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    operator needs help getting ready for a test on a D-8 or D-9

    yea well srry one of your admins asked if i could post in a different language you know the one they speak in iceland and so i reposted my origanal message in there language and you didnt like it ,and the letter f stood for fudge k is that cool ??btw how many underage kids are running dozers...
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    operator needs help getting ready for a test on a D-8 or D-9

    corrected Hi pushkid84 (and some other's as well) The advise given has ben very good , but it would be still more useful if it was easier to read! The problem with this article of yours is that it is written all in one long sequence, making it hard to read. It would be so more...
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    operator needs help getting ready for a test on a D-8 or D-9

    professor :professor You now whats nice about being a equipment operator, no god darn grammer or spelling tests, to witch Hjolli would have a hard time passing. Anyway dont make me break out the the english teacher to correct your grammer and spelling!!! Btw your sentence structure isnt right...
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    How many lower there fee's?

    well you never know how much hes into his business for he could be a weekend warrior you know one of those state workers who wants to run a side bus maybe he thinks 50 hr is great because he has no other costs and is runnin gypsy. or he gets to the job and starts throwing in extras there s so...
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    That had to hurt!

    that is a cool book ive used that move, alot more controlled on lifts and can get back out again have to watch getting to radical on the way out looks like the slope was a little damp also
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    Need advice on which skid steer to buy

    i have run the 60 and 90 for a while broke the 60s suspension the 90s a monster though one thing that scares me is that theres not much protection for the hyd drive lines not that ive broken one but there always seems to be a piece of random crap near them
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    $ per hour

    productivity if competeing by the hour show or give refernces of how your machine is worth the extra money and there getting a better and faster finished product otherwise why not use the cheaper guy by the hour , for instance if a guy with a skidsteer and mini is say 25 dollars a hour...
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    $ per hour

    about where iam at yea that seems like the right prices but i would be cheaper with say a 1 ton and a mini
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    truck and trailer tipped over

    i ve always raised the box from the inside if you pay attention you can feel whats happening.had a faulty gate twice with heavy clay on the truck, its funny the stains you get in your pants when the front end comes up about 6 foot or so now i always check to see the gate open
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    Crazy Customer

    :deadhorse: thought it sounded like a good price I have broken it down for people so called educated ones such as doctors and they thought i had no right to make a decent buck or really get insulted when you make as much as them an hour not realizing of course here anyway its sesonal she...
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    operator needs help getting ready for a test on a D-8 or D-9

    hmm run it like you have an end mission in mind ive learned everything i know by watchin get your kiester up to the dump to see what there doin any jerk can run the thing its knowing what to to do with all the stuff your pushing , for instance i can hand anyone a masons trowel sure they rub it...
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    Who Backdrags?

    lol theres novice blade sharpeners and dil bags that say they never back drag thats poop! you have to use the machine whatever way you have to use it with that said i ve never had to smooth my forward path by dragging dirt back your just not getting it right the first time ,"at least...
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    lay offs and slow work

    I dont know sharky must be just we dont know how,you need to come down start your own site work crew 24 7 all winter long everyone else stops in winter and heavy rain you would be a billionare. srry let me exsplain it better it cost more to work in the rain everone bids for dry weather the...
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    Deconstructing my mistakes. How should Joe Blow hire excavating/hauling/dozer work?

    whats confusing? how to type, talk ,walk:beatsme Whats your problem?
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    Deconstructing my mistakes. How should Joe Blow hire excavating/hauling/dozer work?

    hey blow joe the other side of it blah blah blah honest abes escavating cause i went into business to make a paycheck? or did i get in to kill it whenever possible?union = paycheck maybe 200,000 house umm diesel truck ,iam on top of the world ma or maybe make 700 to 5000 or more a day bangin...
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    lay offs and slow work

    cant work in the rain here if your just trashing a mountain or somthing it probally dosnt matter but if you have jobs with concrete, slopes with public roads or ditches for pipe on the side of em working in consistent rain is a waste of money, not only will you not make any but youll end up...
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    qballs wheel of jobs

    ahh crapola another thread on the unions iam a firm believer in breakfast ummm pancakes btw what do you pay a top employee in dakota and feel free you to offset it with the price of a house such as 50 hr = middle class shanty 300000 to 500000
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    For all the New York City guys

    lol unions will organize to hurt people or things in new york Ive seen some nasty poopy when the unions first started losing there power in upstate. Iam sure theres upstanding union members around the country and a few nice ones here to ,but dont for a minute think they wont resort to violence...
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    4x4 Options????

    cement trucks i drove ready mix a few years all wheel drive in sand was critical and if your going to bother 50 percent of the time you need wheel speed along with the all wheel drive 20 mph in slop sucks . We had a low gear and 3 air lockers and used them often because the grade contractor...
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    qballs wheel of jobs

    lol i hate osha, ce u next tuesdays
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