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5 year old buck +
The weekly cost for a Bobcat mini excavator is about $750, and it's about $1050 for a John Deere 110 backhoe. The excavators available are E26 and E20.
I have never driven either before, but my father in law has a mini excavator I will start using soon to level the back yard and dig out an old kerosene tank, so I will be quite proficient by June.
The job I have to do is to dig out an opening in an old beaver dam to drain the field which was once a beaver pond, dig the existing stream out to facilitate draining, and dig out a couple watering holes for the deer, and drag around a bunch of old dead trees from the field. If I rent a tractor, I will probably have to clear a bit of trees out to get it through the woods, but the trail is probably wise enough for a mini excavator.
My question is: what do you recommend, and why? Is the job too big for a mini excavator, or can such a machine handle it?
I have never driven either before, but my father in law has a mini excavator I will start using soon to level the back yard and dig out an old kerosene tank, so I will be quite proficient by June.
The job I have to do is to dig out an opening in an old beaver dam to drain the field which was once a beaver pond, dig the existing stream out to facilitate draining, and dig out a couple watering holes for the deer, and drag around a bunch of old dead trees from the field. If I rent a tractor, I will probably have to clear a bit of trees out to get it through the woods, but the trail is probably wise enough for a mini excavator.
My question is: what do you recommend, and why? Is the job too big for a mini excavator, or can such a machine handle it?