Mobilizing our mini excavator to the orchard

T-Rex, our 1-ton mini excavator, is mobilized to Maambal Orchard this 16th day of March 2021. This machine will be permanently based at the Orchard, where it will do various digging and gardening jobs. 

We were able to load it safely onto a truck using a pile of sand as a ramp. At the orchard, it was unloaded without issue using a pile of 3/4" gravel as ramp.

 

 

Delivery of our 1-ton Mini Excavator

Our 1-ton mini excavator, which we named "T-Rex", was delivered this 3rd of March 2021. We plan to use it in sculpting the orchard's terrain - grading the trails, building earth berms in the garden, digging canals to drain run-off rainwater and cultivating the soil (its rake attachment will be used here).