Trenchers
TRENCHERS Product Reviews
Four new Ditch Witch compact walk-behind trenchers, the RT12, RT16, RT20, and RT24, incorporate a stacked, in-line hydraulic pump configuration that...
Replacing the RT560 at 51 horsepower, the RT600 ride-on trencher provides 65 horsepower with its 3.3-liter Tier 4-I Cummins diesel.
RTX150 walk-behind trencher has a 20-horsepower Kohler gas engine and digs to 36 inches.
With trenching capability of 48 inches deep and 8 inches wide, the RT24 hydrostatic trencher is designed with more weight on the digging chain, which...
Using specially designed saw blades, the Ditch Witch MT12 microtrencher cuts through asphalt for fiber-optic cable installation—from 0.75 to 1.25...
Equipped with a 26-horsepower Kawasaki engine, TRX-26 is Toro's largest walk-behind trencher, filling the gap between ride-ons and smaller walk-...
Ditch Witch replaced its RT40 trencher with the Tier 4-Interim-compliant release of the new RT45 for cutting 4- to 5-foot trenches.
The RT1200 can trench up to 84 inches deep and 18 inches wide, yet use attachments common to the previously-largest Astec ride-on trencher.
Built with a compact footprint and an 83-horsepower turbocharged diesel engine, the RT80 utility-based hydrostatic trencher from Ditch Witch can dig...
Amidst a plethora of product introductions during the company's 60th-anniversary celebrations, Vermeer introduced the 67-net-horsepower RTX750...
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Articles On TRENCHERS
With the shift in the market’s emphasis, contractors that were doing only irrigation or drainage installations several years ago are now buying trenching equipment that permits them to pursue more opportunities in other utility market segments such...
The Zahn™ series of trenchers consist of three power units and set of compatible front ends. One of these machines is the Zahn R300, which is designed to be powerful, productive and fast. The unit includes a Kohler® gas engine, operator's...
There is heavy activity these days in the oil and gas fields of Western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle, and the crews of Galmor's, Inc. seem to be everywhere performing a variety of services for energy companies. Based in Elk City, Oklahoma,...
NDS, Inc. has expanded its drainage product offerings with the addition of the innovative Dura Slope trench drain system. A lightweight, easy-to-install alternative to traditional concrete products, the Dura Slope features a strong, durable design...
Jim Kissick, founder and current head of Kissick Construction Company, is a lifetime Kansas City, Missouri, resident and KC Chiefs fan. So when Jackson County voters approved a 25-year, 3/8-cent sales tax to fund renovations for Kauffman and...
The Ditch Witch® organization manufactures one of the most extensive selections of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) equipment in the underground construction industry, from the small and maneuverable JT520 to the powerful, long-range JT8020...
For shear size and complexity, this was by far the biggest and most interesting trench shielding job I have ever been a part of, and I've been working with trench shield systems for over 25 years," said Gary Carlson, president of Gary Carlson...
Toro's high-speed trencher delivers auger speed of 187 rpm at 11 gpm and 442 foot-pounds of torque at 3,000 psi for trenching in soft-to-medium soil. Producing auger speed of 120 rpm at 11 gpm, 675 foot-pounds of torque at 3,000 psi, for use in any...
Picturing children at play on the grass during elementary school recess is a familiar scene or memory for most of us. So now just try and imagine a play- ground without grass, and nowhere for children to safely play their favorite game of red rover...
Sometimes as a landscaper you run across a piece of equipment that once you own it, you don't know how your company ever operated without it. For landscaper Bob Tunzi, that piece of equipment is his Bobcat MT55 mini track loader. "We do...
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TRENCHERS Buying Files
With the shift in the market’s emphasis, contractors that were doing only irrigation or drainage...
It’s understandable why someone trying to sell utility equipment these days would steer clear...
Today's wheel-mounted, chain-type ride-on trenchers handle a range of attachments for making...