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Read articles →This is a real-world, multi-day trenching job with a BX23S digging a ~200-foot water line, not a polished demo. It covers comparing a trenching bucket versus the standard 12-inch bucket, hitting buried rock (Canadian Shield) at 3.5-4 feet, using a probe to find a workable depth, and running out of daylight, fuel, and weather before finishing. Good for owners curious about real backhoe limitations and problem-solving; ends unresolved due to snow.
An owner documenting their own farm project as it unfolds, including setbacks and an incomplete ending, rather than a scripted or sales-oriented video.
The trenching bucket was a different shape that could not get under big rocks, and it got filled with material without moving much dirt, so he switched to the standard 12-inch bucket.
The trench hit a massive piece of Canadian Shield rock at roughly three and a half to four feet deep that spanned almost the entire trench length.
He made a surveying probe from a pipe over six feet long and hammered it into the ground in different spots to test depth before hitting rock.
