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    Pads and flat work with an excavator

    If I'm fine grading a small pad - say 50x50 or less, I'll take my E42 with tiltrotator and 4ft grading bucket any day over a CTL. Generally I'm the one paying for concrete, and with that machine I can get any pad dialed within 1/4", usually in about an hour. Anything bigger, and I'll take our...
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    What do you consider a worthless piece of equipment?

    As someone who owns a tree shear, and has worked out in western Canada, I agree a tree shear would not be my weapon of choice west of the rockies. That said, here in Eastern Onterrible, 90% of trees are less than 8-10" DBH, so a tree shear works very well, and doesn't have the liability of...
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    ctl mulcher questions

    Oh and pro tip - get a good gas leaf blower to clean the machine out. I typically stop to let the machine cool down and blow out the debris every couple of hours of mulching. I've got a reversing fan on my 870, but it's amazing how much fine dust still manages to get everywhere. Blower takes...
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    ctl mulcher questions

    I've got a Bobcat T870 and run a Bobcat (Fecon) 72" head with carbides. I get good life out of them, though admittedly I have not bothered to try knives as we've got the Canadian Shield to contend with. As others have said - make sure you've got the machine set up properly for it. Bobcat has...
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    small "Bobcat" articulated wheel loaders

    I own one. Traded our Versahandler for it. So far we like it a lot. I'm able to unload 5600 lb stacks of retaining wall blocks on and off our deckover trailer with it, though that does feel like the limit. Works well when paired with a 5-10ton mini ex when working on asphalt/concrete. Lifts high...
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    Moving Forward...

    I started out doing it all. We'd take on full residential builds, house lifting, etc. The past 3 years, we've started to become a lot more focused. No more concrete, no more managing large builds. If it doesn't keep the iron and trucks moving, I'm not interested. Although I miss the variety...
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    Rock in the way

    Get a bigger shovel? Get a breaker for the shovel you've got? Drill holes and use Dexpan? Manual labourers and pick axes? Get a crane and some chains and lift it out? Though that last one is probably the most expensive option
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    Gonna Buy a new portable gasoline air compressor

    I've been really happy with my Rolair compressors. I've had one of their 2 stage 20cfm gas jobbers units for 15 years now without any issue. I've never regretted having more air than I needed, but have certainly been frustrated when I didn't have enough.
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    How high can it go

    We're already at $2.45/L here in Ottawa. That's just over 7 usd per Gal. It's insane. Monday morning we're sending out notices to clients that there's going to be a fuel surcharge. Not much we can do about it. We can't absorb that kind of spike.
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    Material and equipment price increases and availability

    We do a fair bit of concrete, and personally I love the volumetric trucks, especially the new digitally controlled ones. Our supplier has a ton of mix designs on board. Makes it easy to adjust to the conditions, and keep it nice for finishing. To me they don't seem that complicated, the ones...
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    Single axle dump trucks

    That sumps up the DT466 perfectly. I do regret selling my 05 sometimes. Cheapest to run truck I've ever had.
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    Material and equipment price increases and availability

    Same here. Offloading a couple of trucks, trailers, and some attachments while the market is hot. New equipment is hit or miss. We ordered a new Bobcat CTL back in October. It's still not here and keeps being delayed. Dealer has all our new attachments for the machine, just no machine. Every...
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    Single axle dump trucks

    Not sure what the market is like these days, but over the past few years Ive picked up international single axles for 20k (canadian) or less. Ran em for a bit and sold them for more than I paid. No frill trucks, and reliable provided you get a DT466 and not a maxxforce. DT466 is a gutless...
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    Sweepers...Please educate me!

    I've got a bobcat pickup broom we use. Super simple and works on pretty much any carrier with a skidsteer coupler and hydraulics. It does kick up a lot of dust when things are dry. We don't have a water kit on the broom, but we have a 225 gallon water tote and a fire pump on our truck that we...
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    14 ton shovel?

    Good to know! Yes, Case and Linkbelt are identical on the larger machines. Both are made by Sumitomo (who owns Linkbelt brand) Yeah, we've learned the rules of DEF. We don't have a huge fleet, so we've been buying it by the jug from our fuel supplier. Jugs are only used once and tossed. No...
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