briscoetab
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- Joined
- Jun 28, 2013
- Messages
- 56
- Location
- West Texas
- Occupation
- Mechanic Formen and Equipment operator
Just wondering what y'all's method is for digging straight trench with an excavator is. Typically we use trenchers for digging our trenches but occasionally we use an excavator. I can run excavator pretty well (in my opinion) but never can keep ditch straight as I would like.
I've tried a few different methods but none seem better than the other. I've tried using the stakes that mark where our pipeline in running and lining up on those, tried leaving the bucket in trench or just above while moving, I've gotten the trench going straight then reaching out and making sure I'm tracking down the trench and so on.
I get a trench that is good enough to lay pipe in but just doesn't look that good. I know all that's really important is the trench is fictional and safe but it can cause a problem if it is crooked in the right spot where there is a hard weld or something.
So what are your methods or is what I said how you do it and I just suk? Oh the type of trenchs I'm talking about are from a few hundred feet to a few miles, from 3 foot deep to 10 foot or so. So marking the whole ditch with paint or something isn't very practical.
I've tried a few different methods but none seem better than the other. I've tried using the stakes that mark where our pipeline in running and lining up on those, tried leaving the bucket in trench or just above while moving, I've gotten the trench going straight then reaching out and making sure I'm tracking down the trench and so on.
I get a trench that is good enough to lay pipe in but just doesn't look that good. I know all that's really important is the trench is fictional and safe but it can cause a problem if it is crooked in the right spot where there is a hard weld or something.
So what are your methods or is what I said how you do it and I just suk? Oh the type of trenchs I'm talking about are from a few hundred feet to a few miles, from 3 foot deep to 10 foot or so. So marking the whole ditch with paint or something isn't very practical.