“You don’t want to unload your trencher and gear up for the task at hand, only to find out that the machine doesn’t fit,” Phelps says. “Now you’re likely out time and money. It’s ...

An curved arrow pointing right. The trenching machine is used to lay down water pipes and fibre optic cable. It can dig holes up to 5.5 metres deep and 1.5 metres wide. Produced by Jasper Pickering.

Trenching is one job we see underground professionals performing year-round. While some machines may require a new set of best practices for operation when working in cold or harsh weather ...