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Recent content by jmac

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    A few projects I have done recently

    Kshansen, Small world, I am guessing your one of my neighbors from upstate. We are hauling out of Barrett this week. Nice to have neighbors on this site. We have hauled out of the plant your talking about though, I really like the people that work there.
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    A few projects I have done recently

    I agree with you guys on trucking but take the job I am on now. We have been on it for six months and exported around 25,000 yards to a dump site a couple miles away. Every day since the beginning we had 1 to 4 trucks running either hauling off or hauling back in. Conservatively we have had...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    CM, I have been there myself. I think our businesses are pretty close in what we do. Here in NY the government work that large is scary because of the rate pay we have to abide by like laborers starting at around $56 an hour and every one else above that. So the labor can catch up to you if...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    Oh and as far as dump site duty goes, I have been doing the same thing, been doing it on your current project since January 1. It is nice to just get away from the job site to the peace and quite of the dozer running if that makes sense. Then the cell phone rings always, unfortunately.
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    A few projects I have done recently

    CM, what a accomplishment that one you will remember the rest of your life and tell story’s about it 20 years from now. Nice to have photos of the work when the memory dims. We have yet to take on something that large and from your comments I know if asked some day I can’t get enough money...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    What I have experienced is once you let the equipment get beat it becomes more like junk and gets beat on even more. Dump trucks are the worst, I bitch everyday about what drivers do to them, garbage they leave in the cab, it’s a matter of respect in my opinion and some guys do not care, you...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    All the time your guys took to keep the clean out in good shape and it looks like it’s getting replaced
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    A few projects I have done recently

    That makes sense. It is on a 320B, so what ever size it is it has worked well so far. I will see if I can find any numbers on it. We have a small one for our mini so maybe that’s a 900lb hammer.
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    A few projects I have done recently

    The hammer is a Kent. Had to go look. I bought it used with the excavator. I think I was told it’s is a 9000lb does that sound correct? It hits very hard, no problem with concrete 24” thick.
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    A few projects I have done recently

    I have never seen recycled concrete for sale even though I do know of a guy taking it and crushing it. He has a huge stockpile, we have taken quite a few trucks to him and he charged us a tipping fee. Wonder if he can get a proctor and submittals approved. Wonder if the material is consistent...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    Congratulations on the hammer, very nice. We have one on our 320B and we had to do away with the hydro couplers because of what the others have said. We thread the hoses on directly. We also pin the hammer to the stick no quick couplers because I was told that you can break the quick couplers. I...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    Here we are using for very large cut with many elevation changes.
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    A few projects I have done recently

    I bought a Trimble to include base, rover, tablet that included some things like tilt compensation from Sitech. Did not buy machine control yet, it would of be nice to have and is on the wish list but what I have now is awesome. Also we have three dozers, small, med, and large that we use for...
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    A few projects I have done recently

    Awesome job. Are you guys using GPS? We purchased a system last year and it has been great. I do pay a model builder to build the model but it has proven to be worth the investment. Building a hotel currently and have moved over 21,000 yards to date by tri axle using our own trucks to off...
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    2012 WACKER RT56-SC PACKER - $5500 (Central NY)

    Wacker trench roller 200 hours. Unit works as it should no problems recently serviced. Remote control included.
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