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    Insurance?

    tnwestes, What do you mean be carefull with the name? The LLC is called My Mechanic. We will operate under a DBA name, not know at this time! lol. I will ask our attorney because I have never thought about it. :confused: Here is what I have found out about a LLC and DBA The legal name of...
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    Insurance?

    My friend and I are thinking about starting up a small excavation business. We are both auto technicians full time and are wanting to start doing this on the side and see where it goes. Right now we have a compact tractor with a few attachments. We are going to buy a Takeuchi Tl150, a dump...
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    Hitachi EX33U, whats it worth?

    I found a Hitachi EX33U mini excavator for sale. The guy is asking $15,000 for it. Has around 1500 hours on it. He let me rent it off him and I used it for a weekend. Everything seems to work and operate as it should. No weird noises or smoke. Has 2 buckets a 12" with teeth and a 2 ft clean up...
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    dig out stumps?

    I will take a picture tomorrow. I have all the stumps lined up ready to get loaded on a trailer to dispose of them. A couple of the stumps were extremly heavy. I was right on the edge of tipping the machine while I was moving them. Tipping load is 3750 pounds for the TL26. I was planning on 2...
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    dig out stumps?

    Sorry, Takeuchi. I didnt realize I was in english class!
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    dig out stumps?

    Well I got them all out. You probably wont believe me but I only used my Takeushi TL 26 Skid steer. Took out 15 stumps in 5 hours. I will try to get a picture tomorrow.
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    dig out stumps?

    I did ask the rental company if they thought it could dig it out and they had no idea. Lots of help, huh? How heavy can the root balls get? My skid steer can easily lift a pallet with 1 ton of wood chips on it.
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    dig out stumps?

    Thanks for all the ideas. There is about 4 feet of trunk still standing. They were all cut pretty high. I will have my Takeuchi TL26 skid steer to help get them out of the hole. Thanks again and any other ideas will be appriciated.
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    dig out stumps?

    Could a 7000 pound machine dig out a stump? I have 15 cherry tree stumps that need removed. The biggest on is close to 2 feet in diameter. The local rental companys biggest machine is 7000lbs. I have dug out 2 foot in diameter stumps with my takeuchi skid steer but they were pine, not much of a...
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    Takeuchi TL26 questions

    Do you happen to know how much this machine will lift? I have some wood pellets on skids being delivered. They weigh a ton each. Can this lift that much with pallet forks?
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    Takeuchi TL26 questions

    Thanks for all the great info. I really appriciate it! I am going to try to get to work on it this weekend. I will let you know what I find out. I am going to try to send you a pm. If you dont get it let me know. Thanks, Brian
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    Takeuchi TL26 questions

    I just bought a Takeuchi TL26. Its got about 3300 hours on it. I bought it sight unseen and had it shipped from Georgia to PA. I paid $5000 for it. It runs great and I love having a track machine. I had a Case 1845c prior to this. I do have a few questions. Where can I find a repair manaul at? I...
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    Case 1845C anti theft?

    Third post.
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    What do you use your skid steer for?

    I use mine around the house and my families houses. I have had it a week and allready regraded a yard, put in a new driveway, dug a boat ramp down to the creek, knocked down a old 12'x24' gazebo, junked an old car, and pushed over some 30' pine trees roots and all. This thing has allready paid...
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    Du al skidsteer backhoe??

    I am just posting my 3 required posts so I can start a new thread. Sorry, and thanks!
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