Excavate a 5m x 5m x 5m pit with a mini excavator

  • Erstellt am 2016-07-15 21:49:54

tomtom79

2016-07-16 08:12:29
  • #1
How do you want to drive out of the 5 meter deep pit. At 5 meters height? How do you want to get the earth you remove out of the pit?

I am firmly convinced you are an incorrigible beginner.

Or the [bagger] is not that mini.

But I want to see the ramp!
 

Sir_Kermit

2016-07-16 08:21:40
  • #2
Hi,


How big would a working area for an excavator at that depth actually have to be? Is it even feasible on 5x5 meters plus a bit more in X? An alternative would be to excavate from above? How long would a boom have to be to work sensibly?
I’m just curious about that from a technical point of view because I have no idea about it.

Kermit
 

Saruss

2016-07-16 09:33:05
  • #3
At a 30 percent incline, such a ramp is already 15m long by itself. If you slope it, the pit also becomes more like 9mx9m in size.. So significantly more excavation than initially assumed. Plus space to maneuver and store soil in between? With a mini excavator, you have to do a lot of digging. I also think this is something for professionals.

from on the move
 

Bieber0815

2016-07-18 10:41:14
  • #4
Unfortunately, I cannot help, but I wonder: For what purpose?

Besides the mentioned objections, I also raise the question: What type of excavation is to be expected? Can the mini excavator handle it at all? Rocks, boulders?

Please be sure to post photos!
 

86bibo

2016-07-18 11:07:15
  • #5
I have already spent a lot of time in an excavator in my life and had to smile at the request. First question: How big is the mini excavator and how long did you rent it? With a 2m digging depth, it’s probably a 1.5-2t excavator, which won’t get you very far.

I don’t know if I even want to give tips here for safety reasons, but such an undertaking can basically only be done in layers, so removing 3 levels of about 1.7m each. Here you would need an excavator with at least 2.2m digging depth, otherwise you’ll need about 4 levels. It seems you understand sloping, but shoring will probably be enormously difficult, because how do you want to do that with the "small" internal dimensions and the great depth without suitable machines (a mini excavator is no use here)? You need a ramp to drive in and out. 30% incline is already very optimistic, as the mini excavator depending on the soil type might manage that, but you still need to get the soil out of the pit with a dumper or wheel loader, and they can’t manage 30%. How you want to get the soil out sensibly is not quite clear to me yet, because it’s all very tight, extremely deep and above all a lot. That will be a gigantic hole and I suspect you’ll need at least a week with the excavator.

Tip: Get a proper civil engineer with a 20t excavator. He’ll get the hole out in one day and will probably cost you about the same as renting your mini excavator for a longer period.

I could go crazy every time I see all the small garden landscapers who spend weeks doing outdoor facilities with their toy machines. And the clients still think afterwards how cheap it was compared to a civil engineer because the hourly wage was 30% lower. The work performance of a mini excavator compared to a real excavator is lower by a factor of 10-20; it simply can’t handle the volume. I use mini excavators for the final finishing touches when the rough work is done, foundations or places where big machines can’t get to. Everything else just costs a lot, a lot of money.
 

Payday

2016-07-18 11:59:00
  • #6
wonders what such a hole is needed for. 5 meters deep is ambitious, while the rest is rather manageable. it can hardly be a pond, paddling pool, or similar. if it is about a water retention basin: make it shallower
 

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