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Old February 28th 06, 04:36 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
David
 
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Default Digging a trench for cable,

On 28 Feb 2006 08:09:22 -0800, "John S." wrote:


wrote:
or whatever.I saw a commercial on tv and a guy had a metal bar mounted
on the back of his riding lawn mower/little yard tractor.He was driving
foward and the bar was digging a trench.That would come in handy for
digging a trench for coax cable for radio antennas.A bar could be
fastened to a car or pickup truck and do the same thing.Just put it in
gear and go.
cuhulin


That's a ripper bar. I lived in an agricultural area that was built on
a dry lake bed. Big tractors would pull those through the
concrete-like dry sediment to bust it up.

This is how millions of dollars in disrupted communications get
started.

http://www.aspe.org/ASPE_Publication...yd_032004.html