Mini excavator
Excavate; locate utilities and use a competent operator.
What it does
Excavate; locate utilities and use a competent operator.
Buy or rent
Rent
Read the manual, inspect the tool and use suitable protection.
Projects using this tool
Plan a landscape French drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to plan a landscape French drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●●Install or replace a window well
Plan and estimate the project: install or replace a window well.
Difficulty: ●●●●●Extend downspouts away from foundations
Detailed DIY guide to extend downspouts away from foundations, with calculator, tools, materials, quality checks and common mistakes.
Difficulty: ●●○○○Correct grading around a foundation
Understand, measure and plan: correct grading around a foundation.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Build a drainage swale
Understand, measure and plan: build a drainage swale.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Plan a dry well
Understand, measure and plan: plan a dry well.
Difficulty: ●●●●●Shallow landscape French drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to shallow landscape French drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Uphill curtain drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to uphill curtain drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Replace foundation perimeter drain
Understand, measure and plan: replace foundation perimeter drain.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Interior perimeter drain to sump
Understand, measure and plan: interior perimeter drain to sump.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Buried solid downspout drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to buried solid downspout drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Yard catch-basin drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to yard catch-basin drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Driveway or garage channel drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to driveway or garage channel drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Patio channel drain
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to patio channel drain, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Landscape dry creek bed
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to landscape dry creek bed, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Add drain cleanouts and inspection access
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to add drain cleanouts and inspection access, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Protect a drainage outlet from erosion
Highly detailed yellow-level guide to protect a drainage outlet from erosion, with responsibility split, inspection hold points, quote review and work acceptance.
Difficulty: ●●●●○Driveway culvert planner
Understand, measure and plan: driveway culvert planner.
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