Heller Trencher in action

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 2:50 pm

Hopefully this work, turn down your sound, too many people talking occasionally. A friend who was there shot this and sent it to me last night.
Lavoy
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Stan Disbrow · Post by **Stan Disbrow** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 4:47 pm

Hi,

Sweet!

I *need* one of those!

And, by *need*, I mean *want*!!

What a nice tool!

later!

Stan

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 5:13 pm

Lavoy,

Many thanks for honoring the request to see video of the Heller in action.
I was waiting for it to back up in to one of the trenches but I guess that "function" has now been disabled.

digitup2 · Post by **digitup2** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 8:10 pm

That little Deere looks like it would be a blast for the first hour and soon after that it would be a days work running it .It is fairly slow but it's a tad bit short on horsepower and I bet hydrostatic and autocroud weren't options at that time either !.Digitup.

Post by **Lavoy** » Mon Sep 13, 2010 9:27 pm

There was 3" of rain last week, so ground was a little stickier than I would have liked, hence so much dirt coming back over in the buckets. 4th gear, high range is 13' 8" per minute, I was digging in 2nd most of the time in the video. Even though it appears slow, it would obviously outdig a backhoe at the same width and depth. If it ever dries out here, we might run some tile with it on one headland of a wet field.
The reverse function of the loose nut on the seat has been disabled, yes.

Lavoy

Pat · Post by **Pat** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:35 am

Great video. Would like to have one, but it would get tore up by hidden stumps down here! Would be great for septic tank drain fields. Pat

NNAATZ · Post by **NNAATZ** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 7:49 pm

yes, a guy should have one.

gus · Post by **gus** » Tue Sep 14, 2010 8:03 pm

Neat video!! Looks like you had quite a few supervisors too

When I was a kid, there were huge machines like that that buried the 24" cement pipe lines on our farm. Only dug 4' down, not a frost area and well below plows and rippers.

I dug a 250' ditch with a backhoe this spring. Certainly not that fast, but I had many rocks to deal with!! You have no idea how much I'd love that much flat land without rocks

Gus

MADJACK · Post by **MADJACK** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:37 pm

That would be very handy! My ground is full of rocks though, what beautiful dirt you have

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Thu Sep 16, 2010 12:48 pm

My ground has lots of rocks in places, including that flint rock that the indians made arrow heads and tools out of.
I guess we convert it to rock buckets and start digging?

Post by **JD40c** » Sat Sep 18, 2010 4:15 pm

Ok, Lavoy. That is the coolest tool/toy ever. I'm looking at about 75ft of trench to dig and I think I'd rather use that than a little excavator, just for the cool factor.

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:43 am

seems like you need to slow the buckets a bit, or your forward movement. Your throwing dirt back in the trench. Bring it to Maine I will be happy to swap you!

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:46 pm

This was posted by Lavoy on an earlier post explaining the dirt coming back in the trench.

"There was 3" of rain last week, so ground was a little stickier than I would have liked, hence so much dirt coming back over in the buckets. 4th gear, high range is 13' 8" per minute, I was digging in 2nd most of the time in the video. Even though it appears slow, it would obviously outdig a backhoe at the same width and depth. If it ever dries out here, we might run some tile with it on one headland of a wet field."

Willyr · Post by **Willyr** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 1:59 pm

Yes I read that, yet I noticed when he dropped it to idle the buckets were coming out clean. Perhaps too much bucket speed, not so much wetness?

JD440ICD2006 · Post by **JD440ICD2006** » Sun Sep 19, 2010 2:09 pm

Yea, I noticed that too. Not sure of the recommended speeds, I have never seen one of these in operating condition.

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