🤔How Can You Trench Faster AND Harder? 🤔Geotrencher Review

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Жыл бұрын

Looking to trench faster and harder? Check out the geotrencher with me, the contractors tool that promises to save you time and money! With great quality and fast even neat trenches, does the geotrencher live up to the hype of being the perfect tool for any contractor?
In this video, I'll take you through the features of the geotrencher kit and show you how it can help you trench faster and harder. We'll also discuss the benefits of using the geotrencher and find out if it can save you time and money on your next trench project! Will the geotrencher help me achieve the fast and neat trenches I'm looking for?
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@D-B-Cooper Жыл бұрын

Just borrow your neighbors chain saw.

@sitiokolibri6372 Жыл бұрын

KKKK I ve done it with my EX father in law!

@russellparrish5745 Жыл бұрын

LOL

@dmansf49ers71 Жыл бұрын

Uhhhmm .... Not quite the same 🤔🤔🤔

@kelliott7864 Жыл бұрын

I like it, I could see myself using one to install small diameter poly pipe for irrigation.

@philipoconnor2236 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting machine Tim and well demonstrated👍

@paoemantega8793 Жыл бұрын

good job, keep em coming

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

on a channel renowned for top inventions, this may in fact be the greatest i have seen here. back in the dark ages when i used a cut-off saw for a living, if i was doing a long cut along the ground, to save my back i would sit on a milk crate and move it backwards or forwards as i pulled or pushed the saw. this might be a cheap alternative to the jig with straps. the jig looks very useful though.

@fredee8887 Жыл бұрын

Pretty cool trencher... Nice video Tim

@miguelangelsimonfernandez5498 Жыл бұрын

Nice bit of kit!

@user-ty8xl9iu3i Жыл бұрын

I agree with Mr Morse .. yes a cable spool bracket and tube guide to rear of the chain guard lay cable as you go 🤙

@1koshari Жыл бұрын

very interesting, deffo more practical for the tight runs between the gates but for the long 50m plus runs i think the single tyne ripper is still the go however the ripper seldom gets 700mm deep.

@ArrBee6 Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Cheers.

@ginojaco Жыл бұрын

Ground conditions dependent... a superb bit of kit. It won't beat a mole-plough in stoney ground, but if you've got pretty clear soil this will go in places you couldn't plough. Looks really good for doing spurs from main lines of water, power or whatever. I think this tool will do best here - Wales, UK - with the hire-tool and contractor buyers.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Yep, spot on and a well considered and balanced evaluative comment. Thanks so much.

@nathanhale7444 Жыл бұрын

I had an idea like that decades ago but didn't have the money or equipment to build it. One time I just used an old wore out chainsaw blade alon an electric chainsaw to cut a trench

@effthegop Жыл бұрын

Great concept. I have been waiting for it since 1973. I doubt it will last very long. Trenching can beat the crap out of any kind of trencher. I remember a machine called The Mole in the 70's. It had a rotating 'wheel" with four prongs maybe 8 to 10 inches long. It seemed dangerous as hell and it flung the dirt everywhere so you didn't have enough to backfill with. It was small on a heave duty wheeled frame.

@andrewsteele7663 Жыл бұрын

Good morning, Tim, all I can say, OMG, I had to dig by hand the trenches between my gates and they never got as deep as that unit can do. We are just about to embark on building a new chook house and pen. That unit will be ideal for the heavy mesh that I want to put into the ground alongside the main mesh. I will look into getting a unit, Cheers

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

I’ve cost you money again! At least you get a bonus code this time…..

@kierenlewin1510 Жыл бұрын

Nice one Tim, that'll save us hauling a excavator just for underground electric fence wire..

@brdsmith89 Жыл бұрын

I read the thumbnail as french toast. Think im hungry

@aischaparker9471 Жыл бұрын

wow awesome

@Anthony_Harper Жыл бұрын

Put the wire through the protection bar pipe above the blade. Laying the wire in the bottom as you go .

@paulroller5127 Жыл бұрын

Meet my new friend lol love it. 😂

@sitiokolibri6372 Жыл бұрын

Well, I wonder if I could get similar equipment here in Brazil! And in my farm, there are also rocks and still roots underground. But would be nice for me if the chain would be a little width. So, I could install pipes for irrigation of 1 inch and over. This would be my purpose.

@gordonflash8976 Жыл бұрын

AWWWW Looks nice

@SunnybraeCroft Жыл бұрын

Tim you are just a little bit scary, Texas chainsaw massacre! Looks a very good tool thanks for sharing

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

omg! what a great horror movie premise!

@jstoecker62 Жыл бұрын

Gday Tim old M8ty, another good vid thank you. You did seem to enjoy yourself with this one - did you mentioned you had a small rock jam ? - does it kick when this happened ? or does it kick back at all, like a chainsaw when cutting with the nose ?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Hi mate. No kicking. The stone was just the right size to jam into a link of the chain. I went through an old gravel track from about 50 years ago. Only two minutes and I was going again.

