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Old 07-05-2015, 05:39 PM   #190
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Originally Posted by GP_Matt View Post
Has anyone ever rented a mini excavator? I have to dig out about a foot of soil/clay in my backyard over roughly 500 sq ft. Too much to do by hand and I would love to rent something to make my job far easier.

Any personal experience? How hard are they to operate and produce a decent result? I am repacking it with road crush so it isn't the end of the world if I dig too low but still, I would prefer not to move loads of extra gravel.
If you have past experience running a skid steer then it won't be much of a issue. If you've never ran any equipment before it might be a little bit of a gong show.
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