¶ Summary
The Mackinaw has the largest mining hold of the Exhumers, which makes it ideal for solo operations, but sacrifices some tank and yield. With maximum Mining Barge and Exhumers skills, the Mackinaw has a total mining hold capacity of 44 296.9 m³.
¶ Skills
Flying Skills
Exhumers II (but I recommend you to boost it to IV as soon as possible)
Astrogeology V
Mining Optimization Skills
Ice Harvesting V (to be able to fit Ice Harvester II)
Mining Upgrades V (to reduce CPU loss from Ice Harvester Upgrades)
Defense Skills
Shield Operation
Tactical Shield Manipulation
¶ Tactics
Due to how vulnerable and cumbersome the mining barges are, it is ill-advised to travel between stargates in lowsec in one, as they make for very juicy targets. Instead, a good idea is to transport your Mackinaw packaged in a hauler, which raises less (albeit still some) suspicion.
A Badger, even at base skills, has a capacity of 3,900, allowing it to carry a packaged mining frigate, barge, and even an exhumer, and still have enough cargo space for its modules, can perform the cloak trick, and when designed well, can align in under 6 seconds. Beware however, that when packaging a ship, all its rigs are destroyed, so either use cheap Tech I rigs or design your ship around not using them.
¶ Notes
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