BigEddy
Gold Member
- Joined
- Sep 6, 2002
- Messages
- 268
- Location
- Eastern Ontario
- Tractor
- JD 855, 322, AMT626 plus whatever my son dragged home this month
I want to excavate my pond (again) and thought I might be better off renting a compact excavator for a day, than using my backhoe. The excavator can reach further, and deposit the spoils up on the bank, rather than beside the tractor where I have to move them again.
Question is - given I have wide steeply sloped banks up to the level lawn, (can mow with garden tractor, but not comfortable on my 855) how would the excavator handle it?
Can the excavator be effectively used on the slope without tipping into the pond, or do I have to first build a level platform to work off, and
Am I better facing the tracks up/down hill, or can I run side-hill digging as I go?
It's been a while since I used an excavator, and then it was only on level surfaces. (can't you tell) Appreciate input from those of you more experienced.
(p.s. - don't tell my wife- She won't be pleased ifI tell her I want to rent something. She thinks I have enough toys of my own)
Question is - given I have wide steeply sloped banks up to the level lawn, (can mow with garden tractor, but not comfortable on my 855) how would the excavator handle it?
Can the excavator be effectively used on the slope without tipping into the pond, or do I have to first build a level platform to work off, and
Am I better facing the tracks up/down hill, or can I run side-hill digging as I go?
It's been a while since I used an excavator, and then it was only on level surfaces. (can't you tell) Appreciate input from those of you more experienced.
(p.s. - don't tell my wife- She won't be pleased ifI tell her I want to rent something. She thinks I have enough toys of my own)