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Guide des prix d'excavation : tout ce qu'il faut savoir
Soumission Rénovation
Commercial blog (page modified 2026-05-07). Mini excavator machine hours for a typical trench and the effect of narrow access.
Open the source- Published
- May 7, 2026
- Consulted
- October 10, 2026
- Region
- QC
- Language
- fr
Cited by
Guides
- Building a paver or slab patio
- Building a paver walkway
- Building a paver driveway
- Building a paver pool deck
- Building a block garden wall or retaining wall
- Building outdoor block or slab steps
- Before you dig: locates, permits and property lines
- Yard drainage: slopes, downspouts, French drain, catch basin and dry well
What we take from it
- Narrow access, where soil goes out by wheelbarrow, can roughly double the work time.
- A mini excavator digs a typical 100 linear ft trench in 4 to 6 machine hours, about 1.8 to 2.7 bank m³ per hour for a 1.5 to 1.7 t machine (conversion). Narrow access can roughly double the work time.
- Soumission Rénovation gives 4 to 6 mini excavator hours for 100 linear feet of trench 2 to 3 feet deep.
- Soumission Rénovation gives 4 to 6 mini excavator hours for 100 linear feet of trench 2 to 3 feet deep, about 1.8 to 2.7 m3 per hour.
- Soumission Rénovation gives 12 to 18 breaker hours for 500 ft2 of rocky ground.