instructions for a micro-jcb/digger

[maltesenick]

I'm proposing to hire a micro-jcb to dig some drainage trenches in my back garden. I would like to get a read at the instruction or training manual for one of these before I go ahead but the hire company are reluctant to lend me one before I commit to a hire. Anywhere on web I can find one - free- to read?

[steve2010]

why dont you hire a man and his digger for the day,about �120, you might get the job done instead of you messing it up as you clearly dont have a clue about using one

[buildersmate]

Before last summer, I'd never operated one either (in spite of my pseudonym). It wasn't difficult, and took me about 10 minutes to get the hang of it. The hire company gave me about 5 minutes of instruction. They work off 2 joysticks.
However iof you can get a man and a JCB at �120 per day, that would be a better bet.

[almcd007]

Hire companies dont like hiring them out to people who have no experience on them as they get them back in all sorts of conditions.

However it would take you ten minutes to suss it out they are very simple.

[EDLEE]

Trust me when I tell you, YOU WILL LOVE IT. Most fun I've had in years. Keep everyone away and start at a distance from things fragile. You will catch on in no time. I even had trouble getting my wife off it.

[maltesenick]

Many thanks to Steve 2010 for his lack of confidence in my abilities. Not that it matters but my job as a firefighter routinely involves driving and operating a 100' aerial rescue platform worth about �500,000 which my employers seem to think i'm competent to handle. I didn't just jump into that without learning something about it and wouldn't have thought it inappropriate to do the same with a hired micro digger. However, my grateful thanks to him for his suggestion re the man and digger - I'm surprised that that's all it would cost for him, it, insurance, vat, fuel, delivery, etc. Thanks also to the others who replied in a less sarcastic tone - it sounds like a bit of a "big boys toy".