SB: Question about excavations

["Kirk Haines" <khaines@enigo.com>]

This is just a general knowledge type of question, here.  I am trying to
figure out my options for doing the excavation work for our construction
work this summer.  As is so common, we are operating on a shoestring budget,
so I want to make my $$$ go as far as possible.

Basically, I can either hire someone to do the excavating, or rent a digger
of some flavor and do it myself.

On the bottom end of the price scale sits a Bobcat 331 mini excavator.  Up
in price from there, a bit is a tractor with hoe and loader attachments, and
up from there is a regular backhoe.  I have a truck that can readily tow a
bobcat or tractor, but I'd have to have a backhoe hauled out for me, and the
distance is around 60 miles from the closest possible rental location.

The question, for me, really boils down to how much digging I could do with
a given machine.  Anyone have any practical experience to share on this?


Thanks,

Kirk Haines




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