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  1. Jimothy

    D3 Dozer, any help appreciated!

    I don’t know but I like the look of the thing congrats!
  2. Jimothy

    How not to do something

    We had installed a manhole down 5-6 meters extremely complex in terms of the amount of pipe and what that manhole was designed to do. Probably took over a month to install. We had finally finished everything and backfilled to the top. Next day popped the lid and noticed water in bottom of this...
  3. Jimothy

    Best fill material

    If it’s just surface water your dealing with you can use French drain either with a pipe or just washed or clear gravel. Something that allows water to flow throw it and trench it away from the house. I know our house has a negative slope towards it and we chose to put 2 swales in the area just...
  4. Jimothy

    Operators too good to clean.

    They rarely let me in machines for any length of time because there’s math and shovelling to do. So everyone knows if there’s garbage in a machine it’s not mine. Every time I get in I take ALL garbage and throw it on the ground not in a garbage bag then I get the Forman and I try to calmly...
  5. Jimothy

    "Shrinking" Mini Excavator - too wide for boat

    Load it from side I don’t understand! Boats and hoes that’s Step brothers baby!
  6. Jimothy

    lets talk looks

    For me it has to be a sunbelt green kubota skidsteer. As soon as you place your ass down in the wet seat you know it’s gonna be a good day! It’s not just the looks it’s the smell too a blend of manure dust and yup dried blood and tears! But any of the big hydraulic mining excavators covered...
  7. Jimothy

    4th Year Design Project Research - Wrist Protection for Skid Steer operators [Looking to learn more about the industry]

    We got a couple of bigger operators, tall and heavy. In smaller equipment it’s just not possible for those guys to be comfortable. I’m only 6’6 and If I adjust my seat properly my head will hit the ceiling of the cab and often times my legs are too long to fit around certain controls or steering...
  8. Jimothy

    Seeing the big picture is hard somtimes.

    I would really like to play some mario kart but dozer would be fun too :)
  9. Jimothy

    Pads and flat work with an excavator

    Tilt rotator. Jobs these days can be so complicated. Too many rules, no help, timelines 50000 pounds of wood and rebar in the way… yada yada yada. Don’t get me wrong I want the biggest dozer I can fit on every single site but if you can afford a larger excavator with a tilt rotator the amount...
  10. Jimothy

    DEF cap on JCB JS 160

    Pipe wrench
  11. Jimothy

    Looking for opinions

    I would not bid too far: sprocket, cab and hour meter have got me a bit suspicious, nothing in particular.
  12. Jimothy

    When to switch to penetrating bucket teeth?

    We have bought rock teeth just for tearing up frost. If you only have a day or 2 of the work it’s probably not worth it but there not too hard to swap back and forth so they will probably pay for themselves. I remember one time we couldn’t get a hammer to break rock so we dug entire building...
  13. Jimothy

    How to go about repairing a beach

    I’ve seen the same beach go from 30000$ to 200000$ and finally hit 1000000$ doesn’t even make sense how much rock they hauled in but it is basically gonna last forever now.
  14. Jimothy

    Wally drivers

    I may know more about Walmart then I like to admit. From the place where I was at, the company that was running the actual “Walmart” trucks were all good drivers every single one… not always motivated but all good drivers. If it didn’t come from that warehouse for the love of god stand back. I...
  15. Jimothy

    trench shoring

    Just looked it up and you would not want to get into the wood method way too much time and labour. Rent a steel or aluminum box haha.
  16. Jimothy

    trench shoring

    No plywood would be allowed I don’t know how they do it or how they get approved to do it but it’s very large beams and blocks of wood. They have to do it sometimes in really old neighbourhoods. I was just giving another option. We use aluminum boxes and backfill as we go along. There’s also...
  17. Jimothy

    ADDING HYDRAULIC THUMB

    We got one excavator that they have dedicated as the “do anything machine” and it has multiple valves and lines ran up and down the boom and stick. If you don’t know what your doing the machine will destroy its self in about 3 seconds.
  18. Jimothy

    Earth Moving Equipment

    Don’t forget the heavy duty mine equipment :( I couldn’t even look at your current list without the big trucks, scrapers draglines and front loading shovels drills my god now I’m upset bucket wheel excavators, compaction equipment, dredges and hydro vacuum. come on man.
  19. Jimothy

    Old machine bucket teeth options?

    if I could have teeth all the time I would, imagine chewing a steak without teeth… better be a damn good steak!
  20. Jimothy

    What do ya'll think about battery electric excavators?

    When the sun gets bigger and hotter and the humans die the machines will run supreme.
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