ZERO Digging-Trenching Made Easy-Cable, Electric, Conduit

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An easier and faster way to bury cable in hard clay with no digging.
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@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 11 ай бұрын

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@boskey7209 11 ай бұрын

Since your cable is direct buried, I would suggest running the cable through a pvc conduit riser or sleeve up to your box. This way string trimmers won't damage the cable when doing you yardwork.

@factChecker01 Жыл бұрын

The first time I got cable, three young, strong, men brought a gas-powered trencher and struggled for an hour to put the cable in, which they broke and just shoved the broken ends back together. They went directly across my lawn. After I called for a repair, an old man showed up with one of these tools. He said that the cable should have gone the long way along the fence. I scoffed at him for thinking he could do what the three men with a trencher failed at. He did it right in about 20 minutes.

@fvrrljr Жыл бұрын

*HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA* it's called experience, know-how, gumption

@factChecker01 Жыл бұрын

@@fvrrljr , Yes. One lesson I learned is to never get cable when they offer a great price in a neighborhood. It means that they plan to hire a bunch of untrained people to do a massive number of installations. The cable installers don't know what they are doing.

@fvrrljr Жыл бұрын

@@factChecker01 Thanx for the tip. but with wi-fi i don't get cable not other services that free wi-f- out there. made a cantenna that picks up open signals. don't watch much tv but i do love the free HD channels using the old and true antenna on the roof

@toriless Жыл бұрын

The logic is that they would have removed any large obstacles to be able to insert the posts for the fence.

@AkSonya1010 Жыл бұрын

Knowledge is power

@TrophyNuts Ай бұрын

I love that the chapter labeled "zero digging" shows you digging.... lol

@JhonPereda Ай бұрын

Love that he says "no tools needed" and then uses a tool the entire video.

@ensignj3242 Жыл бұрын

I’m 69 yr old woman and I dug a water line using a pressure washer.

@MrElwoodCaudill 11 ай бұрын

I need to run a water line so, could you elaborate on this? Thanks.

@DAgayton9558 10 ай бұрын

Excellent idea!

@thee_undertaker 10 ай бұрын

Gangster

@333gatekeeper 10 ай бұрын

Bet that was messy

@ThePudgie123 9 ай бұрын

Chalk line....nice, but I like the Sawzall technique better.

@ddygy7280 10 ай бұрын

I am an ATT retiree. We were trained that low voltage buried cable such as ATT cable and cable TV are required to be buried 12" within a conduit and 18" direct buried. Just FYI. Loved the tool.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 10 ай бұрын

Interesting. NONE of them are in any conduit here and clearly they didn't put them 12" deep. Thanks for watching

@alfavulcan4518 6 ай бұрын

I too am retired from AT&T and I NEVER found one at 18”, seldom at 12”, usually 2-4”. Contractors don’t like digging in deep due to hitting things

@currentfaves65 Жыл бұрын

6:25 Wilton Thin Line Trenching Spade. Nifty idea.

@richardsummers8805 5 ай бұрын

There are SOOOO many places in the U.S. where the hard packed soil will make this tool impossible to use. But with decent soil, yeah, way to go!

@username-mc7jw 28 күн бұрын

Um... no! Not true. There's nowhere this tool won't work (if you're smart). I live in UT. The clay soil here is like concrete when it dries out... The key here is: "when it dries out". The simple fix is to lay a soaker hose along the path you need to trench, and leave it on overnight. Shut it off in the morning, and start your trenching in the afternoon. Simple as that.

@irtheLeGiOn 20 күн бұрын

@@username-mc7jw Clay is easy. Try living somewhere with glacial till. 50% soil 50% basketball sized rocks.

@dontblameme6328 15 күн бұрын

Won't work in SE TX in the dry summer either. Our soil is like concrete. You can flood it for a day the day before tho.

@connecticutaggie Жыл бұрын

They used one of those when they put my cable line in when I lived south of Houston. It was fine until the summer when the soil dried out an it opened up to form a 2" wide crack.

@curiosity2314 Жыл бұрын

Certainly interesting with a good touch of humor.

