FASTEST WAY TO DIG A DITCH? WE TRY 4 DIFFERENT ATTACHMENTS.

Today we compare four different attachments for digging a shallow ditch. We use our front-end loader bucket, the GWT Stump Wrecker, a Dirt Dog Rear Blade, and a John Deere 260B backhoe. These all come in at vastly different price points have lots of other considerations besides speed, but we cover all of that in today's video.

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[barelystablefarm]

For the backhoe, no need to keep getting off the seat to move the tractor. Just raise your front bucket and your outriggers and "push" yourself forward with the backhoe. Works perfect on flat ground, no need to even move from the BH seat. Nice to see a 2025R... nice machine!

[deanbarr]

I'm impressed with your stump bucket techniques Courtney. Of all the small ditch demo's you showed us, I believe the stump bucket was the most effective, well the backhoe is the best. But, if your budget is limited the next best solution might be the stump bucket. Good video buddy.

[ericcrockett]

When using the rear blade whichever side is tilted down, that corner needs to be angled at at least a 25⁰ angle forward so the blade pulls the material out of the ditch

[randallquiring]

By turning the rear blade cutting edge forward more than you did the spoil will exit the trench instead of piling some in the trench. Similar results can be had by off-setting the blade which angles the cutting edge. I farmed for many years and became quite comfortable with our rear blade.

[NSEasternShoreChemist]

I'm jealous of your nice soil. LOL. Where I live, there's masses of rocks everywhere. I do have a toothbar, which helps a bit. One way to remove stubborn rocks which works (and is totally not an OSHA violation) is to jam a bucket tooth under the rock, tie up the controls with a bungee cord to keep the pressure on, then help the tractor out myself with a long prybar. Bonus: leave tractor in 1st gear, low range so that it's constantly pushing forwards and doesn't let the rock fall back into the hole it came out of.

[fredcarlson]

Two of them to me are ditches and two are trenches if you want to ditch the front loader and back blade make a beautiful ditches for runoff, the stump bucket and the backhoe make a good trenches for laying pipe or cables so it depends on to me what your goal is in the end

[court]

I just had this scenario last weekend. I dug a 700ft long trench about 16in deep with a little backhoe for the purpose of draining water to another side of the property. Sandy clay soil, no rocks, orchard grass sod on top. It took me about 10hrs (plus 6 more moving dirt around to dam off the source to run into the ditch).

Key to that time was not getting on and off the backhoe. Left the tractor in neutral, and pushed it forward with the backhoe. With all the vibration I was quite sore after so many hours in the seat.

[joebarrett]

Once you use the front loader bucket and have the length large enough for the tractor to get into, Once the rear wheels are in the "ditch" then basically you have the angle you need to use the loader bucket to cut the remainder of the ditch on both sides and can drive down the ditch instead of cutting into the ditch from the side. Good video though. I kind of thought the blade would be a disaster. What about a box blade, maybe give that a go in another video if you have more options to compare later. Tilt the box blade at the 3 point arms and drive away. Same principal as the grader blade but more stable and not flexing as much.

[TelescopeJunky]

You are so lucky good sir to have boulder free ground. 😁

Great video as always!

[tracksoneverything]

Hard to beat the front end loader if you have the space, but the Gwt Stump bucket is still on my list of attachments I want a soon as I can get down to you. Good comparison of options to do the job.

[jacobbush]

great comparison video. someone else may have mentioned it but another way to dig a shallow ditch maybe one of the quickest and easiest is a middle buster plow/potato plow however you refer to it. works great for it

[theElderberryFarmer]

How about a couple-three passes with a subsoiler? I'd think that can make a ditch deep/wide enough for putting in a wire or pipe. No good for anything much wider than that, but still a good option for laying a wire or a water pipe.

[Ratheon]

I wish I had that nice soil to dig into. That is a factor to be considered when choosing the attachment. In my hard rocky soil that flat edge loader bucket is digging nothing. With a tooth bar perhaps but then it is nowhere near as clean. The scraper blade would also not fair very well. I could see the stump bucket being effective and I know the backhoe can get it done. All digging is not the same and a trench or swale in two different locations may require 2 different attachments.

[MacBailey]

My backblade will turn near 90 degrees to be nearly straight with the tractor instead of perpendicular as normal. It could basically be uses as a single bottom plow in that configuration and it cut a pretty good drainage ditch I needed, without pulling too hard on the tractor.

[ncm]

Good comparisons!!! Again.... Great job showing a range of ways to get the job done!! Thank You!

[JH-msny]

My tool of choice for narrow trenches for electrical, irrigations, and shallow drain lines has been using a single pallet fork in the middle of my fork frame.

[markhall]

I have this rather large "Shovel" that fits securely onto the fork lift attachment. The long forks add a ton of leverage. Dig the ditch sideways, move forward to dump, stay out of the ditch. Have to manually clean out the ditch by hand, but can rather easily dig a ditch for drainage pipe (6"). I use on a small ASV track loader. Good results for the relatively low cost. This shovel can be clamped to the bucket or fits on closely spaced forks. Forget the bucket clamp method..

[kenlee]

Wow, that stump bucket worked wonders for little money. Looks like a good tool for sprinkler lines or electrical.

[henrymorgan]

1. Stump bucket 2. Backhoe 3. Front bucket. 4. Rear blade. That's how I come out.