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    Huh, never thought of this

    I saw a medium size pickup that was towing a full size dually that had a goose neck with a small front end loader on it. It was driving I77 north in NC.
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    Insurance Company question

    I do have a BOP. DM22 I do not know what is required for a umbrella policy.
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    Insurance Company question

    We use Farmers. We have liability, property, and a 10 million umbrella. Our liability and property are at state minimums and use the umbrella to cover every thing over the minimums (I found it much cheaper than having higher coverage on everything). They have been great with the few dump...
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    Maybe a few dangerous things going on here?

    All they missed was a set of wheel chocks.
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    Day by day truck inspection form

    I have not used excel to store date in 10 years. I only use it to make up forms and than store the info in data bases. It sounds like it should work.
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    Day by day truck inspection form

    We have a basic form that our operators fill out daily. Once a week the information gets put into the data base. When maintenance works on something they fill out a different forum and gets put into the data base. You could also do this in excel and use a different page (tab at the bottom)...
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    Setting a drainage elevation THROUGH a high hill

    No we do not use base stations. Most of the time we are able to get 4 or 5 good satellites. When it hits 3 satellites it's still usable, but I don't trust it as much. For grading we set the receiver on a tripod and set the height of the receiver off the ground in the software. We just...
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    Setting a drainage elevation THROUGH a high hill

    Oxbow. We use USGlobalSat BU-353 USB port GPS Receivers ($25.00 on amazon). They get us to with in 6” of a marked spot when moving and the receivers sit still for 30 seconds they are much more accurate. I can find a 2 year old dill hole with in a few minutes of getting in the field. You want...
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    Setting a drainage elevation THROUGH a high hill

    Oxbow. I guess that I think metric is better after using it for 15 years. I started using it in a Japaneses auto plant in the USA and have been using every day from then. Like I said I have never played with a laser. I was also looking at the fact of how deep he might end up having to dig at...
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    Setting a drainage elevation THROUGH a high hill

    I would think you would be better off using a gps system than using laser. I have not used laser. We take old maps over lay them on to newer maps and then go out with our drill rig to map old stream beds. Were able to map out the stream beds with in a foot and upload to the excavators for...
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    Showed up to work this morning......

    That only needs a few heaters on it to warm it up.
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    Fuel

    I think it was $3.80 when I drove by the pump. But we get our fuel by contract. We have around 5,000 gallons ($3.62) of road and 3,000 gallons ($3.30) of off road left on the contract. Dose anyone else buy there fuel by contract?
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    How to implement a drug testing program??

    Our insurance policy gave us a list of requirements we were to meet for testing. I read this one and it looks to cover all the basic stuff, but I would talk to a lawyer as laws are different in each state, and I would also let my insurance company give there recommendations to what it should...
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    How to implement a drug testing program??

    *** edit *** I missed part of the questions. Depending on what your company policy it might be better to call a lawyer. If you single someone out you can set your self up for a lawsuit. It might be better to do 100% on site test and after the testing have everyone sign an updated drug policy...
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    Log books

    I use an excel sheet for equipment log books. They have to be filled out and turned in daily and if it's not done they get paid minimum wage for that day. It only takes a few minutes a day to fill it out. The one side ask stuff like operator, machine, start / end hours, start / end miles...
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    Driving a just purchased truck across state lines?

    Get a “trip permit” or a “trip tag” from the DMV. You should be able to one online for Louisiana. You might need insurance, but you can get it with a phone call to your agent and get it emailed to you with in a few hours. I'm in VA and I have bought 7 dump trucks and 7 pups out of state and...
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    Ruger makes it easy

    There is a gathering at all most every state capital on January 19 most of them are at noon. In some states it will be more of a protest than a gathering. There are plans for monthly gatherings at the state capitals and at the White House from 7-4-13 to 7-6-13. There is a wide spread thought...
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    Directional drilling with some rock

    The drop is where we dug out a huge work site next to a hill. There is to much soil to trench to put in a drainage pipe. I would have to upload a pic... I would think drilling up and pulling the pipe down from the top would be the best but I don't know. I'll check to see if I contacted them...
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    Directional drilling with some rock

    Brief project description. I need a 16” to 24” draining pipe installed. The distance is around 80 to 90' with a 30' drop. I know from doing vertical holes that about 30' will be through medium rock, about 10' of gravel, and the rest looks like clay. Currently no underground or over ground...
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    Ball Bearing is a important tool for the Industry.

    Some one let me know that a ball screw was to far out into left field. So i'm posting a youtube that i found. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl6qNn9-nkk
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