Skid Steer-Mounted Chain Trencher

Skid Steer-Mounted Chain Trencher MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT Earth Movers “I call it a poor man’s trencher but it does the work of much more expensive machines ” says Chuck Hardenburger Haddam Kansas who converted an old 3-pt trencher to a skid loader-mounted model The 10-ft long trencher was originally designed for a Ford 8N tractor Hardenburger bought it at a farm sale for $50 He bought a quick-tach plate for $100 and then built a steel frame to mount the trencher on it He also bought a used hydraulic motor and attached it to the trencher’s chain drive system The motor is coupled to a shaft that goes through a reducer gearbox to drive the chain The trencher was equipped with an attachment that was designed to pull loose dirt away from the trench Hardenburger removed it and mounted a pair of 2-ft long 1-ft dia augers that remove dirt from both sides of the trench “I found the augers in a junk pile and built a sprocket that chain-drives the trencher and rotates the augers ” “I’ve used it for several years on my New Holland C190 skid loader with no problems It makes a trench about 8 in wide ” says Hardenburger “I use it to do foundation work around buildings and to dig electric and water lines I can trench going forward and have the entire operation in front making it easy to operate Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Chuck Hardenburger 1995 Concord Rd Haddam Kansas 66944 ph 785 778-2962; clhrdnbrgr@jbntelco com

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