Was thinking of a 3pt trencher attachment for my B7500. I cant believe the prices. Does anyone have one of these??? and how do they work. Seems like I can buy a used walk behind for about 1/3 of the price. I dont understand why they are so expensive!
3 pt trencher attachment
- Thread starter mikkeeh
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Unless you plan on using one alot I would just go to the local rental yard and pick one up for $200 a day.
Well...sometimes ya just cant get all your work lined up to do in 1 day. So...3 or 4 days rental is close to what I can buy a used walk behind for.
So......No one has answered my original question. Why are the 3 pts so expensive? Certainly not any more complicated to built than a roto-tiller......but 3x the price? Cmon!
Burt
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Equipment
L3700SU, box blade, 6 foot rhino blade, 1 bottom plow, 3 point receiver hitch.
Mikeeh,
These are expensive because they are specialized equipment not often used, viz., not as often as a rototiller, trimmer, mower, etc.....it's a one time application tool usually. The teeth on them have to be extra hardened steel for rocks and are expensive to replace.
Now, tell us how far you need to trench, why you are trenching, how deep, etc.....
You may be better off using a one bottom plow, or a middle buster or even a tilted box blade. These are implements you can use again and again.
I trenched 300 feet using a one bottom plow that cost $100. That was for a low power electric line. Then I used the same plow for about another 100 feet to make a new drainage ditch. I've used our box blade to clean out ditches easily and quickly by tilting it into the exiting ditch. If I had a trencher, it would have been used once.
So, what are you doing with a trencher? For my deep trenching, I hired two guys to dig a deep trench for us and I'm glad I did it that way. Their trencher broke down twice while doing it and I drank coffee while they busted their tails digging a deep water line trench. One time expense well spent.
Burt
I don't know what kind of tiller you're looking at or what kind of trencher, "Certainly not any more complicated to built than a roto-tiller......but 3x the price? Cmon!".
Does the trencher you're looking at actually have cylinders and hoses and controls, and a boom and chain?
A tiller has a PTO shaft, gear box, chain, tines.
They both have iron, even though the trencher weights several times more then the tiller. Both have engineering and manufacturing cost.
A walk behind trencher does not compare to a 3pt trencher, (or any other self propelled trencher). If you doubt that go rent one for a day and use it all day. Then rent the other and use it for a day. See how much supper you eat at the end of each day, and how well you sleep!!
Does the trencher you're looking at actually have cylinders and hoses and controls, and a boom and chain?
A tiller has a PTO shaft, gear box, chain, tines.
They both have iron, even though the trencher weights several times more then the tiller. Both have engineering and manufacturing cost.
A walk behind trencher does not compare to a 3pt trencher, (or any other self propelled trencher). If you doubt that go rent one for a day and use it all day. Then rent the other and use it for a day. See how much supper you eat at the end of each day, and how well you sleep!!
As Burt said, they are specializied and used expensive parts.
I normally reply to those questions:
"Take the same amount and try to built one..."
But maybe that will fit for you. You can built exact that tool you need and know to repair if it needs service.
Have fun.
BR carl
