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    What do you think

    Yeah I don't want to clear cut it maybe just clear a few meadows for deer hunting plots. This place is 625 acres total and I plan on putting a house on the area thats already clear. I did think about milling the lumber onsite and using on the house. Selling it might be a better idea though...
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    What do you think

    I am looking at purchasing some land that has between 350 and 400 acres of timber I am purchasing this acreage because of the wooded area. I was thinking of being able to harvest some of the timber, which is mostly hard wood, thinning out the woods and use the money to pay for some of the land...
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    Bid Clerk/Data Fax

    Its very easy to justify if you get just 1 contract out of the deal.
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    PA Coal Tour

    Great pics. I always find it amazing to see all of the equipment the coal companies just leave in their old strip mines. There are a lot of rock trucks and loaders just sitting at old mines in Western PA guess they got their money out of them and they are to worn out to do anything else.
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    unions

    Thanks digger I'll research the archives and see what I info I can get. After reading your post I do realize how it can be a hot button topic and didn't even think about it when I posted it.
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    unions

    I was thinking of joining the local operator engineers union. I am in Dallas, TX and don’t know how successful this will be. I am originally from the north east where just about everything commercial is union. My goal is to learn the ropes of operating so I can eventually start my own...
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    What's your favorite?

    What’s your favorite equipment brands and why? I ask this because growing up I only knew of two brands and always was told how good they are cat and deere. So they got ingrained into me that they are good and the others are not. Now that I am a bit older and know of all the different brands...
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    comparison

    Thanks. What about cost like purchase cost and operating cost? Which one is easier to opperate?
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    comparison

    What are the pros and cons to a self-propelled scraper compared to scraper pans pulled behind a tractor? Which one do you prefer to run? I see different companies running either or and I just wondered what is the reasoning for the one or the other.
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    need some help

    I am thinking of starting my own business well sort of. I previously owned and operated a small concrete construction company for about 7 years. A long with the company I had an excavator, track loader, back hoe, roller, and dump truck none of which I used in conjunction with my company mostly...
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    Welcome!!!

    maq I just dropped by to introduce myself. I am in the Dallas, TX area and I do not currently have any equipment. I am originally from the Pittsburgh area where I had my own construction company focusing on concrete wall construction. We had a few pieces of equipment but not where we focused...
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    How Did You Find Us?

    I found this site through google. Just typed in heavy equipment forums and here I am.
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    how to determin what size truck to pull a trailer?

    I have a couple Chevy 3500 crew cab dually dura max that I combo with a 24' goose neck trailer. The GVCW is 23k and I have had it loaded to that many times and a few times a bit over. The truck handles the loads pretty good able to pull all of the hills in Western Pa and gets up to 65mph while...
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