Digging out a garden
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Because it's just money and effort, you could just as soon pay some local kids to do it for you and put your feet up while they crack on with it.
3 lads on Saturday morning, pay em £20 each, and tell em they don't go until the jobs done. Then they can **** off and buy sweets or whatever teenagers are into.
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'from £60 per day' would be my reason as I'm a cheapskate.
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This would be my excuse. I've been known to make 20 trips to my local tip (5 minute drive) rather than rent a skip
I think people are looking at it the wrong way. Rather than saying that isn't worth a digger, why aren't we talking him into making it a bigger project where a digger is then worthwhile instead?
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Only £60? I would have thought it would be more to hire one.
Are these diggers easy to use ?
I say go for it
Every boys dream to drive a digger haha
Are these diggers easy to use ?
I say go for it
Every boys dream to drive a digger haha
Only £60? I would have thought it would be more to hire one.
Are these diggers easy to use ?
I say go for it
Every boys dream to drive a digger haha
They say only £60, most times I've hired a 1.5 its come out at more at £100 for a day hire once fuel, cleaning etc is added on. Usually get a week for about £300 or so though. 5 ton ones I've used were about £200 a day.
With how easy to use, this depends on your hand to eye coordination. You got two joysticks, the right one does open/close bucket and the back section of the arm. The left joystick does left/right the cab/arm and moves the front arm. Then you got foot pedals and/or levers for left and right track. Then you got two more pedals (one on some models) to move the angle of the arm independantly to the cab. You also have a lever for the front plow and one for revs.
Pulling a trench isn't too hard, positioning the digger is the main part there. Also put the plow down to keep stability. Grading or digging down to a flat required level is a fair bit harder especially when the ground is quite uneven. Best bet there is to make a flat base to work from and park the digger on that. As if the bucket isn't level nor will the pull be.
As for what make, hire a hitachi if you can. Changing the bucket is a lot easier than with JCB or the like.
Still for some jobs a spade is just easier still, gives a cleaner trench too. 10m long 750mm deep trench was yesterdays digging, quicker with a digger ofcouse but access/ cost issues and micro diggers are not the best.
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