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    best way to prevent ground disturbance

    so got a possible job which is digging tile for a field in a low area because its flooded and anit to useful. very limited on space and gonna have to go into the muck but they want as little disturbance to the ground as possible. so what would be my best bet mud mats or something else
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    whats the smallest machine yall own

    what is the smallest machine yall own
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    is a quad really worth the extra money

    paving season is coming soon along with a lot more trucking and I want to add another dump truck I got a triaxle so I can be part of the paving jobs ( local company only allows triaxles and up ) but Im having problems deciding if I want to to and buy a used quad or a triaxle. anyone got any pro...
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    kobleco sk200 and a 953

    well I dint plan on buying either I haven't yet but I just won a few projects and I need a bigger machine then my Kubota and the 953 well I could use it so I guess my question is are these older koblecos any good I know they have the cummings engine in them but I never have heard anything from...
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    kubota slv 75 or cat 259

    decided to buy a new skid steer or slightly used and those are what ive came down to due to my local dealer support so anyone have any thing to add
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    scrap metal

    what are yall doing with any scrape metal because right now ive bought a dumpster and just stuffing full because the price for it is to low
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    pay for workers

    what are yall paying because right now I just lost 3 of my guys and I gotta rehire some people and whats the going rate for labors and truck drivers for yall. I was paying 13 for a labor 18 for a driver then im paying 22 for operators
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    kubota backhoe

    with my new Holland I use it a good amount since I don't own a skid steer still but someone is selling a Kubota backhoe I think its the L48 one and I don't know much about the Kubota backhoes anyone got anything to say about them ?
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    new cat skidsteers

    has anyone tired the I think d2 model ones? the dealership here got some as I was taking my rental back them seem nice
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    the what i call the loop

    i went to bid on a large job for what im going to call conspiracy people because there was about 18 of them and it was about 150 acres of land and they wanted 8 ponds dug, 93 acres cleared and burned and basically they where building what I assumed was there homesite for " end of the world" damn...
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    liebherr excavtors anyone?

    does anyone have any experience with these because I stopped at the dealer we have and I just gotta say they look pretty nice I don't know many people who run them though
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    what jobs are not wroth taking

    currently the local DOT has about 8 road project going on mostly paving and expanding well there is one large road expansion that the bid hasn't came up yet but its know what's going to happen. my town hates this idea and it be a good project to do I cant bid on it because of well i don't have...
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    mid size excavator

    im looking for a mid size regular tail swing machine im thinking either the cat 313f, a john deere 130, volvo 140, that's my final 3 for choices ive demoed all of them but cat stands alone for the dealer and the deere and volvo dealer aint to far away from each other but anyone have any feedback...
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    i found the dump truck

    any one ever see one like this ?
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    weird quad dump truck

    I was going down the road the other day and say this looked to be a mack garbage truck turned into a dump truck where it had one lift axle in the front and one lift axle behide the regular tires and ive never seen anything like this. has anyone else seen something like this I wish I took a picture
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    my new to me new holland

    after a deal that dint happen with a john deere I ended up at a new Holland dealer and ended up with this backhoe its a 2007 model with little over 2000 hours has the four in 1 bucket gonna weld on a thumb and get another bucket for it but so far its been good to me in the days ive had it.
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    hyundai robex 60cr

    anyone ever run any of these I have no experience with Hyundai and google has nothing. I have a drainage job coming when it actually drys up and they are the nearest dealer. so does anyone have anything to say about them ?
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    jcb strikes again

    so my last jcb story was of them being a little late to contact me. so today I had a lovely little job way far away I dint want to go to but the price was right the however I needed to rent a backhoe and the only dealer nearby was jcb. I would have rather had anything expect maybe a terex but I...
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    pricing a job

    how do yall price a job because i went and did a small very simple job today it was back filling a pool and making it look nice and pretty I used a tractor I owned with a box blade because I haven't installed a loader on the front. this is how I broke down the job tell me if im off or seem about...
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    jcb customer service

    so this is a funny little story to me anyways. I got a call today from the jcb customer service center going through the normal questions and I haven't inquired about jcb stuff in a while so I asked the lady when was my request. she tells me its from 2014 and that their records show that no one...
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