1946 hand-built trenching machine - video

Hand-built trenching machine. The machine can dig a trench 8 feet deep and 10 inches wide and, depending on the soil, could advance itself at a rate of 15 to 20 feet per hour. The trencher was restored to working condition in 2003 and is now housed at the Pioneer Acres Museum in Irricana, Alberta.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2BYhZ0Jl40


Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...993#post100437
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...017#post120191
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...491#post122730

Finnish made trencher from 1952. Finnish armed forces workshop made these White truck based trenchers 50 pcs total. Only two working and five non-working known.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91mMUM2x9tY

The Fins are an innovative lot. (I love my Mirca Deros sander). Maybe be, they get inspiration when sitting in a sauna before jumping into glacial cold waters "gee , i think i'll make that......................... if I survive the icy waters" LOL.

operating lever right next to exposed spinning drive shaft, nah no problems seen!