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  1. Aliate

    Story of my business, starting from the trunk of my car

    So Ive always been a member of this forum and lurk around from time to time. A lot of people on here might want to start a business, especially in excavation but they might believe that the barrier to entry ($$$) is too high. Ive been meaning to share my story but Ive wanted to wait until I hit...
  2. Aliate

    Hoe pac vs trench roller

    Would a trench roller hit harder than a 13t with a hoe pac? I know CM could weigh in here.... Which does everyone prefer for trench and foundation backfill?
  3. Aliate

    Deere 35D Random Stalling, Fuel related?

    Hey everyone, I recently purchased a Deere 35D, it runs great with the exception of this random stalling issue. When working with the machine it will randomly die out. Sometimes it fires right back up and runs fine the rest of the day, other times it will be dead for a solid 15 minutes. Ive...
  4. Aliate

    Any tips for digging across utilties in ROW?

    Lately Ive been getting work digging in the ROW and I had a pretty big one for me which I finished up today but it was pretty stressful digging across primary power and gas. Im only going about 24" deep for telecom but we found the gas @ 12"... I know there are lots of people here who do...
  5. Aliate

    Best 60lb jackhammer?

    Not exactly heavy equipment but which 60lb hammers have you had good experiences with? Ive always used sullair.
  6. Aliate

    what would it take to demo these foundations...

    I was asked to bid on this and it would be my first foundation demo so I was curious what it would take to get these things gone. There are 12 of them and I was just going to over estimate and figure 1 container per unit. I thought I might be able to just get under them with a 160 sized machine...
  7. Aliate

    good place to find used trucks?

    Hey trying to find a 450/550 tool truck with an underdeck compressor and was looking to see if anyone knew anywhere to look besides truck paper....
  8. Aliate

    Bidding a stump removal

    Hi everyone, I had some questions on stump removal... can someone school me on identifying types of trees and their difficulty to remove? I would be renting a machine and hiring a truck to remove this stump. And also what type of percentage do you usually put on top of what it...
  9. Aliate

    Biggest mini you can pull with f450/550?

    Hey all. I was curious if an f450/550 tool truck could legally tow a 50 sized mini in a dump trailer, that's including tools, transfer tank, extra bucket etc. I have a class a cdl and experience moving large equipment. I'd like a 50 over a 35 because I plan on doing utilities with it and the...
  10. Aliate

    Anyone from washington?

    I recently moved here from NY and Im just trying to get an idea of what the market for asphalt paving is over here as compared to the east coast....I notice everyone has concrete driveways here. In short Im considering starting a business in a few years. Thanks everyone!
  11. Aliate

    Cat 955L?

    Hey guys Im trying to sell a 955 for a friend but Im not sure if its a K or an L...he says he thinks its a K but it has the L decals. He said the prev owner probably put on the wrong decals. Also when I look at 955K's, it looks nothing like them, it looks identical to a lot of 955L's though with...
  12. Aliate

    Anyone know anything about Marmon trucks?

    Hey guys Ive been driving a Marmon tandem axle dump truck for a while and Ive slowly been finding out more and more about it. I looked up a lot of pictures online and I find that theres something different about mine, it has a chrome plaque on both sides of the hoods, running just about the...
  13. Aliate

    big excavators in the street? pictures?

    Whats the biggest excavator youve ever seen in the street? I love seeing big equipment working on the asphalt, best Ive seen is a PC 400. Heres a random picture I found of a 385...
  14. Aliate

    Got my first real project to bid!

    I guess some of you might remember all of my threads about the stuff Ive been going through, well Ive been hounding this guy at a local mall, it is the 4th or 5th largest in the country, just about doing pot hole work and random odds and ends. Well today I got 2 emails that were bid proposals on...
  15. Aliate

    Pricing out a large driveway, need some advice....

    I just got back from a potential customers house that is really interested in removing/replacing his driveway. The driveway is 608', not including the parking area which is about 45'x24'. I figured up at 4 inches thick, the driveway will require 209 tons. I told the customer that Im going to be...
  16. Aliate

    Any tips for someone new to the paving business?

    Ive been doing a lot of trenching work, and Im thinking about moving into the residential/commercial paving/excavation business. What I know about asphalt is only what Ive done with paving my trenches in streets. I dont have any experience with pavers, doing driveways etc. It seems pretty easy...
  17. Aliate

    So I lost my ass for the first time on a job...

    So I posted another thread about 2 weeks ago about being anxious before a job, I got a call to do 800ft of trench in downtown jersey city and set 2 small manholes. I thought it would be money in the bank as I was going to show up with another crew, all together we had 12 laborers, 2 air...
  18. Aliate

    Does the anxiety of the night before a new job ever go away?

    I know it sounds small but im digging an 800ft trench on tuesday, just for some conduit about 3 feet deep. I feel like a nervous wreck right now Im not sure why, it just feel like theres a lot riding on it financially. Does the anxiety ever go away? I guess its mostly about funding the job.
  19. Aliate

    Cat/Deere/Volvo/Case price rankings?

    I know cat is the most expensive and case is probably the least expensive, how do the others range? Say in terms of excavators...
  20. Aliate

    First machine purchase for small business?

    I started a business about 2 years ago, I own a 6 wheel dump truck and 6 wheel utility truck, both 33,000lb. Ive mainly been doing utility trenching, but my long term goal is general contracting. I want to buy a backhoe but would a small excavator be a better choice? Im going to be doing more...
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