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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SlowDave" data-source="post: 120739" data-attributes="member: 21901"><p>How deep?  35' isn't very long if you don't have to go too deep.  Many years ago I picked up a used Makita jackhammer off of craigslist.  That thing has been great for small jobs.  I even dug a septic system with it by hand, yikes!  That was in New Mexico and there was a lot rocks to deal with.  Some of it was 5' deep.  I wouldn't recommend that to anyone but my backhoe was in California at the time and I just wanted to get it done.  If you are just running a water/gas service, irrigation or electrical conduit hand digging shouldn't be a problem.</p></blockquote><p></p>