The one man show to grow

JNB, I took the F450 to my mechanic. They had the heads re done and ported and did the delete along with some other stuff. They are also replacing the whole front clip and painting the whole truck along with the hauler bed. Hopefully it'll be home soon.

to a late model front end ?

clintm said:

to a late model front end ?

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Yes

here's a wedding cake for you my middle boy found it on instagram today and I thought about you. my wedding cake had a JD850C on it and we gave away a wooden toy dozers with a bride and groom in the operators seat

Fastdirt said:

Just another day here.

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Also did a pad for a 40'x 50' slab. We graded it, formed it, and dug the footings. We will not be doing the concrete however.

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Looks good :thumbsup Usually when we dig footings the excavated dirt goes on the outside, any particular reason for putting it inside the forms?

Clint, that cake is hilarious and it's totally me. The dozer on the cake is great too and giving away the wooden dozer just tops it off. I guess you just can't deny it and all the friends and family know it too. There are worse addictions I'll say.


Movindirt, Since we went with 6" forms instead of the 4" required forms we threw some dirt out and some dirt in and re graded the pad. It's not something I do often but we pulled it off.

You always impress me. The footers and pad look as great as your pools. The rubber track pads seem like they are really working out great for you.

Thanks LC! The rubber tracks have been great. Used them a few times this week. They have saved us so much work, time, damage, and space. Couldn't be happier with them. On a good hot day you can literally still smell the rubber from 20' away Lol. Took a few shots of them coming off of a driveway onto the pavement.









This was another one just a few miles from home. The yard backs up to a main road. Over the last few weeks I noticed the backyard had trees taken down and wondered if they were getting a pool. Fortunately we ended up doing the dig.

Some grading from this week.








Had some visitors while backing in.


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FD I'm jealous of that red Georgia clay you get to work with.:thumbsup

The ground you get to work with is great, but the work you do is always top notch. Love stopping by to check the pics!

blowerman said:

The ground you get to work with is great, but the work you do is always top notch. Love stopping by to check the pics!

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And I'm always impressed to see an excavator that still has paint on the counterweight! Guess it makes a difference who is paying for a machine! Then again I have worked on equipment in the company where I retired from where operators were allowed and even encouraged take pride in their equipment. Bosses attitude goes a long way in affecting the attitude of the workers. I'm sure your customers appreciate how good your equipment looks when on their property. If you take care of your equipment they should know you will take care of their property.

Thanks Kshanen. I try my hardest to keep the paint on. It does make a huge difference when it's your stuff. I agree with you on your thoughts though entirely.

Yes we sure do get some good red dirt to work with a lot of the times but it dries out and turns to dust quick just like any good dirt.

We have been really busy lately and blew through several jobs last week but nothing too different. I got a few pics though.

This was not any fun here. Somehow I got selected to take down the trees between the 2 million dollar home and the 55' setback from the golf course. I have not been carrying the thumb around so my control of laying down trees is loose. Had a couple close calls but managed to get them all down. If I have the thumb on I can dig round the stump and then from the side swing them down and clamp down with the thumb all at the same time. Without it just a push and a prayer. One of them was starting to die that I wasn't aware of and it snapped down around the stump close to the roots. The biggest one of course. What happened was the trees were bigger than I was told and I was also told I would only be taking down the little ones. It started that way but then they wanted them all gone so the vanishing edge would visible from the golf course. I almost went home to get the thumb. Should have but absolutely no harm done. I wouldn't have done it if I didn't think I could.






On another job. Pretty tight and high up.

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Went up to Tennessee and had to dig with a 304 Cat and Bobcat. It was fun loading trucks. Those new Bobcats are strong but tight in the cab.


Saw this massive D11 up there.


This is on the Job my friend is running. Now this is massive. It takes 4 months to setup, 1 million lbs. of counter weight, and 112 trucks to transport it. They had to grade a 6' deep base for it with three separate layers of different material and stone.

Now thats a Crane!!! I bet it could lift that D11 like a toy.

According to Manitowac's site just one of the 4 crawler tracks weighs 117,000lbs.

Also has 2, 600hp Cummins QSX's for power with 600 gallons of fuel.

The 2,000 ton rated block assembly weighs over 87,000lbs.

Depending how your setup is their one diagram has it setup with 686ft of boom.

Didn't intend to post twice. :Banghead

Mark13 said:

According to Manitowac's site just one of the 4 crawler tracks weighs 117,000lbs.

Also has 2, 600hp Cummins QSX's for power with 600 gallons of fuel.

The 2,000 ton rated block assembly weighs over 87,000lbs.

Depending how your setup is their one diagram has it setup with 686ft of boom.

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That's insane. He said he'd get me in there when it's done and I'm definitely going to take him up on the offer. Cool facts Mark.... I think we all love and appreciate power

So Fastdirt, have you put your order in for one of them. Never know when you might need to lift up one corner of Georgia to shim it up on a project!

Thanks for the Pics of the 31,000 series. The 21,000 using a 4 track system like that set up in 4 days with 580 ft of combined stick and jib. Its amazing how these machine will turn with the tracks turning opposite directions. These are assembled on mats and will never be moved anywhere where they are walking on mats.