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I've got a 30" dirt scoop. Works best digging from a pile.. backing into it. Works ok being pulled to pick up windrowed or loose to semipacked soil. Works so-so backing into packed soil. If I had to 'dig' with it.. I might first run my box blade with rippers down the path i was diffing.. or plow first.. or cisc first. However ..yes.. it will dig... A swimming pool..no.. a basement with lots and lots of time.. yes.. I've seen pics of someone who has done it from the n-newsletter... Like I say.. better at moving stockpiled material. i figure I was taking 500# bites with the scoop. Manual trip hadle takes getting used to I shoved a piece of 3/4" pvc over it to make a long lever.. and then greased the trip point.. worked decent. Using it with non-live hyds was a learning experience. In that case.. stockpil digging wasn't too cool.. had to exactly ballance rear wheels stalling at the pile with the lift going up.. digging with the bucket forward, and dragging it full worked better in that case. Course with the NAA, digging the pile was no problem..
I'm sure you'll get lots more advice.. ( from my back porch to the fence was a fairly steep drop off the contractor left. I used the scoop to transport dirt from about 300' away where the contractor left me an 18yd stockpile in my pasture.. I built up and and re-contoured that area, making a smooth gradual incline from the back porch to my fence line 20' away... Took moving loads of dirt for 2 days.. then smoothing on and off with the box blade... turned out 100% perfect... (surprised me.. )
Soundguy
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