Subsoiler Turned Into Cable Layer
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Donald Feilbach, Piasa, Ill., put a spool holder on his King Kutter subsoiler so it could bury electric cable 1 ft. underground. After the cable is laid, he drives the tractor wheels over the trench to pack the ground down. "You don't even know it's been disturbed," he says.
To add the cable to the subsoiler, Feilbach bent a piece of 1-in. pipe 90 degrees and then welded it to the back of the subsoiler with the end almost as far down as the blade. A small length of rebar reinforces the curve at the bottom. The top of the pipe is about level with the lift arm pins on the 3-pt. hookup.
Feilbach fashioned a 3-in. wide spool holder out of flat steel and scrap metal that holds different size cable on it.
"I buried 80 ft. of cable in four minutes," says Feilbach. "I even went across the gravel driveway with no problems."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald Feilbach, 7547 Rt. 111, Piasa, Ill. 62079 (ph 618 729-4491).
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Subsoiler Turned Into Cable Layer TILLAGE EUIPMENT Subsoilers (55) 30-2-40 Donald Feilbach, Piasa, Ill., put a spool holder on his King Kutter subsoiler so it could bury electric cable 1 ft. underground. After the cable is laid, he drives the tractor wheels over the trench to pack the ground down. "You don't even know it's been disturbed," he says.
To add the cable to the subsoiler, Feilbach bent a piece of 1-in. pipe 90 degrees and then welded it to the back of the subsoiler with the end almost as far down as the blade. A small length of rebar reinforces the curve at the bottom. The top of the pipe is about level with the lift arm pins on the 3-pt. hookup.
Feilbach fashioned a 3-in. wide spool holder out of flat steel and scrap metal that holds different size cable on it.
"I buried 80 ft. of cable in four minutes," says Feilbach. "I even went across the gravel driveway with no problems."
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Donald Feilbach, 7547 Rt. 111, Piasa, Ill. 62079 (ph 618 729-4491).
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