Trenching bucket for L47

[OntheRidge]

Success!! Finally got the bucket I needed, after an initial oopsy, and this bucket being trapped in the Yellow Line disaster. Many many kudos to Rhinox US for helping me get this sorted out. Very well built bucket, and outstanding customer service. Highly recommend !

 

[fried1765]

Success!! Finally got the bucket I needed, after an initial oopsy, and this bucket being trapped in the Yellow Line disaster. Many many kudos to Rhinox US for helping me get this sorted out. Very well built bucket, and outstanding customer service. Highly recommend View attachment 108524 View attachment 108525 !

I like the idea of that narrow trenching bucket, but digging depth is only about 24" before the thumb width begins to form the trench width.
I opted for the 16" Kubota K7873 which is overall 2" wider than my thumb.

 

[OntheRidge]

I like the idea of that narrow trenching bucket, but digging depth is only about 24" before the thumb width begins to form the trench width.
I opted for the 16" Kubota K7873 which is overall 2" wider than my thumb.

24" is plenty deep here, and I had no need for a 16" wide trench. More gravel.

 

[Runs With Scissors]

Cool looking bucket.

I thought about getting one but heard that using one in clay is a PITA, and my area is a clay pit.

 

[AdmiralS]

Coll looking bucket.

I thought about getting one but heard that using one in clay is a PITA, and my area is a clay pit.

Having used this type of bucket extensively in clay, I can agree that it becomes a royal PITA.

While you can still dig, you dont move nearly as much matirial once the bucket gets caked up. I ended up using a spike on a base to try and clear the clay which worked pretty well.

I accept the caking in favor of digging a massive trench making a mess to clean up later!

 

[fried1765]

24" is plenty deep here, and I had no need for a 16" wide trench. More gravel.

A water line must be a min. of 36" deep where I am.
I never need gravel to backfill a trench, unless for a septic leach line, and then I use my 24" bucket.

 

[fried1765]

Having used this type of bucket extensively in clay, I can agree that it becomes a royal PITA.

While you can still dig, you dont move nearly as much matirial once the bucket gets caked up. I ended up using a spike on a base to try and clear the clay which worked pretty well.

I accept the caking in favor of digging a massive trench making a mess to clean up later!

A 16" wide trench is not "massive" IMHO,..... and I have ZERO clay.

 

[fried1765]

Coll looking bucket.

I thought about getting one but heard that using one in clay is a PITA, and my area is a clay pit.

If you have a thumb, take my advice, and do not get a BH bucket that is narrower than your thumb.

 

[OntheRidge]

If you have a thumb, take my advice, and do not get a BH bucket that is narrower than your thumb.

A, I also have a 24" bucket, and B, I know how to operate my machine. Thanks for the "advice".

 

[fried1765]

A, I also have a 24" bucket, and B, I know how to operate my machine. Thanks for the "advice".

Angry/demeaning response received.

 

[Vigo]

I think ive been taken the wrong way before on this.. i often try to put ‘good advice’ (in my mind) into a conversation even if the OP doesn’t need it becsuse while the OP may have started the thread, there’s no telling how many other people may read it in the future and the advice might be helpful to some of them. Its a controversial approach but hopefully the intent shines through… and i see that intent in what fried said. Its just generic good advice for narrow buckets and thumbs used together.

 

[Smokeydog]

Rhinox makes some interesting attachments. Let us know how the bucket works out in your soil. Interesting holes in the sides.

One thing I do is weld a hook or D-ring on back of the bucket. D-ring on a narrow bucket I can attach a heavy shackle to act like a hammer when shaking the bucket to loosen dirt inside.

 

[OntheRidge]

Thanks to all for responding, my point was to give Rhinox a huge thumbs up for their service, I bought the bucket I need, not putting in a water line, not digging 36", very aware of the thumb. Mostly shale here. I am putting in gutter drains, and possibly a curtain drain. no anger or demeaning intended.

 

[Smokeydog]

With over a mile of buried utilities on the farm, repairs are inevitable. Utilities use narrow toothless buckets to uncover lines for repairs because they aren’t so easy to cause existing line damage. Like the “tusk tooth” offered on some of the narrow Rhinox buckets.

Narrow trenching digging technique is a little different too. Where a typical backhoe bucket technique is to scoop, lift, turn, drop spoils and repeat. Narrow buckets often are pulled repeatedly thru the deeping trench letting the smaller amount of spoils to pile up along the sides. This quickly opens a narrow trench to lay in a new line, less ground disturbance, backfilling, and settling. This is the application where a narrow trenching bucket can outperform a digging bucket in the hands of a experienced operator. It is a specialized bucket. Root and rocky ground areas might benefit by first using a ripper tooth.

 

[fried1765]

Rhinox makes some interesting attachments. Let us know how the bucket works out in your soil. Interesting holes in the sides.

One thing I do is weld a hook or D-ring on back of the bucket. D-ring on a narrow bucket I can attach a heavy shackle to act like a hammer when shaking the bucket to loosen dirt inside.

No clay or shale here.
Pure white

Rhinox makes some interesting attachments. Let us know how the bucket works out in your soil. Interesting holes in the sides.

One thing I do is weld a hook or D-ring on back of the bucket. D-ring on a narrow bucket I can attach a heavy shackle to act like a hammer when shaking the bucket to loosen dirt inside.

No clay or shale here.
Just pure beach like sand.
Trench sides may cave in, but bucket always empties.