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  1. IHI

    New guy with some questions for ya

    Hey fellas, buying a skidder has been on my wish list for awhile, on one hand because we rent them sparatically throughout the year, usually borrow them in the winter to load salt or sand salt into our spreaders for snow biz. Right now i'm a small general contractor mainly servicing residential...
  2. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    Last year my main rental place actually got a Toro tracked mini, and he says I'm his best customer for renting it LOL!! We used it ALOT last year, our soil conditions here vary but are forgiving compared to many other soils outside the midwest...mainly black dirt/sandy conditions/clay...not too...
  3. IHI

    Getting Into Heavy Construction

    I'd definately check back once a month, even though you might not have their exact experience requirements, you have run machinery so you have a clue obviously and that goes a long ways in having a really fast learning curve. and not to sound too condesending, but running a loader is not a...
  4. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    That's more along the lines of what I'd expect with machinery write ups. Personally I like pictures, and the reffering back to the track conversion article (even though I dont know the circumstances on site) it woudl've been cool to see the muddy hill and how well the tired version crawled up...
  5. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    Steve is right on, I often skim through these trade magazines laying around here or there and have never once thought, hmm I should subscribe to this one..nothing really there of any substanence. It would definately take some investigation on the publications part to see how the other magazines...
  6. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    Lerry, Kudos on the article and I understand what your saying-truely. It's just for me a mini skid will be in the near future and like you said having zero experience on or around them I was hoping for an evaluation of the machines you tested to make a better purchase descion in the future...
  7. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    LOL, glad I was'nt the only one looking for pages 2,3,4,5 etc...:laugh
  8. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    That was a great article, but going in I kinda of expected a "consumer reports" type format with table for each "test" and showing how each machine performed each task, and more importantly how the guys rated each machine with personal opinons/insight on actualy machine operations, ease of use...
  9. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    Schweet:thumbsup Just waiting for biz to pick up and waiting to hear from local Bobcat dealer, sent him all my options and have'nt heard back yet.:mad: I may be taking my business out of town to the next dealer if this is all the customer service I can expect.
  10. IHI

    Getting Into Heavy Construction

    I dont have nearly the experince these guys do on the big stuff, but years ago I ran a trucking repair shop that relocated and left me unemployeed since wife and I did'nt want to go with it. I made a concious decsion I wanted to learn to run the big toys and started applying at larger...
  11. IHI

    experiences with bobcat 463?

    We're lucky here as the worst we get is clay and that's very dependant on where we're working, but mostly it's just black dirt and sandy soil so power wise it wont take too much.
  12. IHI

    experiences with bobcat 463?

    Ford LT: A mini excavator would be cool if I did more trench footings or egress windows, but I dont do enough of them to warrant the expense of that type of machine since it could not be fully utilized with what I doing with my business now as I sub out those aspects the few times we need it. I...
  13. IHI

    experiences with bobcat 463?

    Am looking for mini skidder to mainly bore holes for decks/porches, etc...and was thinking stand on type, but after some reading it souds like the 43 may be better suited and would work well for winter time clean up as well. Do they take all the attachments their big brothers run? How much...
  14. IHI

    How well do these dig holes-footings/post holes etc..

    I am seriously considering getting a mini to start doing all my post hole/footing digs for decks/porches, etc...these 1 and 2 man gas powered diggers are still hard on a guys back and roots kick your azz. I rented a tow behind auger/post hole digger and that in itself was a farse too...
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