How do you guys excatvate for new walkways??

[instyle]

If you were to install a 30" wide walkway, form the front side walk to the front door of a house. How would you excavate it?

If you had to do down 8", that is alot of digging!!

 

[neversatisfiedj]

How long ? I would prob hand dig.

 

[Tim@AcesLCLS]

Use a Bobcat man it will save you so much time as long as you are good with it. Digging takes forever and sucks. If you do not have a Bobcat work it into the price for the customer or even eat the difference it is that much more efficient I swear.

 

[instyle]

don't you find that a bobcat tears up the lawn too much?

 

[Tim@AcesLCLS]

A. Not if you are really careful
B. If it not avoidable a portion of the time saved can be spent reseeding.

I honestly feel it is worth it to use the equipment whenever necessary I think that digging is an absolute last final no mas no mas answer, maybe it is because I live in a really rocky part of a pretty rocky state but I think that the efficiency is not there when it comes to digging

 

[GroundScapesIncorporated]

For walkways 48" or larger we usually use a skid steer. If the walkway is 24" to 36" and isnt real long, I think that we are more profitable doing every thing by hand. We have small walkway coming up that is 24" by 22' and it will all be done by hand. Sometimes we may use the back hoe on our kubota for small walks as well. But 48" and over 20' there is usually equipment involved.

 

[packer101]

we either use our bobcat for large ones, or for small walk ways we use our dingo... it works well

 

[iowa]

x2 for the dingo.

 

[zedosix]

Mini ex of course, is this a trick question.

 

[kootoomootoo]

Did you guys miss the memo on using a mini ex.