Why a mini digger is the perfect way to get into the earthmoving business

Reason #6 could secure your future!

If you’re looking to go out on your own in the earthmoving and excavation business, “entry level” mini excavators weighing less than 2 tonnes operating weight make a great way to get into this market.

Mini excavators at the bottom end of the small digger sector – say around 1.8 tonnes, 1.7 tonnes, 1.6 tonnes – are amazingly versatile little dirt-shifting machines. They’re no problem to tow from site to site with a small trailer, plus they are agile and nimble so you can get them into really tricky, confined areas.

Despite their size, they are ideal for any number of jobs, whether small digging or earthmoving works, to working alongside builders, electricians, drainage contrators, plumbers, gardners, landscapers, and more.

These little diggers are so small you can drive them through a front gate and down a side passageway – with room to spare! – to the work area or garden out the back. Once onsite, they are amazingly productive and efficient little earthmoving machines!

Getting them between jobs is easy too, because you can tow it behind a standard ute in a small trailer – with room for attachments and other tools.

They’re affordable too. Right now, Komatsu NZ is offering mini excavators for sale that cost less than your standard family car. That means you could have one of these working – and making a living – for you in less than a week!

Modern technology even helps protect your investment. Mini excavators, like Komatsu’s PC18MR-3, come standard with a free remote monitoring system that checks the machine’s operating conditions – and lets you know if there’s a problem. Not only that, it monitors machine location, so you know exactly where it is.

Here’s 6 reasons why you should consider a mini excavator as your ticket to starting your own business:

1. These small mini diggers are incredibly versatile. Whether it’s a digging or earth moving job that’s just a bit too large to do by hand, or where the customer wants to save time and labour, is perfect for a small mini excavator
2. A mini excavator can get just about anywhere. Even through gates and down narrow side passages
3. Even the smallest mini diggers are extremely powerful. They can dig far more effectively and quickly than a couple of people with a shovel, and with heaps less effort. And if you’ve got rock or concrete, you can add a hydraulic breaker attachment that’ll get through the toughest material.
4. Get quickly from job to job. A sub-2 tonne digger can get to multiple sites in a day (subject to Auckland traffic, of course!), because it’s so easy to tow around in a small trailer.
5. Peace of mind. A reputable supplier, such as Komatsu, is committed to giving industry-best support to all its customers, no matter how big or small, working with you to always get the best from your machine.
6. Look to the future. If you can operate a mini digger, you can drive any sized digger – up to the largest mining excavators. The operating principles and skillsets are the same. The skills and knowledge you’ll learn from operating, promoting and managing your first mini excavator, dealing with customers and building your business, will set you up in a potential career for life!