loader on my CK4010se don't have a "flip" motion actuator.

[@TF856]

It's, a ripper! Why don't they call it what it is.

[@jimcwerenz9185]

You didn’t show any trenching with the tractor and you connect a coupler with duct tape? Really??????

[@salsantaniello5466]

Duct Tape??? Seriously???

[@willmansfield6532]

Just get to the point. Nobody wants to hear the long saga of your yard project.

[@dh5594]

Pretty sure you broke the pipe when you pulled that big root up from under it with the trencher

[@Curtis1824]

Thought I did too but it was all good.