@hywelmorse2613 Жыл бұрын

The protection bar looks like you could replace with a pipe and lay the cable while you trench like a full size trencher. Only a though. Keep up the reviews also where can we get those work shirts you wear? They need TT branding.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

They do!! I get them embroidered in Lilydale by a local supplier…. And I reckon you could easily run the cable as suggested!

@orlandopinto664 3 ай бұрын

Que profundidad ase lasanja precio

@samcollura8034 Жыл бұрын

How well does it handle tree roots.

@samcollura8034 Жыл бұрын

How would it go near trees?

@rw-xf4cb Жыл бұрын

Does it work in hard clay? But yeah had always wondered if a chain saw equivalent would work, given trenchers are just overgrown chainsaws. Plus with the Geotrencher the trench is right for cabling or small pipe, trenchers I have hired do 200mm or so and then the backfill has usually never hidden the work you can see where the trench was or need additional soil.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

This spins faster than a trencher so the soil particles are finer and go back in easy. My soil (second half) is heavy clay and quite compacted where I was trenching (see ground cover).

@rossholmes178 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid...interesting piece of kit indeed...could have used it recently putting down half a k of blue line, but not sure it would be wide enough for 25mm pipe and I'm guessing not close for 32mm...can they go wider than shown? Pretty expensive though...over $5000 for the Stihl 500mm model with cart - hope the hire companies pick them up. Do you know how they go with tree roots? Depends on the size I guess. The 38mm of chain slack is interesting / frightening...

@GeoTrencher Жыл бұрын

Hi Ross, we do wider chains as well but 1 1/2 fits the 38mm easily enough. Dryer or rocky soil ends up with a slightly wider trench. Most roots under 35mm are fine, bit less if they are hard woods but then a crowbar or recip saw works well 👍🏻.

@vsvnrg3263 Жыл бұрын

ross holmes, you'd be best avoiding using a stihl for this. i used cut-off saws for a living 30 years ago and i hated the stihls. i was forever having to lift them out of the cut so they could build up revs again. 8 hours a day of lifting a stihl in situations where i only ever had to give a husky more throttle. i spoke to a bloke who works for the local council about the stihl cut-off saw i spotted on the back of his truck. he used to run his own business and said they are still gutless. after 30 years stihl still bludges off an undeserved "reputation" of quality instead of improving their product to keep pace with the competitors. if geo trencher recommends echo, thats good enough for me.

@TheKajunkat Жыл бұрын

Wow, any chance that will be available in the states?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

I reckon. Hit them up on the link in description

@stevendownes7508 Жыл бұрын

You don't run your insulated cable inside poly Tim? Seems to save the insulation eventually getting stone chipped and shorting the fence

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Honestly not had that problem before mate. I’ve got 30 year old fences that are still working fine. The Gallagher stuff is pretty good

@stevendownes7508 Жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim yeah, ok. I use Gallagher, but maybe being a dairy with more foot traffic in and out of the gate twice a day etc when in those paddocks created the issue (especially in wet years like last year). You know when its shorting, because the cows wont walk through the open gate. Sleeving it in some old agline takes care of it.

@user-tc3pu4sg8k 4 ай бұрын

Hi Tim - can you review the cheaper Stihl TS420 GeoTrencher V's the Echo? it would be great to see if I need to spend the extra $$

@FarmLearningTim 4 ай бұрын

Hi mate. Same machine different power head. I’ve used the same Stihl saw since I was 18…. First power tool I bought. I think you’ll be ok….

@CC-ip3ve 3 ай бұрын

How quick can you create back issues in one shot. That's pretty impressive!

@FarmLearningTim 3 ай бұрын

Or spend a little more on the trolley that you probably didn’t see 🤷‍♂️

@jacobcreech4382 Жыл бұрын

Any idea how this would work in stony/rocky ground? We’re on old river bed so lots of rocks.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

I,ve used it on heavy clay and crappy shale (the first one) but if I get a chance to use it in different situations I will update on social media with short videos.

@GeoTrencher Жыл бұрын

Search for some videos with rocks, sites surprisingly well! Can use a sawing motion and rocks come to the surface that could be 100mm in size 👍🏻

@jacobcreech4382 Жыл бұрын

@@GeoTrencher awesome, thanks, will have a search.

@kerrythompson386 Жыл бұрын

Did you dial before you dig Tim?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@gemrough Жыл бұрын

I could only imagine how shitty it would be to use here in the mountains of NC where you hit rock everywhere!

@TeamBubs 8 ай бұрын

How does it work against roots?

