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    Tandem Axle ?

    I don't live in a country that is so far into debt you poor american citizens are on the hook for something like 40 trillion dollars of debt :laugh Your guys country is in finanacial trouble and thats gonna hurt your economy which eventually hurt ours here. Go ahead sink yourself into...
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    Tandem Axle ?

    At 63 dollars per hour a truck should even leave the yard how are you supposed to make any profit. A tandem axle rate for us used to be 65 per hour 3 years ago and then it was borderline profit. Rate jumped to 80 dollars per hour just to cover the fuel and the extra costs in tires. Hee Haw...
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    Go see this now!!!

    You just have to send info to companies like Syncrude in Alberta who are in the tar sands. The oil business in Alberta is going great guns and if they can move the sands quicker and more efficiently they will look at it.
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    Tree Removal and Burning

    It is getting to the point that the clean air nuts are trying to stop slash burning on residential property. We are allowed to pile it up and burn it during the burning season. Oh ya usually the stump is lopped off first if the wood is good for firewood it is set aside for the home owner to...
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    DOT/FMCSA 18 Month Mandatory Audit/Inspection

    When I went for my first aid ticket I said to the instructor I'am very squimish about seeing blood. He said well you won't see any here.
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    Tandem Axle ?

    I would try get a job running a dump first especially if you don't have the experience. Make all the learning mistakes on somebody elses truck it saves you money. One of the local guys here bought a new dump thought he could make enough money just hauling with a dump. Its not working out...
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    How do these prices look?

    Just trucks no machines for me :D As I said I have spent allot of time at Ritchie Bros auctions watching people bid on junk that shouldn't have been sold at that price. Sometimes I like to sit in the crowd with a bid book and drive the price of a trucks up. One truck I was interested in...
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    How do these prices look?

    A owner operator's machine is the best a guy that owned the machine and ran it himself is better than a company machine with different operators. The owner is upgrading to a newer machine. Mini excavators seem to be the most abused machines compared to full sized excavators. The ones at...
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    Tandem Axle ?

    The NATURE man can't get away from it when you can go fishing and hiking or hunting any time you want a guy can deal with a lack of work. Where I live I can throw a boat in the water and go out fishing or just fooling around. Its why everybody flocks to B.C. its why Albertans buy up...
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    Unique Hitachi Zaxis 870

    Its so the operator doesn't get their feet wet or get away from the foreman :laugh As for rust I doubt those machines are used in salt water bodies man if they were they sure wouldn't last very long :eek:
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    How do these prices look?

    Would I buy a machine from the auction maybe or maybe not. I have been going to Ritchie Bros auctions for years. When you go to a auction you have the attitude your buying a machine as is where is. You go and inspect the machine the day before and its up to your judgement if the machine is...
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    Go see this now!!!

    The only problem I see is the cost of buying tires :eek: With them steering and driving a haul truck like that probably peals the rubber off. Probably the biggest benefit is the trucks don't need a perfectly graded haul road. Have to see if Alberta oil companies buy any for hauling the...
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    Tandem Axle ?

    Laugh all you want I got a job for life if I want it. I can retire at 55, I barely break a sweat and when its cold wet and miserable outside I'am dry. If the economy crashes in Canada I still be working. The wages I make are less than I can working in the dirt but working in the dirt isn't a...
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    DOT/FMCSA 18 Month Mandatory Audit/Inspection

    I'am supposed to have a fire extinguisher in my F-450 haven't gotten around to getting one yet :D I have the triangles they are behind the seat I haven't gotten a first aid kit yet but does electricians tape and paper towels count :laugh The big thing with the DOT here is don't pizz them...
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    D-6 w/tree knocker

    Right now the demand is there so everybody is cleaning house when the market drops off people will be sitting on the scrap till the price goes back up. It is so bad that construction sites in B.C. are getting copper piping stolen out of new houses. People are stealing phone booths for the...
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    Tandem Axle ?

    A DOT number is no big deal I have one for my F-450 I can truck all accross Canada if I wanted too. I just need to increase my insurance for the area I can travel. With my F-450 I need to keep track of my maintenance I'am under 160kms so I don't need a log book.
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    DOT/FMCSA 18 Month Mandatory Audit/Inspection

    We have the same B.S. in Canada with some freaking brain surgeons in the gov't has no freaking clue about trucking creating rules and regulations which is killing the trucking industry. The only thing we have in B.C. is you "MUST" beable to adjust the brakes even if they are auto slacks or...
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    No Chains!?!

    With the new regulations on load securement allows truck tractors not to have a cab gaurd bolted behind the cab of the truck. I don't know if thats a good idea or not. Before the new securement rules came out ever truck tractor must have a cab gaurd constructed of steel or aluminum U bolted to...
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    D-6 w/tree knocker

    The old man has been in the scrap business for 40 years he has never seen the prices this high ever. Actually the whole familly is junk men and it started with my grandpa then dad started when he was 20 I started when I was 20 my brother is in scrap metal.
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    No Chains!?!

    Doesn't it make you wonder how some people can be so oblivious that there might be something wrong with their trailer or the load they are carrying. If I feel anything shake or move I pull over and check. This is gotta be 2 years ago now a mobile home company towing a brandnew mobile home...
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