@juneladd1912 5 ай бұрын

U just saved my back...I am a63 year old disabled female, with spinal injury, so every time I have to dig a trench on my fixer upper property, I want to cry...but I do it....I'm gonna get one of those things...thanks for the tip...From South Central Oregon

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 5 ай бұрын

Your welcome glad it helped. Good luck to ya. Thanks for watching.

@ricardo0349 6 ай бұрын

If I may add ~ always saturate the ground if you are going to use this tool or any other, it's always easier when the ground is slightly damp/moist. Also works for me when pulling up fence posts. And another thing: A chainsaw with an old chain can get most of this trench done in a heartbeat, just be careful with rocks in the ground ...Thank you!

@REVNUMANEWBERN 4 ай бұрын

GREAT idea, I've used a Roybi battery operated saw ( $100 on sale ) to do similar

@iamdave84 6 сағат бұрын

I guess that's great if you're at least 100% sure there's no buried power, water or gas along your pathway

@victoryfirst2878 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your adventure with us all on KZfaq. Now I know how to place down underground wire quickly and easily.

@OneWildTurkey Жыл бұрын

I called 811 because AT&T buried my phone line when I was away on vacation. They came out to the place, planted 1 single flag and notified the 811 people that they didn't have anything at this address... sigh - at least they're consistent. Also - next time - get some bright yellow or orange or some kind of fluorescent colored plastic tape to bury a few inches above your line. When somebody that doesn't know better starts digging across your line, they'll see the tape and know to stop - unless they're using a ditch witch...

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

Yeah I don't know if it made a difference that I was there and watched him? Well if you dig through it hopefully they will no charge you to replace it again. Thanks for watching.

@thomashorn9152 Жыл бұрын

I would have used 3/4"PVC.that way in case you had to replace or add another cable line .I know that would be an extra expense, but it will be easier for the next time. Great tool .

@maninifarmer1338 Жыл бұрын

I agree In running the wire through a PVC instead of direct bury. Add a tagline to the wire will make any replacement or running another wire a piece of cake.

@louisrucci6043 Жыл бұрын

I always run lines in conduit, PVC or otherwise.

@JasonEDragon Жыл бұрын

I like to add some Caution Buried Line Below tape a few inches from the surface too.

@ryan74701 2 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ guys it’s a gd coax cable, who cares. You’d have to open that trench up wider for a pvc pipe morons, he wasn’t going to rent a trencher and spend all day putting a conduit pipe in the ground.

@Eclipse-ss7ko 4 ай бұрын

As a former utility marker, I can assure you that the machines they use for marking work pretty good. The marker should have started from the pedestal (BOX) and worked his way back to your house. Even though the cable company did not charge you since it was mismarked, The marking company paid for the damage. When I was marking in the state of Kentucky, the cost to replace a cable line was $1000. That was 25 years ago. Its probably more now. I like the tool. It used to be against the law to open the ped, unless you are a locater or a technician. Good video.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 4 ай бұрын

No they started at the cable box and when to the source. Didn't realize they charge back the company. I am sure they didn't credit them for me putting the cable in the ground. Thanks for watching.

@johnnelwhite Жыл бұрын

I bought the 6 inch one last year to install my sprinkler lines it works great as long as the ground is moist. It took no time for me to complete my trenching.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear it worked, I wondered if it would truly work for something like that. Thanks for watching

@rofree2470 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Needed to know if it works with sprinkler pipe!

@tmcg4019 Жыл бұрын

Good on you, brother, but in New England that thing will be used to prop the barn door open. NH = "The granite state."

@toriless Жыл бұрын

I have too many rocks for any granite.

@fonephreak02 7 ай бұрын

So, A trenching spade. Simple. Easy, I like it.

@B.A.Bassangler 7 ай бұрын

You're my new hero! That tool is just what I need to do several feet of low voltage wires in my mulch bed.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked the video. Hope your project goes well. Thanks for watching.

@ecospider5 Ай бұрын

I saw this tool a decade ago. Good to see he is still making them. It looks very indestructible.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Ай бұрын

It is, and quite heavy also. Thanks for watching.

