Thanks everyone. I forgot to mention that i had already used the scarifiers to break up the topsoil, and go as deep as i could get them with my limited experience. Great idea on adding weight, i might try it.
So far, i ended up making a homemade trencher based off of this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nh_mYjWfJeY
I didn't make the notches, cause i think he said somewhere that they aren't really necessary... but dont quote me on that.
I went to home depot and got the thickest piece of angle iron they had... 4 feet long, 2" wide and 3/16" thick for $22. It works really good, and would be almost all you need if you were only laying a small pipe... but since i'm going to bury 4" pvc, i have to go back and forth over it a few times to widen it out. I suppose i could use 2 next to each other to make wider passes... but then it's $45 and at that point, i would probably better off trying to find something like this for for a little more:
Right now there is one of those on ebay for $60 with free shipping. If i hadn't already bought the angle iron, i might have went ahead and got it. It looks like i could just slide it in where my rippers go, and drag it like that.
Anyway, here is the homemade trencher on the tractor:
Wider sides would scoop more dirt out, and thicker would be better as well... but again, it works really really well for what it's doing. You can see a bend in the iron... that was unintentional because at one point i tried going in reverse through the trench... i guess it was weaker in that direction, and it bent... but it actually turned out ok, because now when i drive forward i think it helps it dig down and scoop into the trench.
It breaks it up really good, then i scoop out the dirt with a shovel (of course there is still a bit of digging)... also roots are a pain, but i have a reciprocating saw with an old blade on it that i run down the side of the trench when i encounter one, and cut it out.
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