1946 hand-built trenching machine - video

**Altair** · Jan 18, 2019, 08:31 AM

Hand-built trenching machine. The machine can dig a trench 8 feet deep and 10 inches wide and, depending on the soil, could advance itself at a rate of 15 to 20 feet per hour. The trencher was restored to working condition in 2003 and is now housed at the Pioneer Acres Museum in Irricana, Alberta.

Previously:

WWI mechanical trench-digging machine - GIF
V-trenching excavator - GIF
Belt-driven tractor with giant trenching wheel - GIF

**flyingfinn64** · Jan 20, 2019, 06:36 AM

Finnish made trencher from 1952. Finnish armed forces workshop made these White truck based trenchers 50 pcs total. Only two working and five non-working known.

**ranald** · Jan 22, 2019, 03:10 PM

The Fins are an innovative lot. (I love my Mirca Deros sander). Maybe be, they get inspiration when sitting in a sauna before jumping into glacial cold waters "gee , i think i'll make that......................... if I survive the icy waters" LOL.