unless your dexterous and a fast learner you might struggle and end up digging the whole garden up, but if you still want to go ahaed give your local jewson or A plant hire. They'll sort u out, don't think they will let you pick it up and there might be a cannie deposit to pay, we don't have that cause we have accounts so I've never had to pay out
There's no way you can just jump on board and drive one of those babies.
It's a skill alright.
Just had the footings dug for my extension and the digger drive was awesome.
Poetry in motion.
glad some one else agrees, it sorts annoys me when someone thinks they can learn my job in a day it's took me 5 year to learn and I'm still not great, I promise the 1st thing you will do is take a great whopping chunk out of the earth, hire a man and digger much safer much quicker.
agreed, best bet is a plant-hewdens-halls any plant hire really, or there is a bloke i work with who will hire him and his mini digger out at weekends if u needed a driver with it, or if u just hired the digger, depending when it was and how long the job was for a will b happy to come over and do abit of work on it and so u how to use it basically, but if u never drove 1 b4 u might get a fright when u load it on to a trailor for the 1st time, hope this helps
OK - I've got a mate who works in the building trade, and I've got another who works at JCB (but their mini-digger demo is out on a long term loan). The area to be dug is in dire need of a whopping chunk of earth (or several) to be taken and slung in a skip.
I didn't ask for anyone to question my abilities (or lack of) regarding using one, just for cheap places to get hold of one. The way this forum is, there is usually someone who knows someone who can sort something out.
No need to get your lip on, people are just offering advice to you, seeing as the op was so vague it left slot to the imagination, I asumused you were landscaping an area flat, hence asking for a roller also. It's like me asking for an engine lift, what would you assume I was doing?
Best place is handy hire mate my missus mother works for head office i will seeif she can get a good rate on one, and mini diggers are a piece of p1ss to use!! It isnt rocket science!!!!................................
Might find it tricky to do?? a friend of mine has diggers from mini ones to the massive ones (civil engineering firm) but its insurances for use! if something went wrong the digger owner would be in the sh1t. Atleast with a hire company thats all sorted within the hire.
Ring around mate u should be able to get one for around a £100 a day for a 1 an half tonner.
Whatever u do dont go to builders murchants as ull be lookin at around 250 quid a day plus 500 deposit.
Trust me if ur just diggin out ull be ok, just 1 tip an thats dont overload the bucket.
As for the others getting off there high horse for some strange reason, he,s not digging footings, grading off or workin to a line, he,s just movin some muck.
I can Lend you my Dogs if you want Leigh they love Digging , Not quite trained them correct yet ,tends to be holes eveywhere I did'nt want them !!!
Notts bring a spade meet at Leighs anyone ??
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