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  1. excav8r

    Case cx160 weird noise!! Help please!

    Hey guys. I don’t post a ton but my 2006 case cx160 has started to make this awful pinging sort of sound in the valve body area while under heavy load. hydraulic oil level is good and there is no noise coming from pumps. does anyone have any clues what could be causing this? Relief valve...
  2. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    Thanks for you're reply. If it makes you feel better I've been planning on starting a business for years and it only came to me a few weeks ago.
  3. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    I'm thinking I may just generalize it by putting "heavy equipments services" or "excavating services" and then maybe just put services like septic systems, excavations, landscaping, demolition and land clearing on the truck as well.
  4. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    Looking like landex might be going for the win. I had thought of doing exactly what you did with you're wife's initial which would of been E & S in my case because a big part of me wants to have something in the name that ties it to me but everyone I talk to about the name has voted landex so I...
  5. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    Thanks Pat! Right now I've got a deal made on a bobcat t190 to get me started. Seems to be the machine that's always handy to have on site and I plan on renting shovels till I see what size is going to suit my needs the best. Last few side jobs I've done with rental machines required anywhere...
  6. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    Ok that makes sense. I do mostly residential and agricultural excavating and land clearing but also do a bit of retaining wall work and if it means staying busy I have experience putting in walkways and patios which is why I put the two services. I'm just trying to get going so I figured I'd try...
  7. excav8r

    Help picking a name!!

    hey guys been awhile since I've posted but I could use some insight on what others think about my ideas. I've been working for others for the last 8 years and I've always planned on one day striking out on my own and I think it is time to pull the trigger. Anyways I have to register my...
  8. excav8r

    Looking for Mobile Stone Crushing Plant

    I was loading a terex pegson plant this summer with a 450 deere and did not have any problems with it and was getting between 1800 to 2000 tonnes a day in extremely hard granite.
  9. excav8r

    Automatic Greasing Systems

    I've run lots of different equipment with these pumps and have really liked them. I have not dealt with the service side but i do know at one company there was a rep that came out every month or two to ask every operator how things were going with the pump so i assume it was alright. All i know...
  10. excav8r

    Sewer and Water questions.

    The company is colautti construction and it is a very big job. I counted around 16 shovels on site and I think the smallest is a deere 350. there are probably 5 or 6 450's and 1 650 and i think the rest are 350's. There is also 4 or 5 dozers and a bunch of rock trucks and loaders. We are...
  11. excav8r

    Sewer and Water questions.

    Thanks for the great advise so far guys. feeling pretty good about this just got a small case of the first day at school jitters. its not like I bluffed my way into this job I was up front with my experience level in this kind of work I just did not want to make any obvious rookie mistakes lol
  12. excav8r

    Sewer and Water questions.

    Hey guys. I just scored a sweet job with a big firm in our area doing sewer and water work. Everything about this job is perfect. It is year round and has full benefits and really great pay except that all of my experience is working with small companies doing land clearing, ditching and...
  13. excav8r

    All I can say is WOW.

    Saw this on youtube today. He is lucky the forks stayed outta the cab but I wonder if the quick attach got him. Make sure you watch the whole video cause the best part is at the end. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDH-NEy0kVs&feature=feedu
  14. excav8r

    Why!?!?!

    This happened on the #2 highway just east of iroquois. Spent most of my day yesterday going to brissons and toromont to get new windows. At least they did not tamper with the fuel or the engine.
  15. excav8r

    Lawn Mats For The Mini X ?

    When I worked for my buddy doing landscaping he had 4X8 or a bit bigger sheets of 1/4 sheet metal that we used to lay down. They were heavy but we would lay them down with his cat 302.5 mini and they would stand up well when you had to scoop dirt off of them also they flexed unlike plywood which...
  16. excav8r

    Why!?!?!

    Some people are just xxxxxxxx. :mad: I got to work yesterday morning on our subdivision job to see that over the weekend someone smashed the windows out of one of the Case excavators and the Cat D5LGP dozer. :eek: Guessing it was kids as there were beer cans found around the machines...
  17. excav8r

    12-15 ton shovel rates

    Sounds like you have a good thing going. Hope time passes quick for ya till may.
  18. excav8r

    12-15 ton shovel rates

    That sounds about right. I figured around $105 an hour. I'm located in kemptville south of Ottawa. Nice to see another member within about an hour of here. What kind of work do you do in Kingston?
  19. excav8r

    12-15 ton shovel rates

    Hey guys Just curious what the average hourly rate for a shovel between 12 and 15 ton would be. Also I would be interested to know what the fuel consumption of one of these machines is. Cheers Steve
  20. excav8r

    Kubota skids

    I hope I never come across any of your machines for sale
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