My granddad did this 60 yars ago with a Ford 901 Row Cropper and a sub-soiler. He attached a piece of pipe across the 3-point hitch, slid a roll of 1" black plastic pipe on it, fed the pipe through a hole in the plow foot, and plowed in 1000s of feet of water line for himself and others.
Good video. I do something similar. I bought a sub-soiler, which is basically like your ripper tooth. I made loops on each end of a piece of 16” cable after putting it thru a hole drilled in a 1-1/2” pipe cap screwed to a 1-1/2” x 6” pipe nipple. The cable is attached to the bottom back side of the ripper and the water line (or electric wire) is attached to the other end of the cable. As you drag it thru the earth the pipe nipple slides back over the leading end of the water pipe to protect it and creates an underground channel for the water line to slide in as it is dragged forward. The channel created is plenty large enough for the water line to freely be drawn thru. Just uncoil the water line or electric cable at the start point and this is a one man job. I even added a vibrating motor to it and I can easily bury a line 18” deep. Scott, Vass, NC
I borrowed a diy unit from a friend to lay 3/4 pvc water line. It worked by having the pvc tied on behind a bell which was chained near the bottom of the plow. It pulled the pipe from the end. I pulled about 500ft in just a few minutes. Easiest pipe I’ve ever seen layed. I thought it would pull the joints apart but it was slick as could be.
maybe something to add to what your doing is Lube. Liquied soap would help make the pipe slid as you plow. working with cable burial with the phone company for year. we had all different type of lube. but the best was cheep dish washing soap dripped on the opening between the cable and the shaft. Plastic pipe should work good with just something to add slipperyness to the method
Looks great and like a must have for the 1,000’s of feet I need to bury! Note that the ripper shank was tilted forward slightly which meant that the plow portion was angling upward from front to back, pushing the soil upward and out onto the surface. The tilt also means there’s a gap between the bottom of the trench and what you’re burying so you’re not burying as deep as you could have.
Should have bought a 3" ridged galvanized sweep 90 degree and a coupling from an electrical supply and all you would have to weld is the pipe to the subsoiler.
Literally trying to find the adapter he has on the tine to attach to the drop hitch but he didn't put the links in the description as he said. I can't find that piece for the life of me. Any help would be great!
@@DanielWoodell gotcha, I figured it was something bought totally because of the way it's talked about but I guess I'll be doing a bit more welding to make that adapter. Thanks!
