Beginner Gardening: Need a lot of work done which machine to rent?, 1 by dre968

dre968 wrote:
This is very helpful. Thank you very much.

The trench may not be big enough and deep enough. I am not sure, how deep do you think it should be? I do have a place to drain it to, there is a drain installed by the city on the side of my front yard and its all downhill until that point. The property is pretty much like a rectangle and the water flows from the top of the hill in the back yard and makes its way down to my yard. Most of the land is graded to the right so the water accumulates on that side of the yard and pools in certain areas. I was thinking of cutting a trench diagonally across the back of the property and then down one side all the way to the drain in the front. Does that seem like a reasonable idea? I attached a diagram. I am also a bit worried as the trench has to go by a few trees and i'm assuming i'm going to have a hard time getting through the roots.

No vehicle traffic on there so I was planning to use the 2729 pipe.

As far as the patio I was planning on digging the 1' by 20x20 hole and then using pavers. I live in the north east outside of Boston and the concrete around here tends to crack due to the cold winters.

I found this site: [HYPERLINK@www.sunbeltrentals.com]

and they have a location near me and seem to have a few tractors that can have a bucket and a backhoe attachment. Would it work to just have it attached to one so that I can do the job with one tractor or is there a reason not to do this?

Thanks again for the quick and very thoughtful responses!