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[Dozerboy]

CD is that you? What a stud are those going to be the new Terrascape girls?

A little ways back there was a pic by a chainsaw. I was thinking man thats a big saw, but now it looks like its operator might be vertical challenged.

 

[Colorado Digger]

easy boy--- DB

CD is that you? What a stud are those going to be the new Terrascape girls?

A little ways back there was a pic by a chainsaw. I was thinking man thats a big saw, but now it looks like its operator might be vertical challenged.

hey bud, can't you see the girls have like 6" heels on?? where's the love? i would question that 145lbs if you are breaking seats in new holland wheel loaders:lmao:lmao

just because you are jeolous don't lashout at me:falldownlaugh:falldownlaugh

regards, cd
:usa:usa

 

[Colorado Digger]

swapping out my hoes

well, this is my third try. i don't know if it is me or the uploader. i decided to swap out my 210 x2 for my 225 msr. the job is so darn tight the guys needed the zero tail.
my demo guy scratched up the counterweight on this job so i pulled the plug. he is gone for awhile and i figured i may as well run the x2 while it is available. the hoe came with the c/w pretty well scratched up, but is was cheap and i needed it.
the 225 has major power and is super fun to run. smooth, fast.. the cab is a bit small. but overall i love that hoe. my 210lx is also a beast. faster pull back and swing motor. but that may be because the stick is dry. the 210x2 is a pure pleasure. so quiet and comfy. everything is tight and it is just a magnificent machine.
so here they are.

 

[dirty4fun]

So the 225 is a little tight, maybe you should of only had one of the Hooter Girls in the cab with you. Is the cab about the same size as the 135 you had?

 

[nedly05]

I laughed when I saw the title "Swapping out my hoes" I wasnt expecting to see excavators! Great pics CD, is it spring time out there? What are your temps, the road looks like the frost is going out of it.

 

[Colorado Digger]

our temps and conditions

right now it is about 15f. it will go up to the mid 40's. the frost is pushing out a bit but it is still gonna be another month. the work is stacking up and we are going back to 50 hour weeks. it is just beautiful here. every day this week has been perfect!!
regards. cd

oh the snow plow--it is heavy duty for sure. i think it was the front push blade on a grader at one time. i will try to figure out who made it.. but have some dump truck problems at the moment.

:usa:usa

 

[Colorado Digger]

fotos from today-3-1-11

thank you for whoever helped me out, i appreciate it!! here are a few from today. the t6 grabbing some air at the pit from out service truck. a digging crew backfilling a interior pad with gravel. it is very muddy!!
we are ramping up. i have a problem with my t800, it has a million miles and is time for an in frame. the low oil light comes on and she is full. she shut down yesterday hauling a 210.. low speeds. smoking.. blue smoke. lot's of lost fuel. so it is time to get her in the shop. problem is the darned wrench has 2 trannies to do before the tandem.
regards, cd
:usa:usa

 

[WColtharp]

CD, great pictures as always. I was in your neck of the woods this past weekend. I met some of my family in Snowmass for a weekend ski trip. You aren't lying about how perfect and beautiful it is in that area right now. We stayed in Slope, which is in the "Top of Village" condo's (i think). I remember some time back you posting some pictures from a job that was right off the slope and was wondering which complex it was in. We usually stayed at Shaddowbrook (i think) which is closer to the base.

 

[nedly05]

Nice pics CD, making me itch for dirt work. what did you do with the 210 on the trailer, does the T6 have a hitch?

 

[dirty4fun]

That is a bummer having the truck go down. Never a good time for that to happen, of course would be when pulling the trailer, loaded. Hope you are back on the road soon.

 

[Colorado Digger]

the truck problem

no the t6 does not have a hitch but it is plumbed. so the hotch costs about $1200. another $ to have a pro weld it on. then the t8 will take $5000 in parts or so.
regards, cd
i am out the door. the darned pit is only upen form 7 to 2:50. see ya

 

[KSSS]

Are you road legal in Co. with the 225 on a triaxle tag? I could not pull that off here. I spent a good bit of time in a CASE 225. Unbelievable how stable it was. It had a thumb and coupler, oversized bucket full of material and it was rock solid over the side of the tracks. Cab is tighter but I never minded that. Sure are nice machines.

 

[Colorado Digger]

la gansa

:usa:usaksss-the 225- yeah, it is tight but she go.es down the road ok. i hire a lowboy whenever it is down the interstate or a longer haul- maybe over 40 miles. the machine is awesome. we had some problemes with it running hot during demo, but got that dialed in. it has 6500 hours on it and is still super tight. the cab does not bother me, but for a big guy it would be tight. plus the seat does not go all the way back becuase of the subwoofer:tong.
we call that hoe the goose because of the way the boom stretches up. the 210 lx is "la bestia" the beast. and the x2 is "la maltrata" the mistreated. or "la abusada" the abused. whoever had it before me just put a lickin on it, but it is mostly superficial. i am running in now and love it. so quiet, hardly know it is running.
regards, cd
:usa:usa

 

[Colorado Digger]

fotos-3-2-11

:usahere are a couple. it is a muddy mess.

:usa

regards. cd

 

[Colorado Digger]

3-2-11

the last few. the 210 x2, stocking topsoil, loaded some 1.5" base as well in the morning. everything has so much friggin frost in it seems like i had to pull the top 6' off the base pile to get anything close to dry:Banghead:Banghead
whatever.. happy to be working.

 

[CM1995]

Nice work CD! Glad to see you are busy. So how is the rest of the year shaping up for ya'?

 

[Colorado Digger]

2011

we are looking good. i have plenty through july. then we are looking at a couple large jobs. one of main clients is worried. i have found just working into this new economic system to be the key. alot less pay for everybody, including me. no companies parties. less paid vacation. it used to be 6 weeks or so.

i think we will be ok. we are bidding 8 or 9 jobs at the moment.
oh and by the way.. thanks!!:cool2:cool2
regards. cd

 

[Colorado Digger]

my lastest and greatest

here are a few fotos of a dig in old snowmass, colorado.. all over ex and export and import. hauling pit run in and black dirt out?:tong:tong
ohh and a little tree clearing
regars, cd

 

[ScottAR]

Great pics!

What's the snowmass job going to be? Home site?

 

[Colorado Digger]

the old snowmass job.

the old snowmass job was a house that we demoed and now a new home. all backfilled inside and out with .75" screened rock. all the exterior is compacted pit run. the job is a real p.i.t.a. to back into. all these trees and construction fencing everywhere.
anyways, very happy to have the work:tong