Mastering Mini Diggers: Your Garden's Ultimate Tool

I hate it when people say a price then say plus VAT just tell us the full price mate

The simplest option would have been split the engine and gearbox which would have made them much more manageable. With scrap values as they are, weighing that lot in would have got you a free mini digger for a week 👍

Would have been so much better all round to have weighed that engine in for scrap, the digger would have easily lifted it, either close in with a strap around the engine or by "cuddling" the engine into the blade then lifting both bucket and blade at the same time.
PS. always better to dig over the blade ie. with the blade at the front, much more stable in a small digger and you are not putting extra load on the track motors.

Land that big would be able to compost most of that bramble and weed

Bucket looks like it could do with reshimming

Oh yeah - Hole for the engine...anyone seen his missus lately?

Hi Stuart, thanks for this, really useful to see. I had a patio cleared and relaid by a good local team and told them to hire in a digger and skip loader at my expense. They found it really useful - the old cast concrete slabs were 35 to 45 kgs a throw - we put one on my bathroom scales. One thing I would add though, if digging down make sure you know where any service pipes and electric cables are and stay well clear. Damaging any underground services would prove VERY expensive. Usually services are at least one spade handle's depth down but you can never be certain of that.

How to use a mini digger but I am not an operator ????????????????????? Jesus fella don't even go there your blade was in the wrong place to start with !!!! All these great comments about how much fun it is !! AND IT IS but sadly So So many folk get hurt !! This is like saying how to use a chainsaw but its the first time I have used one ??

why didn’t you scrap the engine

endanger human health;
• present a risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals;
• cause nuisance through noise or odours;
• adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest. ,,you broke every rule burying that engine ,buried a time bomb

Should have weighed that scrap in it would have covered the cost of the hire

It’s not a “digger” it’s an EXCAVATOR. 😂

Ay up where you rented that from at that price? Genuine question

That junk is a nightmare, must have cost a fortune to get rid of it all

I can't believe you did that. I sure wouldn't want an engine buried in my yard.

A. I envy your dirt. For 30 years I lived on a shale ridge. If you wanted a garden, it had to be raised beds, and then they drained like a sieve. Where’s John the Scottish detectorist when you need him!

In about 10 years, you will have an orchard growing engines. 😂

Why can’t the “english” speak English?

So so standard concrete with rapid set additive is the way to go,

One of the best videos out there on this and a super good tool to get the job done but you need to be careful of neighbours who want you to do work for them while you have it on hire!

I'm glad you never uncovered the vehicle the engine & transmission it came out of while you were digging the hole... lol
Out of curiosity what was on the land before you acquired it or all the homes were built there... was it a farm yard?

Just wondering why the engine couldnhave been sent to the scrap merchant for recycling? 😮

did you just bury a rare mk2 jaguar engine in the garden ... 🤣

i hope you didn`t just bin that engine & gearbox, being old , there`s a chance it could be valuable 😊😊

Engine block? What engine block 😉

If he got out of that machinery and used a manual tools he'd be able to get rid of that gut. A lot slower, but healthier.

12:... I know what your next vidéo is going to be on!!

Bought a cottage in Ireland and find myself to deal wirh with this exact same situation : fighting the brambles and discovering garbage buried throughout the entire property 😬

Good one, less is more

Kind of wierd to me burying that engine, 1 its still have a value as scrap. 2 it will have some oil still left in it so it is a source of polution to the enviroment. 3 when it rusts away slowly wont you get a hole where you buryed it?
I would have put som chains or similar to it and pulled it out with the excavator or a car, im sure the excavator could pick it up enough to put on a trailer to go and be recycled, if not i would have splut the engine and gearbox, cutting it off if nessicary with a grinder and liftet the part up one by one.

Burying the engine!!! Ha, ha, ha!!!! You prove the theory that handymen/women will always find a solution!

I've got two large (American V-8) blocks behind my barn. But they've sunk over the years, so i need to find them first.... It's too bad your Mini didn't come w/a thumb, especially for snatching that scrap out of the brush 💁‍♂️

I just got to the point where you bury the engine... Yikes. That wouldn't fly here in the US. I can't believe that mini wouldn't pick up that engine.. or pushed it up onto a trailer. Is there no iron scrap yards around that will pay for that? 🤔

A good job. Archaeologists are going to be confused in a 1000 years, finding a strange metal contraption buried in the ground!

So how much would it be to have the the whole lot cleared

Mini digger XD

The one I rented was a leprechaun compared to this

Hi, with miniexcavater you have to jave it in the oposit

Just bury an engine fukit😂 love it. Thanks for the watch👍

Way you don't bring the engine to the scrap man

A couple of things. When you were padding down, put the blade down behind you. You will get more padding power. When opening and closing the tracks, take the weight off the tracks by lowering the blade behind you and booming down at the front to lift the machine, then move the tracks. Also, if you lift the engine closer to the machine, you may be able to lift the engine off the ground. But don't boom or stick out when lifting. You could tip over.

more!!

I've hired a 1.5t digger a few times now. First time I was a bit nervous, and it was a proper project too - digging out foundations for a DIY extension. Lots of people said to get a driver, or pay a pro, but int he end frankly, I wanted to have fun on a digger and whats' the point in doing DIY and then paying somebody for the fun stuff. Took my time, yes, I messed up a bit a times, but all in all it was a great experience. Then over the years I've hired them to move, all in all, probably 100 tons of material one way or another. Great bits of kit, and it's really not hard to operate so long as you take it easy. Also hired a telehandler once, that was awesome

If you never operated before, wear your seat belt.

See the thing with the mini dumper is that it's advertised as though it's made in the US. Even has that eagle sticker on it. But in reality it's made in China. I bought one for 800 euros.

Are you kidding? You buried the engine???????
well...i suppose over in UK you have some serious laws about polluting the enviroment...
Let me see what i can do.....and you will excavate that engine....if you want or not....
Sucker

£190 per week??? Here in Canada that exact same thing goes for $1000 per week from Home Depot.

If you ever need the engine and gearbox again, just dig it up!