I’ve been looking around the Net for information on the Barth K150 as there is one working here at Newcastle-upon-Tyne. It is being used to assist in draining parts of the Town Moor which flood during the “more rainy periods than usual”.

I have seen it working a few times in the past but never close enough to get pictures! That is really my ultimate aim however working hours mean that they are done for the day and the machine is behind a fence which makes things difficult. I have no idea who owns it either.

I hope you enjoy running your K150 and it gives you many years of good service. I’m honestly surprised that its not older than 1982 vintage?

Best regards

Gavin

We’ve used the Barth K150 quite a bit this year. It has run really well. Most of the land in our area is sandy soil, and when digging about 90cm deep it takes just over an hour to lay 300m of pipe. Obviously there’s a lot of time surveying, setting in etc. but in a full day we were doing about 900m.

It always astounds me that by the time we’ve layed 300m of pipe (about an hours work) and then gone back to the outlet end to start another run, the drain is already running – very satisfying.

We’ve had a very dry period early on this summer in England, yet some of the drains have started to run from the moment we installed them and haven’t stopped running yet!

I meant to take some video, but was that busy on the days we were draining that I never got any taken. Will take some next year.

Steve.

Does anyone know where spare parts can be obtained in England? Needing Front Drive Coupling.

Thanks

Sue