A little Ca work

[Colorado Digger]

How much are you paying for dyed diesel out there?I am paying $3.90 or so per gallon. Do you haul your on fuel daily? You must So you have a spot where you fill up with a card. Our drive is usually about 45 minutes long, so we hit the Co-op at 7am and are on the road bye 7 or so. I used to like to start earlier but up in Aspen you cannot start till 8am anyhow.
I will be out your way next week..Santa Rosa and Gualala

regards, cd

 

[CM1995]

I'll jump in on a small thread hi-jack. I paid $3.57 for off-road, $3.77 for on-road today.

 

[ddigger]

I paid 3.79 this morning at my local card lock where I get a preferred customer price for being a long time and good customer ( I pay my bills on time ) also I dug the tank holes when the built 25yrs ago. This last job was 2hrs away so we just stayed in motels, 30 to 45 is the norm. I carry my fuel daily as a rule. Enjoy your trip out here, crab season is in full swing right now so you should have some good eats while your here. I am going out of Bodega Bay in the morning. I did a couple of jobs in Santa Rosa this past yr. How long you gonna be out here? Have a safe trip.

 

[Colorado Digger]

going crabbing in the morning? what a life! it must get old packing that much fuel for a 330, espescially if you are really getting after it.

 

[ddigger]

going crabbing in the morning? what a life! it must get old packing that much fuel for a 330, espescially if you are really getting after it.

Its all I know, and I wouldnt trade it for anything, ok maybe for crabbing!

If you get close to the Auburn area let me know, I`ll buy lunch, dinner, a beer, what ever you might have time for, or come enjoy a meal here at the house, your choice.

 

[Colorado Digger]

Thanks for the invite! Don't know if I will be out that way on this trip, but I will try to plan a visit on one of my future trips. I remember a classic bar in Auburn i visited years ago.
Good look crabbing!

regards, Cd

 

[ddigger]

This yr is looking very good we have allready started clearing for a small 15 lot subdivision. Have some demos and a 300 lot subdivision to start in Feb. Its still a bit wet so I have to pack everything to where we can load out. Hope the work picture for all of you is looking good as well.

 

[JDOFMEMI]

Glad to hear things are looking good.

This year may just be better than last.

 

[Wolf]

This yr is looking very good we have allready started clearing for a small 15 lot subdivision. Have some demos and a 300 lot subdivision to start in Feb. Its still a bit wet so I have to pack everything to where we can load out. Hope the work picture for all of you is looking good as well.

Brad:

Let me know when the demos get going in February. I got a big contract to take some more demo pictures and would love to get some shots of your jobs.

wolfiewolf@usa.com

 

[ddigger]

Will do wolf. The last job also included abandoning an old hand dug well which we back filled with bentonite. And it also yeilded next yrs fire wood.

 

[Wolf]

filling the well

Will do wolf. The last job also included abandoning an old hand dug well which we back filled with bentonite. And it also yeilded next yrs fire wood.
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The well it is pretty amazing.

The work in the stone is quite impressive.

Imagine the back breaking work of the people who built that by hand.

When do you think it was constructed and by whom.

Another really cool thing you encountered on the job.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[ddigger]

Started a nice little demo today. Heres a little time line.
7:00 am

12:00 pm

4:00 pm

I`ll have the rest on the ground in the morning and start loading out & pulling concrete in the afternoon.

 

[nedly05]

Looks like a neat project, all steel construction? How many hours on the 330 now?

 

[CM1995]

Nice project. I wish I had the salvage rights to all that steel.

 

[ddigger]

The office area in the front are stick built.
The old girl now has 22,685 hrs, had to put a new starter in last wk, Cat wouldnt stand behind the old one(original), go figure?
In only copper wire so far were at 4800.00 bucks.
I will let you know what the scrap brings when I am done.
This morning will be the start of day 3, did not haul yesterday but will today.

 

[JBGASH]

dd, pretty impressive on that 320 with that many hours. Has the engine or hydraulic pump ever been overhauled?

The office area in the front are stick built.
The old girl now has 22,685 hrs, had to put a new starter in last wk, Cat wouldnt stand behind the old one(original), go figure?
In only copper wire so far were at 4800.00 bucks.
I will let you know what the scrap brings when I am done.
This morning will be the start of day 3, did not haul yesterday but will today.

 

[ddigger]

dd, pretty impressive on that 320 with that many hours. Has the engine or hydraulic pump ever been overhauled?

Its a 330l, and no never been touched.
Heres a shot of the end of day 3, jobs getting smaller.

 

[JBGASH]

Looks good. When you get it in piles like that, will you load it with the 330L or a loader of some type? Is the demo work bid by the job or estimated tons or another method?

Its a 330l, and no never been touched.
Heres a shot of the end of day 3, jobs getting smaller.
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[ddigger]

I do it all with the excavator. Its bid by the job, but many things are considered in the process. I loaded out 5 steel loads and 4 loads of soft demo today.

 

[JBGASH]

You & the 330L get some serious work done in a day. Are the loads you are referring too tandom axle dump truck loads? or fith wheel dump trailer loads? Do the soft demo loads go to a landfill? I just bid 2- 1200sq' houses w/ partial basements to demo at $3500/ house but did not get the job. There was no steel in them to salvage either. I was unsure of the amount of tons of soft demo that would be generated, is there a formula for estimating this amount ?

I do it all with the excavator. Its bid by the job, but many things are considered in the process. I loaded out 5 steel loads and 4 loads of soft demo today.