@joer480 Жыл бұрын

Just ordered one and then found your video. Looking forward to getting it and not having the mess of my backhoe.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

cool. The 12in was a little more work than the 6 in one would be. Hope your project goes well. Thanks for watching.

@Beobout6 Жыл бұрын

Great job. Thank you for posting.

@jeffsomers28 10 ай бұрын

I'm a sworn believer in using pressure washer with turbo nozzle. wayyyy faster and less tiring.

@johnratliff4594 10 ай бұрын

Nice tool. I'm going in another direction. my pressure washer and an old shop vac I use for wet. I have a few post holes to dig to replace sections of fence that blew down and for Gazebo posts. I won't have to worry about through cutting lines because the pressure washer won't cut.

@phillippia 8 ай бұрын

Never saw any of your videos before but this is the perfect balance of grumpy while still being upbeat. 😂❤ ..."but they marked over there!". "I had somebody out here that knew what they were doing...NOT"😅 I bet you are fun to talk to. I loved this video and thank you for the tool suggestion. I need to run wire to a detached shed. This seems doable. You defi itely earned thia like and a comment for the algorithm. Take care!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 7 ай бұрын

LOL thank you and glad you enjoyed the video and learned something. Thanks for watching.

@user-yq3ip2os8m 18 күн бұрын

great tool used it to bury a dish cable because when I ordered Dish the guy would not bury it and wanted to hang it over from garage to my house said they do not dig... worked great!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 18 күн бұрын

LOL so they were just gonna let it lay on the ground to get damaged again. Glad the tool worked well for you. Thanks for watching.

@TheLkoler 3 ай бұрын

Great alternative. Thanks for the tip.

@johnhanselman6371 Жыл бұрын

My trick is: Wait for the ground to be soaked after a heavy rain storm and then use a pick to make a trench. Soft ground is easier trenching and easier digging.

@alfredcalleja450 5 ай бұрын

God! An American who's aware that there are people who live in other countries: wow! Thanks, that's a great tool, I enjoyed the video: very informative. Also, loved the dog. Thanks again, from Australia.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 5 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it and was helpful. Thanks for watching.

@ourv9603 3 ай бұрын

The same thing happened to me. When the Spectrum cable crew showed up at our place they found the lines were mismarked. They said, 'About 50% of the time, 811 is wrong.' !

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 3 ай бұрын

nice, like the weatherman and keep the job. Thanks for watching.

@andrescosta2992 29 күн бұрын

I like when they get to the point.

@garrytalley8009 8 ай бұрын

Nice video for people that have nice soil with very few rocks. Not so in many instances. It does make a cleaner job of things when you can. Won't quite work in a gravel situation like I have coming up. Good thing I have a willing friend with a backhoe to get the job done. Very nice video. BTW you can get a flat nosed garden shovel similar to your rounded one you did your curve with to do the trenching as well. I have both the curved and a flat nosed one.

@safffff1000 5 ай бұрын

Yea that technique only works in dream soil, not the rocky soil I have

@phillipmatthews8341 10 ай бұрын

I used one of those to lay by cable for the landscape lighting. Best way to do it.

@jimturpin Жыл бұрын

My gosh! Are we related!!!?? Lol! I feel the same way about doing stuff, there is nothing like doing it yourself to know the job was done right! It is such a shame people these days take such little pride in doing a job well so we have to rely on ourselves to do it. I found if you wet the ground along the path the night BEFORE using that trenching tool, it is easier to work into the ground. For me its a no-brainer because where I live the clay under the grass is close to rock hard so wetting it first pretty much goes without saying.

@solowundesignsbysamdavis9043 Жыл бұрын

I only wanted to see the tool. Even though it took forever to get tot the tool I liked this guy within the first minute. SUBSCRIBED!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your subscription. Thank you for watching

@StoneE4 11 ай бұрын

That looks like a good tool - if you have the proper ground. Where I live you'd end up digging out enough rocks to get it deep enough into the ground that it might just be worth your while to dig a trench anyway.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 11 ай бұрын

True rocky ground will suck with any tool. Thanks for watching

@TheGlobalTravelr 6 ай бұрын

You Rock! Thanks for sharing this DIY project. I’ll be running power lines for solar and you just solved my question.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 6 ай бұрын

Glad it helped. Thanks for watching.

