Cutting Ditch/ Swale in Yard?

[bloodtrailer28]

Rent a small skid and be done with it. The walk behind dingo suck big time imo just depends on what type of soil your working with. They have mini type skids that are right at 4ft wide I believe .

[Dale Moser]

I used a little 22 horse tractor and box blade one time, and adjusted one of the 3point pins higher than the other to get a nice V to it.

[RMW]

Rent a backhoe with a 2ft or 3ft wide bucket and be done in 30 minutes.

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

Iron Craft offset grader blades work great. Check out the 4400. It can be adjusted in many ways. I use mine for my road and cutting bar ditches.

[toledo]

If you can rent a sod cutter, just make a couple passes with it then use a rake to shape it. You'll still have to move some soil by hand but it wont be too difficult.

That was a thought but ive never used one. Seems it might cut dirt better than the little stand on skid steers? How deep can you set one to cut?

[toledo]

Rent a backhoe with a 2ft or 3ft wide bucket and be done in 30 minutes.

Thought about that too but don't want the yard looking like it got hit with a WWII bombing run.

[Monark]

Box blade tilted at an angle.

[cashcropper]

3-4 shovel blades wide by 75 ft. Shouldnt be too bad of a job. I would rather that over digging up a sewer line under oak trees any day.If thats too much work then what Dale Moser said works pretty good.

[Calrob]

That was a thought but ive never used one. Seems it might cut dirt better than the little stand on skid steers? How deep can you set one to cut?

Depends on the machine but you should be able to cut 3" deep.