Thanks. I can always hire it moved, I suppose. I’m not even sure this is what I want to use for the job anyway. It’s only 50,000 yards or so, but the borrow area is on old farm field of gumbo type clay and it will be wet for a couple more months at least, but I need to start sooner than that. The dump area is a large area of 4:1 slope that needs this 50,000 yards put on it so grass will grow.
My good operator with 40+ years of road building experience says he thinks the dual engine 627s will work whereas the dirt pan rigs will just be stuck trying to work in that field. Alternatively, we could load small -25 or 30 ton- artic trucks with a 350 class excavator and use a dozer to spread the material on the slope. I’m not sure which would be better, although I can put together 3 artics, 2 excavators, and a spreading dozer immediately. The 627s I would have to hunt for a sub, or rent a couple for pretty high rental rate, or buy a couple of older ones. Not attractive options for the 627s, I’ll admit. But neither is the prospect of liquidated damages if we don’t get going soon. 3/4 mile haul distance.