Derek wrote:

Hi all,

I have hired a 3ton mechanical digger before, but with a new job at the
house I have to dig close and parallel to a wall. Is there a way of
angling the arm and digging in a kind of 45deg approach to the wall, or do
I need a special type of digger.

Yes, I know this is a dumb question.



No. its not.

In general all diggers have in addition to total body rotate, about +-
80 degrees on the arm itself.

If you get the digger as close to the wall as possible, tracks parallel
to wall, then angle the bucket away from the wall, and swing the cab
towards it, you can get ALMOST a right in paralell pull. Usually good
enough, beacause most walls have ragged foundations below ground anyway.

Watch out for bashing the wall. Diggers take a but of time to get used
to. It will be a slow process that close in.



Kind Regards,

Derek.