paul mcerlean
Member
Looking some insight into how many meters a reasonable driver and a machine can clean out per hour/per day, to clean out a watercourse. Have a lot to do and not sure how long/ how much it will cost me.
Thanks
Thanks
Watercourse cleaning
- Thread starter paul mcerlean
- Start date
- Location
- Lincs/Cambs
With a 360 digger and weed basket or ditching bucket ??
paul mcerlean
Member
Just ditching bucket
- Location
- North East Wilts
depends how big, wide, how much to come out. Cleaning a ditch with a single bucketful with a 360 I can do a metre a minute, (until I get bored then I have lots of tidying up to do!) If the 360 can reach it does not make much difference the size of the digger, bigger ones needing more skill not to take too much out.
- Location
- East yorks
How big are the watercourses?
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Watching this with interest.
TripleSix
Member
- Location
- Helmsley, North Yorkshire
- Location
- Ceredigion
Get someone to give you a quote
- Location
- south norfolk
Very difficult to quote without seeing,may be shallow or deep,full of mud or stone.maybe lots of trees and bushes restricting access and all manner of other things.anyone quoting will quote very high I’d imagine to cover themselves..I generally work by the day rate
Nick...
- Location
- leics/warks border
We've got a bit to. Are there any cross compliance rules about ditching ?
I couldn't find any when I looked, but they may be hidden elsewhere. It's difficult to find stuff when it's online, much easier when you got a paper book !
I couldn't find any when I looked, but they may be hidden elsewhere. It's difficult to find stuff when it's online, much easier when you got a paper book !
- Location
- Ceredigion
I do my own
- Location
- Ceredigion
Dont know your situation, but I would never be without my own excavator, paid £18000 for the last one about 10 years back . Hardly spent a penny on it bar service cost . Traded it in for a newer machine this year and almost got back what I paid for it, depends if you have time to drive it I suppose, but its surprising what you can do an hour or two now and then
Steevo
Member
- Location
- Gloucestershire
I do my own
Looks a very smart machine!
- Location
- Ceredigion
I'm hoping it will be as reliable as the last one . 3500 hrs working on the railway so not hard work
Exfarmer
Member
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Corrected that for you
Unfortunately it's a how long is a piece of string
I recently saw a full time digger man 4 days to grade off a bank that I'd only expect to take 2 days 3 at very most yes it was tidy done but he had a tilting hitch etc so should be easy.
Ditching is the same obstacles etc and a different driver can make a world of difference to how much can be done in a day
I recently saw a full time digger man 4 days to grade off a bank that I'd only expect to take 2 days 3 at very most yes it was tidy done but he had a tilting hitch etc so should be easy.
Ditching is the same obstacles etc and a different driver can make a world of difference to how much can be done in a day
Pilatus
Member
I expect ones in such good condition are not that easy to find?
- Location
- Romney Marsh
The EA ones wouldn't have been worked very hard.
Top notch as well
- Tags
- kubota water logging