@johnhiggs325 6 ай бұрын

Cable TV is very low voltage. That’s why it only needs to be 12” below grade. Electrical cable should be 36” and in water tight conduit. Make sure you do your due diligence to be within code.

@REVNUMANEWBERN 4 ай бұрын

$186.62 for the 12" Wilton trenching handle, well compare that to renting a trenching machine, maybe the time & back work saved by using a machine may be worth renting a machine, I see where the tool can aid in commercial daily uses in time saved and loading & unloading equipment & it's upkeep

@chrismorse2096 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant!

@OvGraphics Жыл бұрын

Another vid same tool popped up yesterday ODIYHR. Somehow I believe this geewhiz has limited usage. I mean, were I in the plumbing biz...etc, I'd have one. Looks like it's the cat's meow if your sod is the consistency of out of date froot cake. But suppose you have a real yard with rocks and roots? Still...having dug several long lines in my yard using a blasted spine whacking mattick... yes indeedy..there are easier ways. The lady who used a pressure washer.... Hmmm.... Thanks for the vid...Many good ideas here.

@jkopvo 9 ай бұрын

Nice job - thanks for the video!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@MikeyMack303 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing that with us.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

You are quite welcome. Thanks for watching and glad you liked it.

@ZVZ747 27 күн бұрын

this is great. Thank you sir

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 27 күн бұрын

You are very welcome and thank you for watching.

@electriccowboy Жыл бұрын

I worked 21 years for an electric company as a lineman. its simple to get on the wrong line. if you are marking cable tv and end up at the electric meter, you messed up.

@toriless Жыл бұрын

Yeah, same if you are marking NG and end up at the water meter.

@micstica Ай бұрын

Thank you for your life story.

@MrRebelss Жыл бұрын

Water the yard good a day ahead of time. Heckuva lot easier with damp earth.

@eddiefoy3701 Ай бұрын

So no dig, just need to dig. Gotchya

@psjr1 7 ай бұрын

Excellent Video!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 7 ай бұрын

Thank you and glad you liked it. Thanks for watching

@williammiller5897 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome I didn’t know that tool existed I may have to get one I want to install a small water line to water my garden

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

I didn't either until I saw it in the truck of the cable guy. Thanks for watching, glad you liked it.

@Gk2003m 4 ай бұрын

As others have mentioned, this would have been a great opportunity to utilize flexible conduit to truly protect your cables. I did it with AC and speaker wire last year. The flex conduit ensures there are no connectors underground, so there are no leak points.

@freemab222 2 ай бұрын

Great video. Before buying a trenching spade ($85!?) I'd try using my broad fork or even a spading fork (both gardening tools I already have) to greatly loosen the soil along that trench line. After that a flat-bladed spade could probably do the job. If I try this (which won't be soon) I'll post the result.

@ziegle9876 11 ай бұрын

I'v put in all my sprinkler lines with that tool. It works great. Hundreds of feet....

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 11 ай бұрын

Great. Thanks for watchign.

@rusty2407 4 ай бұрын

It is illegal to open and tamper with the communications pedestal. Please consider calling the communications company to make the connection on that end in the future. You could be knocking out 911 service to your neighbors (or more depending on where in the system you are)

@tracythompson1692 Жыл бұрын

Awesome, subscribed

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 Жыл бұрын

thank you and glad you liked it. Thanks for subscribing and watching

@LifeOWrylee 9 ай бұрын

Second video of yours that I've used. Liked & Sub earned!! Thank you!!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 9 ай бұрын

That is awesome, thanks for the sub and glad you liked them. Thanks for watching.

