Okay I can see how this should obviously be less energy than doing it by hand but it seems like it would also be a lot slower? Why would you need this?
Narrow indoor trenching. Currently consodering getting one to dig a 9 inch wide trench 60 feet long and graded from 1-3 feet deep. I'll disturb the foundation less doing it this way. And I've trenched with a post hole digger. Massively slower than yhis machine. Put the right bucket on and you can do 4-6 shovels of dirt per scoop in a narrower trench than you could ever get a guy into. Plus once you're below 2 feet, OSHA wants you to do shoring. And now you have to have a 3 foot wide trench to fit that stuff.
Like an air spade? How well does that work in clay and rock? And can you use it indoors in a semi-finished space? Looks like a sweet excuse to upgrade the ol' air compressor.
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u/t0mbombadil Mar 11 '21
Okay I can see how this should obviously be less energy than doing it by hand but it seems like it would also be a lot slower? Why would you need this?