All great fun until you hit a cable or pipe, then you will wish that you had never seen a mini excavator.If you are competent at doing it yourself you can hire one for about half the price. I even seen one you could hire for £130 for the week.
If you want to keep cost down do it yourself and ask your neighbours if they need any work done and split the cost.
Thanks all, some good points here. I wouldn't want to do this on my own and thankfully the guy I'm using had both insurance and a licence to drive this but was wondering if the daily rate was reasonable.
Best place to 'play' is here, http://www.diggerland.com , you're under supervision and there nothing buried to hit, so safer and cheaper fun all round!
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