@zedwpd Жыл бұрын

I have hand planted 30,000 trees using a dibble bar. Your trenching tool looks like a dibble bar but 4x as wide. Your tool is $189. Dibble bar is $49

@robertcalaway4970 6 ай бұрын

I dare you to try that here in the Ozark Mountians

@DaveM-FFB 3 ай бұрын

This looks like a great tool for running low voltage wire. I'll probably have to go slow so I don't cut through irrigation pipes. But if they were installed correctly (they weren't), they'd be lower than I need to go for low voltage wire. Thanks for the video.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 3 ай бұрын

True, thanks for wathcing.

@Sarbet888 4 ай бұрын

If I can press the shovel dip, this might work for my lawn sprinkler system.

@JAM-zb2vh 5 ай бұрын

Hello great video. I live in the California desert and The ground her gets like concrete hard as a rock. But that is a great idea to try if you live in the south . merry Christmas 2023.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 5 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it. It worked well in my sticky clay ground I have. Let me know how it works for you. Thanks for watching.

@swmovan 10 ай бұрын

Phone company did this once, when I moved about 30 yrs ago. He said they were going to put all phone cables underground. It never happened. The ONLY place I do not see them, on poles, is when a new house is built. And then all service lines are underground. They have been installing new fiber optic cables all around town, recently, but I don't believe they are operational yet.

@crawford323 Жыл бұрын

Yep the blank blank blank cable company charged me $75 dollars 30 years ago and yes, they placed it 2 inches below the surface. Now I have fiber optic and it cost me nothing to install. I watched and thIs tool is what they used.

@toriless Жыл бұрын

That would be 100% illegal where I live. In fact most lines are over 2 feet deep except water.

@mrmotofy 11 ай бұрын

Ha my fiber install was them running some 1200ft and cost $50 + 1st mo of service...I said sold haha

@johncrunk8038 Жыл бұрын

I may be wrong, but that sure looks like "digging" to me.

@toriless Жыл бұрын

yes in deed

@qapla 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. It should be noted that, while 811 locates "utilities", it does not locate "your" buried lines. So, if you have a shop/shed (or some other electric device like a light pole) buried, they do not locate those lines. If 811 located your irrigation line instead of your utilities, the tech did not know what he was doing. Locating can be tricky, but you are locating a signal sent down the wire - so how did he get the signal on your irrigation wire? I never got them wrong, and I have located many different types of lines.

@elpanchosancho2 9 ай бұрын

That's right. What a dumbass. Let's beat him up

@StevenGamesWHC 2 ай бұрын

Line to home dont have a NEC for dept its at the digression of the supplier but average is 3-5" if done by hand if your lucky it was done by a trencher the main lines that are along the roads etc they will be much deper

@lennyross2813 Жыл бұрын

Apparently the definition of digging is different where he is from 😂

@toriless Жыл бұрын

yup

@mrmotofy 11 ай бұрын

Watched a recent vid of contractor digging out a retaining wall from house back to rear fence. Bout 12" from back fence he hit a large fiber line for whole neighborhood. Took out whole internet and phone for neighborhood...oops he hadn't called digger hotline. Luckily he got the phone Co out that afternoon and fixed. He had a hefty bill though

@ler0y 4 ай бұрын

That's a cool technique & tool, if you don't have rocky or hardpan soil - and possess heavier than average body weight.

@johndudley2347 Ай бұрын

So how did you close the trench?

@strokedmule3838 Жыл бұрын

If you have good soil they work good, if not and your ground is dry, rocky or had clay they are pretty much useless

@toriless Жыл бұрын

Half my ground is rocks, literally. I have made piles of each. Both are about the same size.

@maty181 Жыл бұрын

Do you think I would run into any issues using this method to run 3/4inch poly water line and filling in on top instead of pushing back together?

@MrVidarak Жыл бұрын

I did this method with a regular flat shovel for all my sprinkler lines (25mm). You want to push back together to make sure it gets flat afterwards (instead of slightly raised from the compaction+raise this method causes). I partly used my tractor mower to drive along the edges afterwards to push back.

@toriless Жыл бұрын

@@MrVidarak I would get about 2-7 inches before I hit a rock. Shovels are useless in my yard. Only a pick can do anything.

