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  1. AmericanLandMgt

    Ash

    I am demoing a house that burned down and there is a solid three feet of ash on the ground inside the footings. I have been raking it up and putting it in with the wood to go to the landfill but I am wondering if they will allow it I to the fill because it looks so much like dirt? We are going...
  2. AmericanLandMgt

    Control sticks get hot

    Just like the title says, my control levers in my komatsu 120 get really hot after a couple hours of hard digging. Anybody know what could be causing this?
  3. AmericanLandMgt

    Broken Bolt in Hydraulic Cylinder

    While reinstalling the boom cylinder on my excavater I managed to shear one of the bolts that holds the metal hose bracket to the cylinder. I went and got my easy out set and proceeded to break that off as well. I removed the easy out but in the process buggered up the bolt hole to the point...
  4. AmericanLandMgt

    Propper pond construction

    I currently have a pond on my property that I am going to expand to a little less than two acres. As it sits now its about fifty by one hundred feet. Right now it is attached to the ditch that runs out to the highway and I am wondering if this is the best way to have it layed out. It seems...
  5. AmericanLandMgt

    Off Road Dump Trailer

    I am digging a pond at my horse farm and I'm having trouble moving the spoils. My F-750 dump truck gets stuck whenever I load it even half full. I cant push it with the dozer because there are pastures surrounding the pond. I need to take it about 800 feet and pile it up. I only work here in...
  6. AmericanLandMgt

    Travel MotorProblem

    My Komatsu PC-120 has started doing something kind of funny. I have a feeling I am in for some pricey repairs but maybe you guys can tell me whats going on. When I am going to move forward or backward I push both levers all the way but the machine tends to pull one way or the other. Also...
  7. AmericanLandMgt

    Building Pad Construction

    Hey guys. I am building my house on some property that I have owned for a while. The land is really wet and you cant dig deep enough to dig footers without hitting water so I want to build the area up a couple feet and then dig the footers into the new fill. The soil is mostly yellow clay...
  8. AmericanLandMgt

    GM 6.5 Diesel Wont Start

    My service truck is a 94 GMC 3500 with a 6.5 diesel engine in it. One day it stalled a few times and then finally stalled and woudnt start. Ive had this truck to several mechanics and nobody can figure out whats wrong with it. I know this page is mostly about big rigs and such but I thought...
  9. AmericanLandMgt

    Track Bolts

    My trucker told me my track pads are too loose and refuses to tow my PC-120 untill I get them tighter. I went to tighten them this morning and the threads are gone from the pad moving back and forth on the bolt shank. Do I have to order track bolts from an undercarriage supplier or can I just...
  10. AmericanLandMgt

    Single axle truck and trailer to haul 12 ton track hoe?

    I am in the market for a truck and trailer to haul my Komatsu PC-120 with. I came accross this add on craigslist and it seems like a really good deal if it will tow the weight. The add says 6500 dollars but on the phone he came down to 5500 and Im sure I could get him down lower than that in...
  11. AmericanLandMgt

    Block Heater

    Since the day I bought my TD-20 I havent been able to start it if the temp gets below about fourty degrees. When its hot in the summer it cranks up no problem. In the past I have just parked it for the winter because the ground gets really saturated and its really easy to get stuck. This...
  12. AmericanLandMgt

    Hydro Hose Crimp Tool

    Ive got a few older machines that are going to need all new hoses pretty soon and I want to buy the tool that crimps the fittings on the hose but the ones Ive found are extremely expensive. Does anybody know where I can get one relatively cheap? I'm not going to use it all that often so I dont...
  13. AmericanLandMgt

    Insurance Claim Demo

    A friend of mines house burned yesterday and it looks like its a total loss. I was hoping to get the job tearing it down.I would do it basically for cost pluss a few dollars in order to save him as much money as possible. Does anybody know how insurance claims work, do I put in a bid with the...
  14. AmericanLandMgt

    F-700 To Tow 12 Tons?

    I have a 1985 Ford F-700 that I have been wanting to sell and buy a tandem axle in order to tow my Komatsu PC-120 Excavator. But when I mentioned it to a trucker freind of mine he laughed and asked why I didnt just tow it with the F-700 and a twelve ton trailer... He says that as long as I put...
  15. AmericanLandMgt

    Paver For Parking Lot Maintenance

    Hey guys, I have a customer that uses me for all of his landscaping, site work, and general contracting needs that needs some asphalt work done. He owns several large warehouses and the lots need patches ranging from two foot square to about twenty by thirty. I have patched some pot holes...
  16. AmericanLandMgt

    Paying and Charging Per Volume

    An issue has come up when I am doing mulch delivery lately. Part of my business is Landscaping so I sell a good bit of mulch. Mulch is sold by the yard where I am from so I quote all of my customers prices by the yard. I get a discount at the mulch place because of the volume that I buy from...
  17. AmericanLandMgt

    Bobcat 453 Opinions?

    I am looking to buy my first skid steer and I have been having trouble deciding how big of a machine I need. Im a landscaper so I would use it mostly for scraping foundations for cobble stone walkways, moving mulch and dirt around, and piling up sticks and branches on land clearing jobs. The...
  18. AmericanLandMgt

    Ford 4000 Wont Start

    Ive got a Ford 4000 that has never given me any problems until now. I was grading my dirt road when I ran it out of fuel...Stupid I know. Ive done it before and I usually just crack the injectors turn it over until it starts sputtering and then tighten them back down one at a time. This...
  19. AmericanLandMgt

    Align Boring

    The boom stick pivot and my PC-120 is getting really sloppy. Not for lack of grease but the machine is just getting old. A guy locally wants a set up fee of 800 dollars and then 500 per joint after that. I want to get all three pivot points done at once so its going to be right at two grand...
  20. AmericanLandMgt

    Rebuilding Hydraulics

    I lost my first hydraulic seal the other day on a job. I took it to the only rebuilder in town to fix it and he said he would have it back in two days. Five days and five hundred dolllars later I get it back and finish the job. The customer was on a close time schedule and was just about to...
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