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  1. dirt digger

    Any young blood on the track shovels?

    started running a 943 at 18 and am now 23 and i like to consider myself pretty decent. I got out of equipment operating about 4 months ago to pursue more of a construction management job which i still think about sometimes but I will still do work for my old boss on weekends... I am best on a...
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    boom crack

    where in PA are you located? i know a few good guys in the Philly area
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    Entry Level positions out West?

    so i have gotten a little bit of a bug to move West. I am a recent college grad with a Civil Engineering degree. Currently I am in a construction management field. I would like to stay in this field or move back into the engineering world. Obviously with me only being a year out of school I...
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    backhoe frost ripper

    custom made one... also a good trencher haha the thing about ripping frost is its like ripping rock with your machine sitting on ice...it can get particularly tricky when you are on a side slope
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    on a new job...on a new hoe life is good!!!

    good to see you guys are churning away on that job...obviously not today though, it is hammering down rain...keep up the pics guys, I am curious to see how they finally decided to build this job
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    Decelerator on Skid Steer

    for snow removal i definitely see what you mean. Spent 22 hours last week in a CAT 257...i used the accel pedal for about 12 hours then my knee started to get sore from holding it down so i just set the throttle at full and left it there pushing up piles a decel would definitely be a nice...
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    Snow Pushers!

    i thought it did a great job...it struggled around 11pm when there was starting to get a coat of ice under the snow, but the trucks were sliding all over the place too i think it did much better then a tire machine, especially pushing the piles up and pushing 10" at once that CAT machines ride...
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    Snow Pushers!

    spent 22 hours in this baby
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    on a new job...on a new hoe life is good!!!

    well after she got done destroying Exeter I would hate to be around her on this one...you guys have quite a bit of work to do on this job...a lot of material and work...i know it like the back of my hand...5 retaining walls, a bunch of stone, structrual fill, ballast, etc... they left a good...
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    on a new job...on a new hoe life is good!!!

    i estimated that job...have fun dealing with your PM out there HAHAHAHAHA she is a piece of work
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    Attention Equipment Engineers

    it really depends on the equipment as well...the more of a safety factor the more the machine will weigh and cost. Unfortunately now it is coming down to dollars and cents more then brute and brawn. Take a look for instance at an old 955 loader and compare it to a current day one regardless...
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    pickup trucks/gooseneck trailers

    nice trucks guys...i am all for the gooseneck/pickup combo but more for casual use or hauling hay bales, etc... if you are hauling heavy loads like that day in and day out why not just invest in a real truck?
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    Machines

    my boss just bought this little machine used (1200 hours)...i like it i am recently back at work for him after a layoff at another company...so i have just started running it as he did not have it when I worked for him last year...so i do not currently have a whole lot of pictures...but heres...
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    Cost of septic system

    there is no "standard system"....there are pressure dosed systems, gravity systems, drip systems, sand mounds, etc... gravity systems are the cheapest...drip and sand mounds are some of the more expensive like Willis said the site also has a lot to do with the cost...and even the...
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    Crane pad design....CE's please read...i could use your help

    boys i have long since graduated college....thanks though!! haha
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    "Corporate Restructuring" hits hard...

    well guys....today I fell victim to corporate restructuring...as apparently a great deal of other people I worked with did as well that being said I need a job...if anyone knows of any companies (construction or design) please let me know I am a May 2009 Graduate of Penn State University...
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    What do you get to look at at work !!

    you Army Base boys need to man up and just post some of the dirt pictures already
  18. dirt digger

    Hay squared

    Bumpsteer that thing is called an Accumulater...the bales go into it then when it gets full (all are different with how many they consider "full") it drops all the bales in one area, so you have a bunch of bales in one spot rather then single bales all over your field...then the loader comes...
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    Daily Driver Rigs

    HA!!.....by all means, tell me a better Backhoe on the market and you might have a point
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    Daily Driver Rigs

    Deeretime you need some bigger tires on that thing...those little mouse wheels look funny...haha then again it is a Ford...so it might not be able to handle the bigger tires :stirthepot
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