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Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 5:15 pm
by rolysatch
i'm going to be starting my patio soon (indian sandstone) and i need to dig out a 15' x 10' base and a footing for about 60' of small garden wall. there's no way i can get a micro digger round the back of my house. i don't fancy digging it out by hand and was thinking of using a kango/breaker with a spade attachment. i would prefer to buy a cheap second hand one rather than hire one so that i can take my time around work commitments.
do you think that a breaker like this (kango 637) would be adequate with a clay digging spade for a project of this size as i can get one cheap locally or anyone got any other ideas? 
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 6:53 pm
by Dave_L
Erm, no.
Are you sure you can't get a micro digger in?
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 7:09 pm
by dig dug dan
The £150 b and q breakers have more oomph than those things, and dave is right. You really need a jcb beaver and a spade to get through anything of substance. Micro digger can get through 700mm by the way
Posted: Sat Sep 14, 2013 8:36 pm
by lutonlagerlout
fork pick and shovel?
all day long
LLL
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 7:59 am
by seanandruby
Don't know how to break this news to you but using that would still mean 'hand digging.' :;):
Are you breaking out an old concrete slab?
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:57 am
by Dave_L
lutonlagerlout wrote:fork pick and shovel?
all day long
LLL
Ooooooh Tone I bet you couldn't type that fast enough!!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 11:16 am
by mickg
the tried and trusted darn souf fork method eh, oop norf we use a taper mouth shovel or a Newcastle draining spade for everything but I have always maintained that's where "MEN" come from 
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 9:35 pm
by rolysatch
cheers guys. thanks for the advice. there's no way to get a digger up the side of the house or through it si it looks like i'm going to have to dig it out by hand, which i'm not looking forward to (being a southern softie). how deep do you think i need to dig out for a foot traffic only indian sandstone patio?
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 10:20 pm
by lutonlagerlout
about 6-9 inches depending on the ground
LLL
Posted: Wed Sep 18, 2013 9:32 pm
by rolysatch
ok thanks that's not too bad then.