What Is A Micro Trenching Bucket Or Deep Dig Bucket?

What is a Micro Trenching Bucket?


A Micro Trenching Bucket, or Deep Dig Bucket as it's also known, is a bucket that is narrower than the standard digging buckets, typically between 75 – 150mm or 3" – 6”. As it is a narrow bucket, it has to be longer or deeper, so that the headstock of the excavator remains out of the ground whilst excavating. This is because the headstock of the machine is wider than the main body of the micro trenching bucket. This is where the term “deep dig” comes from, as the buckets are generally used for services that are required to be sunk below the surface deeper than the normal digging bucket depth.

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Best uses for a Micro Trenching Bucket


Micro Trenching Bucket - Vic Hire Group

These buckets can be used for a variety of applications and projects. The most common and popular being fibre optic work, which only requires a narrow trench. They can be used for running water mains across sites and are very useful on farms for both water and cable work and also irrigation. Another place where they are used is golf clubs, zoos, safaris parks and other animal centres for running pipework to feeding troughs in barns and across the fields or waste land.

If you are working on a utility contract, new fibre optic network cable installation, starting a new development on a site or just needing to extend water mains for either irrigation or animal feeding troughs, or even add or extend outdoor lighting or power, this is the ideal attachment to use. It is useful in many sectors including Nursery Plantations and greenhouses, open farms, new housing developments, industrial units and washdown facilities, agriculture and animal husbandry, public open spaces, recreation and sports facilities, holiday campsites and mobile home developments.

Benefits of a Rhinox Micro Trenching Bucket


Perhaps the biggest benefit of using a Micro Trenching Bucket over a standard Digging Bucket is the numerous ways to save costs. The main cost saving is in the time. These buckets are very narrow which means the back filling and remediation work to return the area to how it was before is a lot less. This means you are saving on the time taken to complete the project and also materials used, such as tarmac, concrete or whatever the top surface is. It also means there is reduced disruption time, this is particularly important when the project maybe in a public area like across drives, pavements or main roads.

Our Micro Trenching Buckets have been carefully designed to make your job as easy and as cost effective as possible. They are available in 400mm or 700mm, with widths of 3", 4", 5" or 6". These two depths give you a good guide to how deep you are while digging. For example, if you need a 400mm trench, you use the top of the bucket as guide.

Rhinox Micro Trenching Bucket Range


Widths Available for 15" Depth

Widths Available for 27" Depth

3" wide, 15" depth 3" wide, 27" depth
4" wide, 15" depth 4" wide, 27" depth
5" wide, 15" depth 5" wide, 27" depth
6" wide, 27" depth

More about Rhinox Micro Trenching Buckets


Rhinox 400mm and 700mm Micro Trenching Buckets

Our 3" wide Micro Trencher, has our Uni-Tusk style hardened tip, providing more wear resistance and giving the bucket extra life. This tip can also be replaced if required. They are also manufactured with our unique Rhinox 'rhino' cut out down the side of the bucket to stop material clogging and help the bucket empty easier.

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If you require more information about the Rhinox Micro Trenching Bucket or any of our other buckets and attachments contact us at 01430 259259 or email Sales@rhinox-group.com

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