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COMBINATION DITCHING MACHINE 



FOR DIGGING OPEN MAIN OR LATERAL DITCHES WITH SLOPED 

 BANKS AND VERTICAL TRENCHES FOR TILE AND PIPE LINES. 



From six to nine feet a minute 

 of sloping bank ditch can be dug with an 

 AUSTIN DITCHING MACHINE with 

 SLOPING BANK ATTACHMENT. 

 The ditch and the ditcher are shown in 

 the accompanying picture. No hand dug, 

 hand-trimmed ditch can excel this ma- 

 chine ditch in appearance or in accuracy of 

 grade or section, and no hand-dug ditch 

 can be constructed for twice the cost. 

 As between one man with team and 

 scrapers and another man with team and 

 scrapers the possible difference in the cost 

 of the work may be small, but it is great 

 between one man with teams and scrap- 

 ers and another man with an Austin 

 Ditching Machine with Bank-sloping 

 attachment. 



No. 00 wheel cuts 5 ft. deep, 2 ft. bottom, 10 ft. top 

 No. wheel cuts 5 ft. deep, 4 ft. bottom, 14 ft. top 

 No. 10 wheel cuts 6 ft. deep, 4 ft. bottom, 16 ft. top 



When open ditches are finished and trenches are to be dug the wheel is removed, a 

 digging boom put on, and the machine is 

 used as shown in lower cut. The positively 

 selfcleaning buckets make fast work possible 

 in sticky soil. The entire outfit is mounted 

 on caterpillar traction which will not mire. 

 You cannot mire nor can you clog an 

 Austin Trenching Machine, and it is equal- 

 ly efficient in hard soil because of its 

 strength and its rooter plow point buckets. 



Motive Power 

 Steam or Gasoline. 



Makes trenches 15 in., 18 in. and 24 in. wide, maximum 

 dept of 8 ft. 



SEND FOR CATALOGUE No. 200 



F. C. AUSTIN DRAINAGE EXCAVATOR COMPANY 



RAILWAY EXCHANGE, CHICAGO 



AGENTS WANTED IN UNOCCUPIED TERRITORY. 



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