Do they use that same machine or a slight variation of it to lay fiber-optic cable? We moved one of those but it belonged to somebody else and it was a couple of years ago.
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Back when I had a purpose in life, I had a customer that laid drain tile.. Cleveland wheel trencher with 12' wheel for the large main lines and a Fiat-Allis D-8 sized tractor with a plow for the small lines. The plow tractor had a spool and hopper on it for gravel. The crew kept drain pipe on the spool and a small loader kept the hopper full. It laid the small pipe 4-6' down with the gravel perfectly enveloping the pipe. Amazing and they laid a LOT of pipe in a day. Eventually the A/C got replaced with a D8L and later with a D9N. The old trencher with an old pony motor Cat engine labored on. Everything was tall, had to remove 2 buckets on the trencher to get to 14-8". Didnt have cameras in our pockets back then so only pic I took were to show my drivers where
the trencher had to sit on the trailer.
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Late 70's early 80's we had a contract to move a D8H with a ripper type plow that could rip 6" or 8" pipe down to 7.5ft and was laser and primitive computer controlled. They had a D7 that was on site to assist the 8 on deep pulls in clay soil. The advance man would map out the tile route and use a Case backhoe to dig the catch basins. Then Leo and I would move the 7 and 8 into the field and they would tile for up to 3 days before calling us back to move again, if they couldn't walk to the next field.
The 8 moved on a 16 wheeler with a 8 wheel jeep and the 7 with the small ripper and winch needed a triaxle.CAXPT, God prefers Diesels, Ruthless and 8 others Thank this. -
Very cool ! Thanks for sharing . I love seeing different pieces of equipment like thisCAXPT, God prefers Diesels, nikmirbre and 5 others Thank this.
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I haven’t ever seen one with a wheel for that purpose just a plow but still looks kinda similar. this particular machine has also been used to lay pipe for the water district a couple times. He’s got a extra long boot for it that allows a stick of the slide together water pipe to be assembled as it moves forward. It makes the machine a two load move though.CAXPT, Oxbow, God prefers Diesels and 3 others Thank this.
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I did a thing and switched companies. I turned in the W900 and went back OTR. Now I’m driving “The Great Pumpkin”.
I loaded this in Charleston SC headed for NY. Since NY won’t let me travel after noon Saturday I’ll be camping out in PA until Monday morning.
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Just some free, unsolicited advice. Better figure out something for your front plate. Covering it with your banner will get you a ticket. Lots of states will look up your permit by your front plate as you pull on the scale.
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