Although it’s not the smallest of the diggers, we’re big fans of the John Deere 35G. While the width is around 5′, it’s dig depth is around 10′ and it has a backfill blade. So we’re essentially trading off width for depth. The width is typically good enough for the jobs we handle. However, if we have a job that requires a maximum width that is less than our John Deere, then we’ll usually just rent something smaller.