To assist fibre-optic cable contractors reliably and effectively use microtrenching for cable set up, Ditch Witch has launched the MT26 microtrencher. 

The attachment is a part of a whole microtrenching system, together with the Ditch Witch RT80 ride-on trencher and HX75 vacuum excavator. With the MT26, operators can create a clear, deep, slim trench in a single simple cross, and simply set up cable deep sufficient to fulfill most necessities with minimal disruption to the encircling infrastructure.

Designed with a normal hydraulic plunge to supply variable depth management, the MT26 can lower a clear trench from 1.5 inches as much as 3 inches (76.2 mm) large and right down to 26 inches (660.4 mm) deep. Reaching depths of as much as 26 inches permits contractors to put in a typical 2-inch fibre or energy cable line with the required 2-feet of floor cowl all on the similar time. 

Prior to now, chopping a slim trench at this depth required a rock noticed, which would go away a extra invasive trench in addition to go away spoils and dust on the highway, or a horizontal directional drill, which would wish extra time to arrange.

Moreover, the flexibility to create a trench as much as 3 inches large – a wider lower than another microtrencher in the marketplace – helps simplify the ditch cleansing course of for operators, particularly when putting in at deeper depths. The MT26 does this by vacuum excavating the spoils from microtrencher concurrently because the microtrencher cuts alongside the highway. This alleviates time and prices related to jobsite cleanup and restoration, and it opens the door for contractors to tackle jobs in markets past energy and fibre optic set up.