Little Beaver’s Kwik-Trench Mini Trenchers Can Trench up to 30 Feet Per Minute
Little Beaver's Kwik-Trench mini-trencher is offered in two models, the KT 200B and KT 2400B, both able to trench up to 30 feet per minute. A compact design paired with durable construction and components allows the Kwik-Trench to tackle a multitude of projects, including landscape edging, root pruning, as well as installations of plumbing and drainage lines, low-voltage wiring, silt fences and sprinkler systems. Featuring carbide-tipped teeth and a powerful drive system, the mini-trencher cuts through tough surfaces such as compacted clay, road fill, asphalt and tree roots up to 10 inches thick.
In each of its two push-forward models, the Kwik-Trench works efficiently to create clean, narrow trenches. Featuring a triple V-belt drive system, the Kwik-Trench achieves rotation speed up to 800 rpm. Precise cutting depth is achieved with a manual crank, while each trencher’s locking swivel wheel guides the unit, ensuring straight trenches. In addition to producing clean, precise results, the Kwik-Trench is designed to minimize backfill and cleanup time by depositing soil beside the trench.
Powered by a 5.5-horsepower Honda engine, the KT 200B is capable of achieving depths up to eight inches. The unit features four carbide-tipped teeth and produces trenches from one to three inches wide. Productive and powerful in a lightweight and compact package, the KT 200B weighs in at just 265 pounds.
The KT 2400B unleashes 8-horsepower through its Honda engine and achieves depths up to 12 inches. Equipped with eight carbide-tipped cutting teeth, the mini-trencher produces trenches from 1 to 4 inches wide. The larger of the two models, the KT 2400B is still lightweight and manageable at 430 pounds.
Both Kwik-Trench models feature a compact design to allow easier access into tight areas unreachable to full-size trenchers. Each model is mounted on semi-pneumatic tires, making the Kwik-Trench safe to use on delicate lawns and turfs.
To protect the drivetrain from wear and damage, a slip clutch is built into the hub of the cutter wheel. Heat-treated, hardened steel teeth are carbide tipped for superior performance and extra-long life.
For added convenience, Little Beaver offers an optional trailer to transport the Kwik-Trench. The KT 2000 tilt bed utility trailer is built for a load capacity of up to 1,000 pounds and fits a 2-inch ball hitch. The trailer features spring axles, a 10-gauge diamond plate bed, and an axle lock and tie-downs.
For more information, visit www.littlebeaver.com.
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Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.