Wish I would of bid this one higher! It was 50 degree highs when I bid it now it's 95!! oh' well still good money!

I did utilize a mini excavator though lol!

Is that mini excavator available to rent?

Certainly, it just costs too much to ship!

The mini-excavators do work well, I rent the same model on a regular basis also......

My god am I the only NWCO who dosent own one of these things?

No Trapper your not the only one tha doesn't have one I am still a little young to have a pigme size one

nope I don't own one either. at time I have to rent one . can't wait to have the grand kids get bigger lol.

I think Pescky Critter has a 7 or 8 of them LOL

Hey - your Mini Excavator is coverin' up the train tracks! How's them trains gonna know where to go?

HA!,,,,,,,,,,,,,I got me one of them too,,,,,,BUT he is a 6'7 and 255lbs senior next year,,,,,,,,

What are you guys charging per sq foot to do the job?

$15 per LINEAR foot (not sqft) if it's easy access and easy digging. More if we're working around bushes. Always have the customer call to have underground utilities marked before you start to save yourself some problems. One customer assured me that I was in the clear, and I trusted him. My mistake. Ended up cutting thru his cable line. Luckily, I did cable repair in another life, so it saved me the cost of a cable company service call.

We start at 20.00 a running foot, and go up from there depending on digging conditions, access, bushes, etc.

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I did this one for about half of what you guy's charge. But it was for a repeat customer (City) and about a 1/4 mile from my home. Still ended up about $75 pr man hour. I think I probably worked myself out of a job though, they've called me once or twice a year for the last 5yrs to trap something out of there.

Thanks guys!

[quote=Albert Burns]We start at 20.00 a running foot, and go up from there depending on digging conditions, access, bushes, etc.[/quote ]

Does that include materials or are they extra?

$20.00 a linear foot here also and up. If an excavator is needed, the motorized kind, LOL it will be added to the job cost if practical.Materials are included in the pricing.

Our price includes materials,which is usually minimal,around 1.00 per running foot. We either use 1" X 1" heavy gauge GAW wire,or the same thing in 1" X 1/2" mesh.