@FarmLearningTim 8 ай бұрын

Small roots fine. Larger ones require removal. I use a digging stick.

@isaacray8530 Жыл бұрын

Where was that when I was growing up?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

I know! Think of all those ruined weekends!

@user-rr3id8kp1d Жыл бұрын

How wide is that chain? Is there different width options?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

38mm. All details and stats are available on the link in the description

@mikeelfarran1645 Ай бұрын

How does it work with tree roots

@FarmLearningTim Ай бұрын

Ok with small ones need to cut larger ones.

@orlandopinto664 2 ай бұрын

En Colombia donde laconsigo

@FarmLearningTim 2 ай бұрын

Contacta con este chico David@nabbgroup.com.au

@CitizenAyellowblue Жыл бұрын

Looks like it might be dodgy in ground with roots.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Nah, it chopped through roots ok. Went through some gum tree and oak roots in the shoot.

@andreabond3501 Жыл бұрын

How much for portable trencher?

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Honestly not sure but the link in the description has all those details. I deliberately ignore price

@andreabond3501 Жыл бұрын

4499

@michaeltobin2014 Жыл бұрын

Would have liked to see it in action across a graveled driveway.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Good idea. I’ll see what I can do

@hotratz69 Жыл бұрын

I envy folks who have dirt. Maybe some carbide teeth on that thing and I could try it out.

@user-lt9jf4yp2f 9 ай бұрын

사고십은대 파는곳이 어딘지 가격은 얼마인지

@FarmLearningTim 9 ай бұрын

geotrencher.com.au/

@pdloder 10 ай бұрын

The PRICES 😵

@yohahnboogaloo8158 Жыл бұрын

Only downside, cost . Was halfway there when they had chainsaw adapters, but couldn’t justify it now , but if you are doing a lot of it . For sure . On saying that , I’ve gone from a heavy duty mechanic to a farmer and have over 50 grand in specialty tools doing nothing,, What’s another toy 🤣🤣🤣

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

The reason they went to a demo saw is the clutch. Much better than a chainsaw.

@richarddicktaylor219 Жыл бұрын

We had one 40 years ago called a Trench Wench. A rather un-PC name by today's standards & while we did use it a few times, I can't recall if it was sold or is hiding in a dark corner of the shed

@mark98115 10 ай бұрын

Trench Wench? Was she related to the last PM of NZ? The Stench Wench?

@diyoregonnowtexas9202 Жыл бұрын

My solution to keeping the horses in, is to not have horses. Save thousands on hay and labor hauling and stacking hay, building a hay barn, vet bills, feeding twice a day and paying people to feed when you travel. Even if you pay someone to feed, they'll say they fed, but actually didn't. They'll feed every other day or once a day. They dont care.

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Hmmm..... Considering there were no actual horses in the video.... I'd 😂say you were triggered. Sorry for your pain....

@diyoregonnowtexas9202 Жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim Oh,LOL, sorry about that venting there. No pain here, I just have chickens and cats.

@Stan_in_Shelton_WA 2 ай бұрын

YOUR MUSIC VOLUME IS WAY TOO LOUD!

@FarmLearningTim 2 ай бұрын

WHAT? I CAN"T HEAR YOU!

@albertorozco5981 Жыл бұрын

Great tool..but seriously over priced 😒😒😒

@user-zm4yg9xv8q 3 ай бұрын

Looks like common sense, instead of a gigantic hole and machine. Its probably suitable for 90 percent of what needs done. The new zealanders are probably doing it right by the looks of it BUT i think the concrete saws should be 4 stroke gas or diesel.

@BillyJ10 Жыл бұрын

👍

@bobawatsit Жыл бұрын

dry non oiled chain will last much longer, > just my moto X experience

@beerancher3225 Жыл бұрын

What's it cost ? Okay if you're digging miles of skinny trench , no good for anything over 2 inches from the look of the trenches you dug . Could be more cost effective to hire a ditcher for that once in a blue moon job . That said , it is a very clever Kiwi gadget .

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

Yeah it’s not an excavator. It just does what it does really well. Many trades never need more than a 2’ trench.

@beerancher3225 Жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim But what does it cost ?

@beerancher3225 Жыл бұрын

@@FarmLearningTim I forgot to ask , It looked as though the dirt you were trenching through was very sandy . Have you tried it in harder ground ? I think it would be very hard pressed to cut my hard clay / shaley horrible stuff .

@FarmLearningTim Жыл бұрын

@@erikhouweling1552 Yep spot on. I accidently did exactly that when crossing over on one of the ends of the trench.

@GeoTrencher Жыл бұрын

@erikhouweling1552 depending on how wide your after there are a few options including buying the wider chain. Most people find two cuts but deaper than you need is the way to go - any loose soil from the second cut ends up below where you need to lay your cable / pipe etc so no need to clean out.