
also when i make a stoke pile with a front end loader i just make a large ramp and as i carry dirt to the top i am compacting the pile so that it will shed water and be nice and dry inside so that when it comes to grading the yard it doesn't matter how wet it is our pile is always dry(i also put a crown on the stoke pile too) with a trackhoe it just doesn't have the reach to get the stuff far enough away. we always leave it so that concreate trucks, lumber deliveres, brick and things like that can have close access to the house so that people don't have to hump this stuff across our piles. here when you dig a basment you always take the top soil off first and place it in the back corner of the lot so that is out of the way untill finish grading, then you take you spoils to a place that they either need to be (as in filling in parts of the yard) or stock pile them away from the basement. the thing that we found with the trackhoe is that you have such a small bucket and you have to handle the material so many times it just doesn't make any sence. now the track hoe only does sewer, clearing work, and extreme grading (so steep that you can't get tracked equipment on it). Keep in mind, there is more wear and tear on equipment when digging in hardpan soils. Newer minitrenchers have proven to be an effective and efficient alternative when you cannot get your heavier trencher in. we dug a few basements with out 312 after we got it but it was a lot slower that the 943 and didn't leave as nice a product when we where done unless we took a skid and cleaned it up. Digging in it: Most rely on heavier equipment like walk behind trenchers and hand digging tools (digging fork, spade, or broad fork). with a trackhoe you have a base that is just cut and fairly rough, with a track loader you can get it so smoth and compact that i can spread 1-2 inches of gravel on it and it will be ready for concrete.
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I have dug hundreds of basements, you start by getting an area a little longer than you machine on grade, then you just drive towards the back of the basement moving left to right and keeping it all on grade as you go so that when it gets packed it is where you want it.
