Escavating cost...does this sound correct?

[weatherby460]

$4500

Includes:

30x40 site prep.

Need to remove 23' x 10' concrete slab to get correct slope to garage.

one corner is 10" higher then the other corners so some grading is needed to get water to run away correctly

Price also included gravel put in for floor where the concrete was until I cement next year. They also will move dirt around sides to make it look finished.

Does this sound reasonable?

Thanks

 

[DekeT]

I think you need woman in your life to manage these micro decisions you ask about.

 

[383 240z]

Around here an excavator and operater runs $500 a day. How many days do you think it will take? You will be impressed how much a good operater can get done in a day. Keith

 

[Streetbu]

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[thewatusi]

Get two more estimates for the same specified work. Only then will you know if $4,500 is reasonable.

 

[Playwme]

Sounds like a lot.
I reckon the work I had done for my slab and driveway was very similar and I don't think it cost me much more than $1500.
Is there good truck access? I would have thought a decent sized skid steer would be a better machine for the job cause he can zip around and change direction quicker.

 

[Orionrising]

depends highly on the gravel cost.

 

[stikman56]

Well, maybe this could give an idea. I got three bids for our home project, lowest was over 11000 dollars. It includes digging for foundations, rain drains for the gutters, gravel in the crawl space, 130 feet of rock 10 feet wide to the shop ,with fabric, and filling in for the garage floor after foundation is poured and prepping the lot for the yard, about 3/4 acre of yard I'd say. Also, trenches for electric, well and septic and running pipe from both to the house for the plumbers to hook up. This has good truck access.

 

[rburke65]

I think your best bet is to get 2 more bids. Good luck.

 

[RivennHewn]

Import/export is where the money is at.

Did they do a cut/fill balance calc? How many yards are coming and going?

$4500 seems pretty reasonable, but no way to tell with out more info.

 

[Bighead38]

That's a lot cheaper than it would be around me that's for sure.

 

[joes169]

In a rural area, on 35 acres, with a fill site and gravel pit 2 miles down the road, that's probably high. In the inner city of Milwaukee, that's probably a heck of a deal..........

 

[chris142]

Sounds real cheap to me

 

[Scott r c]

Around here an excavator and operater runs $500 a day. How many days do you think it will take? You will be impressed how much a good operater can get done in a day. Keith

I wouldn't even start the machine for 500 a day.

 

[stikman56]

I wouldn't even start the machine for 500 a day.

It runs about $100 an hour for man and machine in Washington State where I'm at.

 

[ADSR]

It runs about $100 an hour for man and machine in Washington State where I'm at.

that what it costs here as well.

 

[Scott r c]

That's fair. You really need 800 per day minimum to run heavy equipment.

 

[ADSR]

That's fair. You really need 800 per day minimum to run heavy equipment.

I believe a 300+ machine runs 160+/hour

 

[A_Pmech]

Excavation contractors are a dime a dozen around here, they're killing each other. The only way to know where you stand is to get another quote or two and see.

 

[RivennHewn]

Or, you could always rent one and have some fun

 

[getbent4x4]

exactly, find out the cost to rent the equipment.