Engineering and Contracting . •?. 7^^^^- Plow Attaclned to Motor Truck for Trench Excavation. in March. On account of the dryness of the ground thedigging was extremely hard. A single-point plow without a mole board was usedin the trenching. This plow was attached to the motortruck underneath the axle in such a manner that the frontend was held down by the weight of the truck. The depthof the cut was regulated by means of a shoe placed ashort distance from the end of the plow. Four furrowswere plowed. In the last two the beam of the plow waspractically level with the ground, so there was nothi
Engineering and Contracting . •?. 7^^^^- Plow Attaclned to Motor Truck for Trench Excavation. in March. On account of the dryness of the ground thedigging was extremely hard. A single-point plow without a mole board was usedin the trenching. This plow was attached to the motortruck underneath the axle in such a manner that the frontend was held down by the weight of the truck. The depthof the cut was regulated by means of a shoe placed ashort distance from the end of the plow. Four furrowswere plowed. In the last two the beam of the plow waspractically level with the ground, so there was nothingleft to do but shovel out the dirt. On ordinary diggingone man operated the plow and all he had to do was toioossn it up in case it was pulling too heavy on the truck. The company has lately devised a plow having a doublepoint and a mole board, which it is hoped will not onlydig the trench but also will clear out the greater part of
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