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Diggas range of trenchers are ideal for digging trenches for pipes, road repairs and general construction. The range includes the mini trencher, Bigfoot trenchers and Hydrive trenchers and every model ins manufactured in-house to the highest industry quality at our facility in Queensland, Australia. They feature an Eaton motor and Digga made gearbox enquiring reliability and performance, but how do you know which trencher is suitable for you? Here we go over the key differences between the Bigfoot and the Hydrive and machine suitability.                                                                        KEY DIFFERENCES Bigfoot Trencher Ideal for inexperienced or experienced operators. The Bigfoot trencher has a skid foot which makes getting the correct consistent depth easier. The foo...

Based in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Rusin Concrete Construction have been offering a wide range of concrete services for commercial and residential projects for the last 20 years. Earlier this year they were commissioned to excavate grade beams for a multi-unit housing project in Colorado Springs. Project Manager, Tyler Orr explained, “The total structure square footage for the slab on grade was approximately 11612sq m. Grade beams were 300mm wide and 900mm deep below the slab and were the structural component of the project in lieu of typical foundation walls. We trenched about 14km by the end of the project and shattered expectations with the excavation speed.” Rusin purchased the Digga Bigfoot XD 1200 trencher at the World of Concrete convention in Las Vegas especially for the project. It was a bit of a gamble as they had never used a Digga trencher for such an application before, typically digging with a mini excavator. However, all models in the Digga Bigfoot XD trencher...