Steven, I can't see if you have a bucket on your tractor, but you can cover up a 24" trench just as easily as as a 10" trench with your bucket! I also see a reddish color in your soil and trenching buckets are notorious for packing solid when used in clay... you get a bucket full, swing, dump and nothing comes out! After 20 minutes of a hammer and bar of some sort, your bucket is empty and ready for it's next load, only to repeat! Bob