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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    Loading what dirt? Sounds like you've never used a pulverizer before, you can crack and break concrete without actually 'pulverizing' it. Do you always comment on things you have no actual experience with 438 posts to your name I would assume that is a yes. 2'x2' is the optimal large sizing...
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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    Why do you assume I am suggesting turning the concrete into 3/4" pieces. You break into pieces that are loadable and process able - smallest probably 2'x2'. Pulverizers also have rebar cutters built into them. If your sales volume is low enough where a 20+ year old 225 makes sense, stay with...
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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    If someone showed up to a project and off loaded a 225 it sends up a big red flag that they can't be profitable in this business. Or they just started out and are being very frugal with their capital Or it's a very depressed market and area in general and that's the best there is. 225's...
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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    While I have great love for a 225 and the whole 200 series, you know it's 2015, right? Using a ball on anything in 2015 must mean you have a lot of time on your hands and really aren't all that interesting in moving on to the next project and profit source. It's easy to see who are the...
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    Big loads or large tow truck Pictures-earthmoving

    I would tend to agree with your disagreement. ;)
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    GMK 7550 goes over

    Wow, can't believe he survived that cab getting sheared in half. Never mind that he's already been released from the hospital. The wind will get you every time during a critical lift.
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    Cat259D/289D vs Bobcat T590/T650

    SS, mini excavators and just about anything for that matter will burn a lot of full when using hydraulic work tools, more so if they are high flow. Everything has a life cycle, you just have to be aware of that and bid accordingly. Today's machines are much better than those of yesterday, by...
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    Big loads or large tow truck Pictures-earthmoving

    It's amazing what you mine guys will/can do to run as efficiently as possible.
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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    It's funny, I cut and pasted this thread link and sent it to one of my buddies. He replied, why are you even wasting your time, you must be really bored. The way to handle this job with a concrete densifier is that you go to each foundation, crack the walls, crack the slab and munch the...
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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    Maybe you might want to break open the piggy bank and buy some of those new fangled work tools for the Ol' Gal? Why jockey around 20yd cans when you can use a densifier to make piles you can back ten wheelers to and max legal load them? One day munching, one day loading - git er done! Ya know...
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    Root rake is it to low????

    If you really want an 'official answer' call an OEM who makes root rakes, tell them you have their model xyz and you want to know how much of the tine should below the cutting edge on your Dx. At first look, it looks like too much tine but it's a small machine so it throws the comparison off...
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    Root rake is it to low????

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    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    I know from experience in 'Bama you guys like to take your time and use them there git er done old school methods. On the East and West Coast, not so much, time is money. But hey, where is the fun in using a rental machine unless you can beat the snot out of it. :D The correct tool for the job...
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    Who made the worst grading dozer?

    Remember when they went with the finger tip controls for a while in the small CAT dozers. Horrible. All I ever want to see in a dozer is the old school clutches/brakes or the new school joysticks.
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    Cat259D/289D vs Bobcat T590/T650

    A lease might be an idea too, the end of lease bit will probably be around $17k ish. CAT/JD/Bobcat generally offer mirror financial rates and terms.
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    Cat259D/289D vs Bobcat T590/T650

    I've owned both and am neither a CAT or Bobcat fanboy - I am a Komatsu fanboy, who oddly owns no Komatsu equipment :D . CAT holds together better and is more productive. I've spent a lot of time in Bobcats doing the hand/foot controls and and I love love love love the CAT joystick setup - the...
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    Would You Haul it ??

    If you look closely you can see the chains on the front right behind the bucket (assuming the other side is done too). It looks like the rear chains are secured to his engine guard, don't know if that's valid tie down point or if there are tie down pad eyes right behind it. We stopped using...
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    Would You Haul it ??

    Nothing wrong with it at all. He has a overkill six point tie down set up. I don't know if I would have bothered with the fork carriage, it's probably a corporate policy. Need bigger chains? Huh, what? I really can't tell if those are 3/8 or 1/2 but 3/8 G80 chains using a 6 point contact would...
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    Various jobs

    Your guys will grumble about having to take those extra steps but after they do it a couple of times they will grumble if they don't use water.
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    Snow Plowing help....

    SS and Compact WLs cost about the same. It all depends on what you plan on doing with it during the construction season. If you need chains you are probably using the wrong type of equipment, technique or it's the 1970's. Machine momentum and in situations where a snow storm turned into an ice...
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