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    per foot prices

    WScott, I just bid a 700 linear foot, 12" storm sewer (plastic) with 10" of 1" clear bedding and 1' of 1" clear on top for $40.00 per foot. We will use a cat 320BL to trench and a 315 to compact. Stone picked up is $5.70 per ton. If I remember right I bid it for less than 105cu/yds of stone. 1...
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    Asphault releasing solvent, dump trucks

    Willis, our paving crew is in the same boat. I know it sounds silly but the drivers spray water on their beds before loadout. It has been discovered that all those potions simply do not work any better. The closer to loadout the better. It works well on shorter runs, though. Also, for less than...
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    Long reach trackhoe or Dragline??

    Just a note: I have dug well over 100 ponds in the midwest, anything from settling ponds in gravel pits to $200,000 jobs on lavish estates. We have a B-E 30B, a B-E 50B, as well as a Liebherr 934, 70'LR hoe and a Link-Belt 240LX, 50'LR hoe. We have been battling this question for years and have...
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    Michigan 475 model????

    Matt, I was in Dyersville Iowa at the construction toy show a couple years ago and a fella there had a custom made 1/50 scale model of a 474B. It was a resin model with tires and such off of mining trucks and the like. I remember that he had the 475B and an O&K RH 400 front shovel both custom...
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