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Hinckley MN

Other than "carefully" what is the best way to retrieve buried soil heating cables? I've been teasing them out of the ground and I'm how much you can pull them before they break.

10/10/2014 8:21:18 PM

Buffalo, MN (Billsbigpumpkins@hotmail.com)

Do not pull close to where the actual heating cable begins, close to the switch. The rest of the cable can stand gentle pulling. So dig up the first ten feet and gently pull up the rest if you have the same type of cables I do.

10/10/2014 9:47:50 PM

Whitehall Montana

I have very thin cables and started working around the perimeter of the cables with a pitch fork and lifted them out as I went.I didn't damage any of the cables and only took 10 minutes.

10/10/2014 10:03:26 PM

Massachusetts

i use my rototiller, its quick and easy, and great storage for the winter, also reminds me in the spring to buy new cables.........

10/11/2014 4:33:57 AM

New Richmond WI

I start similar to Bill and end up similar to marley :)

10/11/2014 5:16:01 AM

Central Illinois

I had mine zip tied to the underside of some livestock fence, when I got down to where there was about 4" of soil on top I could pull the whole mat out.

still chopped one into in the only spot where it wasnt under the fence

10/11/2014 9:36:45 AM

Lloydminster/AB

If the soil is soft they pull right out, if the soil is hard... Make sure you test them before putting them in again. It really sucks putting them in twice. Mine are always covered in a calcium like substance when I pull them.

10/11/2014 11:45:01 AM