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Read articles →A real-world repair job drives this one: the owner digs a 175-foot replacement water line trench using the BX23S backhoe after a $400 water bill reveals a leak. Filmed across multiple sessions over several days, it shows actual trench depth decisions (32-36 inches), working around rain and cave-in risk, and improvised water pumping. Part one of two; it ends before the pipe connections are made. Best for owners curious how the BX23S handles a sustained utility trenching task on hobby-farm terrain.
A hobby homestead owner-operator channel sharing an ongoing real project, mistakes and all, no dealer affiliation evident.
About 32 inches deep in most places, with some spots going to 36 inches, since the pipe needed around two feet of cover and some cave-in was expected.
He lays the pipe in the finished sections of the ditch and partly backfills it before heavy rain, so any cave-in just fills the ditch in around the pipe instead of ruining his progress.
The owner measured the water line run at 175 feet, planning for about 200 feet total to snake around obstacles like fences, a chicken coop, and the barn.
