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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.

With a 20-ton machine, you are probably looking ... providing additional power in tough applications such as digging in clay or hard, rocky soil or when lifting objects," says Brittain.

“It’s about balance involving machine weight, power, system pressure/flow rates, auger diameter, digging depth and soil classification,” explains Dennis Von Ruden, president, General ...