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Recent content by RayDiers

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    The Newest New Guy

    I started with a JD 4300 with a front bucket, box blade, rotary cutter and tiller. I like working with this tractor more than I liked working with the skidsteers I have rented. I started tilling gardens and mowing tall weeds. I also do retaining walls. I also have a 5 yard dump truck so...
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    New Mini X

    More Job Pics He are some pictures of my latest digging job. The hill was starting to envade the house. It had burried the first row of siding. I was asked to dig out the hill so a stone wall could be built. Lots of stone on site so the wall should be no problem. He is...
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    New Mini X

    Well last Thursday I did another basement excavating job. But guess what, forgot to take the camera. The contractor's big excavator guy was pulled to a different more important job. He happened to see my ad in the local weekly shopper and gave me a call. Talked to him for a while and...
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    New Mini X

    I did one project that was just widening out a crushed granite driveway and breaking up a very old concrete slab. It's like the concrete guy for the basement said -- you have a nice machine and do good work, great for tight places. The only problem you will have is getting your name and...
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    New Mini X

    More PIctures Here are some pictures that i have taken. First one is the before pic, looks innocent enough. But I only dug about a foot and hit this stuff. The rock above the frost line just crumbled out. Rock below the frost line had to be worked on. Some rather large rocks...
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    New Mini X

    Here is my new Mini Excavator. Already dug a hole for a house addition and a small pond. I have some action pictures if anyone is interested.
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    Estimate form/unit cost

    Quickbooks User here I have been using Quickbooks for a few years now. I like it very much. Estimates are easy to do. I do need to update to the latest version tho as it has more features thank I would like to use. Ray
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