@ryan74701 2 ай бұрын

3/4 would be too big, I’ve buried 1/2 drip irrigation lines with this style of trench spade

@panagea2007 4 күн бұрын

At least he marked your sprinkler lines so you don't dig through them.

@MC-ig8cm 6 ай бұрын

Will that tool dig 24” deep trench?

@PaulLadendorf 5 ай бұрын

You ain't gonna do squat in my rocky hard clay with that spade.

@ryan74701 2 ай бұрын

Cool story dude not everyone’s yard is “rocky hard clay” and my yard is red dirt clay and I easily did this with my trenching spade, what a stupid comment

@JohnFarrell-jo2sw 2 ай бұрын

I’m an electrician and you’re better off burying a 3/4 pvc conduit 12” below finished grade then running some caution tape about six inches above the conduit so that anyone digging will know that there’s buried wires below the tape and with the conduit you can pull a new wire if you need to in the future and you can pull a pull string tie a piece of plastic bag to a string at one end of the conduit and get a shop vacuum and put the hose on the other end turn the vacuum on and use the vacuum to suck the bag with the string tied to it until you get the bag and string then tie the wire to the string and tape it with electrical tape pull the wire through the conduit and leave the string in there in case you need to pull another wire in the conduit later

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 2 ай бұрын

When I did my foundation watering system and redid grade of the back yard I ended up doing just that, ran 3/4 grey electrical pvc at 12 in and pulled the cable through it. Didn't do the tape though. Thanks for watching.

@ernestscarrizales288 Жыл бұрын

i use a small hand ax to do my trenching

@vicc6744 9 ай бұрын

HOLY COW what a great tool- kinda pricy BUT for the way it worked and not having to trench- it seems like a no brainer- and I was just ahout to start trenching for a sprinkler line- do you think this tool will be ok for that?

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 9 ай бұрын

If you can make the opening big enough for the pipe to fit into. Make sure the ground around it closes up well afterwards. Thanks for watching and glad you liked it.

@jasnapon Ай бұрын

To make it easier before you dig water the grass 😎

@charlescoker7752 3 ай бұрын

Next time you want to do this . Wet the ground 24 hours before you plan to use the tool. Will go in the ground easier.

@avflyguy 3 ай бұрын

I say if it's not burried by the cable company - call them back untill it gets done. You have every right to stand right beside them to make sure it is properly burried. When the city tore out an alley and poured new concrete, they must have cut 2 dozen cables beween AT&T, Verizon, Spectrum and old AT&T copper phone lines and came back 2 months later when everyone in the neighbor hood had no choice as the telco was doing away with copper and replaced with fiber optic. So, somewhere along the edge of the fence are at least 4 cables....all done using the same tool you did. No risk to me or time and labor. I recognize I'm on easy street and let somebody else do it.

@perfectsoulmates2023 10 ай бұрын

Pressure Washer Wins 🏆

@toriless Жыл бұрын

Those depth would be 100% illegal in my county !! 18 to 36 inches is how deep all mine are. I know because my NG line was repaired a few times and it is 3 feet deep.

@craigminor3665 9 ай бұрын

This is called hand slicing, and you do not have to wiggle it back and forth like he did . Just push away and have someone stuff the wire . Then you just go over it lightly with a hand tamp . ( used to do this for a living) here in Ct it is not allowed anymore since cable has to 18 inches deep. They also make a plow for a trencher that will do this and tamp it all at the same time . Also not allowed in CT anymore .

@richardphillips2405 5 ай бұрын

Very nice. I was wondering about burying solar cable using UF cable. I think that you need to bury the cable 2 feet. I wonder if you could still use your tool for that or if there is something else. Is it okay just to bury the UF cable 1 foot? Thanks for a great video.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 5 ай бұрын

this tool won't get 2 foot you will need to rent a trencher or hand dig it 2ft. Will need to check your local code to see how deep it needs to be. Thanks for watching.

