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    Equipment pictures

    Sad to think that two years down the road both Fowler Contracting and Mainline Contracting Filed Bankruptcy and sold all of there equipment. Both however had excellent maintained equipment we bought quite a few pieces from both.
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    D6r lgp vs d6n lgp

    I would consider trading in on the 6n in that case we do like ours and you have a 6h to fill the shoes of the R which it doesn't sound like you use much we put at least 1000 hours a year on our machines.
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    D6r lgp vs d6n lgp

    We have both D6R's 98 and 99 models and D6n's 04-06 and in my opinion there is no comparing they both have a purpose and place. Our D6n is an automated machine with topcon grade controls. The n is more precise and versatile I would agree with that but then again that depends on your...
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    Asphalt estimation

    Dividing by 27 is the proper way to get cubic yards. Square Feet divided by 9 will give you your square yards. To figure asphalt I use square yards/18x thickness this gets us very close in the office and in the field. Also like mentioned above tack should be applied to the stone before you...
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    estimating software

    We use Agtek for computer takeoffs as well as grade control on many of our machines. Agtek is able to use PDF's as well as importing cad-files. It will run you well over a grand though.
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