Let’s be brutally honest: every excavation crew, every foreman, every subcontractor has made the trench box mistake. Not the dramatic OSHA one. Not the “we forgot the tabulated data” one. We’re talking about the everyday, silently expensive,...
Trench Boxes BLOG
The Trench Safety Strategy Cities Are Using to Stretch Their New-Year Budgets (Without Adding More Equipment or Headaches)
Every city enters a new budget cycle with the same challenge: do more with the same dollars. Or in many cases, fewer. Public works directors, infrastructure managers, and utility supervisors are under pressure to modernize systems, reduce downtime,...
Don’t Rent What You Could Own: Why Buying a Steel Trench Box Pays Off
Save money, stay compliant, and build long-term value into every dig. Renting a trench box can seem like the smart move, especially when jobs are unpredictable or projects stack up fast. But here’s the truth most crews realize after a few invoices:...
Why the Industry Is Calling KUNDEL the “Swiss Army Knife of Shoring”
Talk to anyone who’s spent enough time in the trench, and they’ll tell you the ground has a mind of its own. You plan, you prep, and then something shifts. That’s the nature of the work. What you can control, though, is the gear you bring with you....
Aluminum Trench Boxes That Perform Like Steel: Lightweight, Durable, and OSHA-Compliant
When you’re knee-deep in a repair job or lining up a quick utility dig, you don’t always need the heaviest equipment on the site. Steel trench boxes are built for power and depth, but when mobility, speed, and access matter most, aluminum trench...
Trench Safety Equipment Ready to Ship from KUNDEL
Dealers and contractors know the pain of hearing, “It’ll ship in six to eight weeks.” That doesn’t work when a trench is already on the schedule. KUNDEL fixes that problem. We keep trench boxes, trench shields, and shoring systems in stock and...
Stop Wasting Time Swapping Trench Boxes. Here’s What You’re Missing.
Every excavation crew knows the pain: dig deeper, order new trench boxes. Change conditions, reorder again. Time wasted. Budgets blown. Safety on the line. KUNDEL’S Universal Stacking System was built to end that cycle. This isn’t another trench...
Trench Safety Can’t Wait, Plan Now to Stay on Schedule
6–8 Week Lead Times: Don’t Let the Shop Schedule Wreck Yours Jobs don’t wait. Neither should you. Aluminum and steel trench boxes are moving at 6–8 weeks lead time on smaller orders, and that window can slam shut fast when the shop fills up. Larger...
V-Panel: The Aluminum Solution That Thinks Like a Utility Crew
You never really know what’s under there. Maps lie. Pipe clusters hide. And just when you think it’s a straight trench day, you uncover a twisted mess of decades-old utilities fighting for the same underground real estate. That’s where V-Panel...








