"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job. wait until you hire an amateur".It's a rental. Wash it up and send it back.Turn the cab away, bring the boom back to cover the cab, at that point you just need to protect yourself. The machine is replaceable, the person isn’t.Fred Dipnah would have done this by himself over two days with a sledge hammer and a log pile.Always have your tracks at 90 degrees and be ready to gun it.Guy running the excavator definitely deserves a raise.