Waste land advice

Hi,
new to this site and am looking for advice, hopefully I've come to the right place. Basically, I've bought some land which has has rubble dumped in parts and was (until yesterday) completely covered in bramble and ivy. I've ripped it all up because I want to lawn it, the main rubble area I'm digging out by spade, the other area I was thinking about using one of these http://www.hss.com/g/62516/Power_Digger__Petrol.html and was wondering if it really is that powerful or if its likely to break if it hits the odd brick or a couple of roots of an inch or more, anyone had any experience before I part with my hard earned cash?

Cheers
Pete

 

Hi PeteMidd and welcome. Sorry but I cannot help you with your question, but perhaps someone else has experience of this machine.

 

In my experience, you're far better to dog out rubble by hand - but it can be a massive job. I wouldn't want to use a rotavator where I knew there was lots of rubble - particularly if it's from a hire firm.

The other problem if you reckon there are lots of perennial weed roots still in there - if you chop them up with a rotavator, you'll end up with even more weeds, as each little chopped-up bit will be a new weed :eek:

Why not get together a group of friends for a "digging out rubble" party, with the booze and barbecue at the end, not before they start?

 

It can be done, by hand and spade and wheelbarrow, I know! We have, we reckon, removed something like 30 tons of rubble, rubbish, s**** metal etc. from this piece of land. AND taken it all to the recycling yard in one car or another.
As Dendy says, rotovation where there is material like that is not a good idea.