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how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
How many hours will it take you plus the cost of the tools.how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
I would do it for $125/hour. It would probably take me at least a week. I am pretty lazy.
how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:
I am standing right there next to you, watching the guy we're paying $10.00/hr dig the trench.
how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
how much to charge to hand dig a trench 80feet by 18 inches in standard grass/dirt
That is a valid consideration if hand digging.I think I would dig down 6" and use IMC.
"standard" dirt around here is something called caleche,
it's a cross between adobe, and stainless steel, but harder
and stickier. the kind where the teeth from a backhoe
bucket leave blue black shiny marks in it.
you "dig" it with a clay spade on a jackhammer.
or a backhoe.
if i had to do that with a little hilti demo hammer with
a clay spade on it, about $500.
$100 for the home depot parking lot technician,
and $400 for me providing the jackhammer, and lunch.
Winning bid was six hippies with hand tools: Tapatalk![/QUOTE said:We were never hippies, but when we built out first house back in the early '70's, DW and I hand dug a 36" dia, 18 ft deep well for our water supply - could not afford to hire a well driller.
Digging bar, posthole digger, bucket. I'd dig, vacuum cleaner on blower to supply breathing air, pull bucket up to DW who would send down and empty and then empty the full, repeat.
After a few hours would pull myself out of the hole with the rope. Recall it took a number of days to finish
If I tried that now, would likely get stuck n the hole and need to call 911 to pull me out <G>