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    Pictures of my pond jobs

    Just starting a thread of jobs I am currently doing. Currently i was removing silt from a storm water management pond, and after only hauling the mud for 2 hours the job got shut down. The developer who owns the development where the pond was, as well as the material dump site did not bother...
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    Terex/Doosan excavators

    Just wondering if anyone had some opinions on these machines ( 2007 and newer) I have only operated a Terex Hr 42 (8 tonne ) excavator and it wasnt too bad. Looking at possibly purchasing a 225 size machine to replace a volvo 210. Thanks!
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    Jcb Js160 trouble

    I have a 2006 Jcb Js160 with 800 hours. Whenever I want to rev the machine up from idle, no mater how little you turn the dial it will rev up all the way. It has been doing this ever since we bought it , and it hasnt been a problem . But now with the temperature around -30 celcius it could be...
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    moving/diverting a river?

    Currently looking at purchasing some land with a pit on it that i want to develop. The pit is at the back of the property and the area to be developed is at the front. The only problem is that i dont have enough room between the property line and the river to get the adt's by without risking...
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    cat/ asv Mtl undercarriges

    How much life are you seeing from these u/c ? and what is the apprx replacemnt cost for the u/c?
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    Staying busy?

    Just curious if any of you guys who specialize with just compact equipment are having a hard time staying busy in this economy? Or is the small equipment just so versatile your still really busy?
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    Quick question regarding crushing.

    We have a very large job we are currently pricing . (Transforming a large portion of a 600 acre ex airforce base into a park, creating a 28 acre lake amoungst many things, doing the demo of roads, decomishing all sanitary, and services and installing new, large amount of stripping, grubbing...
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    Some Random pics of our equipment/jobs

    Just some random pictures of our equipment on jobs from the past few weeks, more to come.
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    Custom grinding operation

    I am looking into starting a new business venture, custom grinding. Does anyone have positives or negatives they can share? Is there a market for this? What equipment would you recomend?( I am looking at a track driven horizontal grinder, 200-300 size excavator with aux hyd) Who do you sell the...
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    John deere 135c rts thoughts?

    Anybody have opinions on this machine? I am currently looking at buying one with 4900 hrs , wide pads, long stick, for 59,000 cdn. any opinions on this machine good or bad.
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    If you could start again....

    What one or two machines would you start your business with and why?:beatsme
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