I just had some work done on my property for a big slip that covered our road to the river.
I had a professional operator with me and he estimated we moved 300 tons of dirt, rocks and trees.
We used a John Deere 50 and it did the job nicely.
More rain here today. I feel lucky that we got the work done before the rain, ice and snow started up again.
Plenty more excavator work to be done. I had been thinking of renting one for a week, or month to get er done but now I'm wondering if buying one and taking my time getting the work done with thoughts of selling it in a year or two ...or maybe keep it for the invariable trail work that seems to need done every couple of years.. Sure would be handy.
Two recommendations so far:
No smaller than a 2 ft bucket
32HP or more. (which I think you'd need to run a 2 ft bucket.).
Any words of wisdom on this topic?
I had a professional operator with me and he estimated we moved 300 tons of dirt, rocks and trees.
We used a John Deere 50 and it did the job nicely.
More rain here today. I feel lucky that we got the work done before the rain, ice and snow started up again.
Plenty more excavator work to be done. I had been thinking of renting one for a week, or month to get er done but now I'm wondering if buying one and taking my time getting the work done with thoughts of selling it in a year or two ...or maybe keep it for the invariable trail work that seems to need done every couple of years.. Sure would be handy.
Two recommendations so far:
No smaller than a 2 ft bucket
32HP or more. (which I think you'd need to run a 2 ft bucket.).
Any words of wisdom on this topic?