@MrTlmckee 4 ай бұрын

A boat paddle works great for pushing the cable to the bottom of the trench

@SSJIndy 10 ай бұрын

I was aerating my lawn and punctured the cable tv line. They wanted to charge me to fix it. I argued to no avail. Then I called back and asked other person how deep they bury. Told me 12”. Well mine was 1/2” at most! So they rebutted it no charge!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 10 ай бұрын

LOL, yeah who ever they send out don't care just get as many done as they can and let the issue be someone elses problem. Did they put the new one deeper? Thanks for watching.

@colleenscottcarmello5103 9 ай бұрын

*If you were alone in a room with Grace and started talking she would think you were talking to her and come up to you in response to be present with you. or to interact with you.. The same is true if you are outside. All Grace knows is you and her are together and you are talking.. She has no concept of cameras or KZfaq.. I see so many pet owners get frustrated that their dogs are in the way.. they are really not.. they are coming up close bc you are talking 'to them' in there minds and they are responding to that. it makes me chuckle everytime as the dog & the owner are trying to figure out what the heck the other on is doing.. :)) Good Girl Grace..

@justaguy6100 11 ай бұрын

So the question I have is, do you think it could be used for laying sprinkler piping? No extended automation just lines, no cable or wires.

@mrmotofy 11 ай бұрын

Yes

@jacobfreeman5444 4 ай бұрын

Maybe should have made the 90s a bit more gentle but I would give it a pass since you at least had the good sense to not make the 90s sharp. What you should do and what you can get done in the field is often quite different.

@jonathanmoreno4999 2 ай бұрын

Hi where is the link? Did it get removed?

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 2 ай бұрын

It is under wilton thinline trenching spade. www.wiltonthinlinetrenchingspades.com/ Thanks for wathcing.

@lespotter8293 29 күн бұрын

Content begins at 6:22

@fuzzyfriendlydoggy Жыл бұрын

For those of you that don't have time to watch a bunch of irrelevant stuff, he actually shows the tool 7 minutes into the video. You're welcome.

@iamdave84 6 сағат бұрын

Can we pin this comment to the top?

@bobbg9041 Жыл бұрын

Carefully, when they drilled for Google fiber fiber lines, locate came out and marked off everything so they thought, but a 480 volt ac main power line wasn't on the plat map they had no records of it at all, well they hit it and killed the power for about 2 blocks worth of houses. You cannot trust locate finds everything now you wont be responsible but last thing you need to hit is a live main power feed, fiber cable, or phone and or gas lines. 2 of three will kill you and the fiber will make you blind and cost 1000s to fix. Any of them cost 1000s to fix. Only safe way to do it is dig by hand. All that shit should be in one main 4" dia pipe so if anyone thing needs to be changed you can just fish it out wile pulling a new line. With one exception thats phone and power in the same pipe.

@toriless Жыл бұрын

I had a unmarked NG hit by someone repairing the water line. That was "fun".

@mrmotofy 11 ай бұрын

I was on a jobsite, sprinkler guys hit a 2" gas line LOL not fun

@joecontreras5068 5 ай бұрын

7:01 before he stops jabbering and actually shows you his no dig shovel..kinda like a no fly airplane.. or a no steering wheel car

@TK-123 2 ай бұрын

This was a filibuster before you got to the info. You should be a politician.

@Monitor_95687 11 күн бұрын

For the price of that spade - I could pay the neighborhood kids to dig a trench with their fingernails and teeth.

@TimTaylor0320 11 ай бұрын

Where can I get this tool? I’ve gone to Home Depot, Ace, and Harbor Freight with no luck.

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 11 ай бұрын

should be a link in the description.

@runningdrills 2 ай бұрын

Wish I could find one for sale!

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 2 ай бұрын

Yeah don't think many used ones out there for sale. Thanks for watching.

@JS-jv6rg 5 ай бұрын

I was thinking of calling 811 now I don't know if I should seems they don't know what they are doing. Any kind of cable, pipe or plumbing finder that is recommended?

@OakleysDIYHomeRenovation101 5 ай бұрын

I call them anyway for insurance so if I hit something I can say they didn't tell me. Thanks for watching.