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This Is An Unbelievable Piece Of Equipment!
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Big Weekend, So I Rented A Truck!
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This Is What The Deck Downspout Looked Like Before I Started.
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The Water Had A Difficult Time Going Thru The Flexible Tube & Over The Edging.
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This Was The Easiest Of All The Trenches, Except ...
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... Oops, The Phone Company Forgot To Mark This Area. I Called Before Digging But They Didn't Mark The ENTIRE Yard As Requested.
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Shortly After, I Put The 900 lb Trencher In The Outflow For The Storm Sewer - A Religious Experience (Sorry God). I Was Able To Get It Out - Barely!
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Nice Trench Running Across The Yard & Into The Woods (Plan B After Putting The Trencher In The Storm Drain).
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The Phone Company Came The Next Day To Fix The Break, But Anita's Business Line Didn't Work. They Sent Another Repairman.
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After Finishing The Trench I Laid The Pipe Out Before Putting It Into The Ground.
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Then I Filled The Trench w/ Soil.
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I'll Top Off The Trench In The Spring w/ Top Soil & Plant Grass Seed.
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This Is The Downspout In The Garden - Same Issue w/ The Edging.
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I Had To Move The Plants Before Trenching.
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Nice Job - Hope The Angle Is Correct!
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And Away It Goes Into The Woods.
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There Was LOTS Of Clay In The Garden - Tough To Fill!
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They Didn't Have White Pipe For Use Above Gound.
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Long Run To The Woods.
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The First Of The Mole Barrier Was Placed Around The Garden Downspout.
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The Downspout By The Tree Suffers From The Same Issue As The Others.
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I Had Lots Of Plants To Move To Get The Trencher Into Position.
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Plant Movement In Process.
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My Angle Was Poor On This Trench. My Neighbor Dan Helped Friday Night To Dig It Out & Bend (With A Torch) It Into Place - Thanx!
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Down & Out Into The Woods.
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The Downspout Is Also By The Outflow For The Sump Pump.
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I'm Going To Need A Fancy Solution Here.
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This Unit Took Some Time To Build & It Was Hard To Get The Entire Thing Parallel w/ The House.
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Dual Trenches. I Was Going To "Y" Them Together But Thought The Sump Pump Outflow Needed To Be Protected.
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LOTS Of Clay That Had To Be Hauled Away To The Creek In The Woods.
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The Dirt Settled A Bit w/ The Rain.
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See The Roll Of Aluminum Flashing In The Trench - A Little Too Tall. I Wanted To Take The Trench To The Sidewalk But Too Many Utilities In The Way.
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Here's The Other Side Of The Property - Too Many Roots To Go All The Way To The Sidewalk.
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Making Slow Progress Over The Weeks. I Can Do About 50 Plus Feet At A Time.
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The Trencher Struggled @ Times w/ The Roots.
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The Rear Of The Property Was In Desperate Need Of The Mole Barrier.
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This Trench Was Almost Filled With Water When I Inserted The Flashing - It Slipped Right In. Made It Tough To Pack The Dirt Into The Trench.
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I Wasn't Able To Do The Entire Rear Property Line Due To Time Limitations.
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This Is The Location For Anita's Climbing Foliage
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I Set The Posts w/ Quick Drying Cement.
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I Think We're Going To Add Another Piece To The Back Of The Posts To Double The Area.
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I Had To Cover All The Mole Barrier Trenches To Leave For A Business Trip To Florida.
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Here It Is, The Final (Yah Right) Chapter In The Trenching Saga. I Finally Got All The Trenches Filled.
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The Dirt Was Piled On The Lawn So Long It Killed The Grass. I'll Seed The Lawn In The Spring After I Add Top Soil To Fill In After It Settles.
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The Stick Marks My Progress - Still Got More Trenching To Do To Complete The Mole Barrier!