So, what is the best machine choice for your next job? The short answer is that walk-behind trenchers, stand-on skid steers, and vacuum excavators each have their own benefits and places on jobsites.

but “where walk-behind saws are limited to a hard, flat surface — they can’t go across grass or gravel or mud — this is not limited. It can go anywhere a skid steer can drive,” says Hephner.