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I own a Bobcat 463, the smallest machine they make that you sit in.
I wouldn't trade it for anything.
It hasn't had one single problem.
Its only 3 feet wide, so you can go ANYWHERE.
I put a lifting ring on it from Mcmaster-Carr and I lower it into the hole with one of my larger shovels.
Everyone laughs at me when I run it because I weigh 235 and I barely fit in there, but they stop laughing when I spread the crushed stone for a 2000 square foot basement floor 1/2 an hour.
Anyway, a small machine with the SMALL loader bucket and teeth will dig clay easily.
You don't want to use some big GP bucket for this.
Also, a 463 can drive through doorways at 5 MPH with a load of clay and turn around in 8 feet dead.
I wouldn't trade it for anything.
It hasn't had one single problem.
Its only 3 feet wide, so you can go ANYWHERE.
I put a lifting ring on it from Mcmaster-Carr and I lower it into the hole with one of my larger shovels.
Everyone laughs at me when I run it because I weigh 235 and I barely fit in there, but they stop laughing when I spread the crushed stone for a 2000 square foot basement floor 1/2 an hour.
Anyway, a small machine with the SMALL loader bucket and teeth will dig clay easily.
You don't want to use some big GP bucket for this.
Also, a 463 can drive through doorways at 5 MPH with a load of clay and turn around in 8 feet dead.