CM1995
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- Running what I brung and taking what I win
You want a valid reason why in my opinion companies are buying Chinese excavators that have marginal support at best is because its 30 to 40 percent cheaper over name brand and they cant get people to run them that care or the owner doesnt care so they never have resale value much above scrap anyway
There is a demo company here runs only komatsu I would buy anything he wants to get rid of with 8 and 10000 hours on it there is a grading and underground contractor with nothing but lease deere equipment nothing over 4000 hours looks like it has 20000 hours and the repair Bill's paid to turn in a lease machine are ridiculous
If you have minimum standards you get minimum operators cm has high standards I have high standards most on this forum have high standards so we get more out of guys or they go down the road if they even start
The striking thing is when you figure out what it costs to employ to tier talent and its productivity verse no to low talent and the down time and repair cost and machine depreciation from abuse and less productivity it's a no brainers to run nice equipment and pay for top tier help
AZ I guess this philosophy has worked for this demo contractor somewhat with equipment although he does have some name brand iron.
We've had 4 of their "operators" including a foreman ask if we were hiring...that's says a lot about the demo company.
All the time your guys took to keep the clean out in good shape and it looks like it’s getting replaced
Yeah JMAC the CO is getting replaced. The wall to the left of the CO comes out and in the same area a new set of escalators will be installed. Basically the area we have cut down and hauled off is the new main entrance for the arena. There will be a 3 story wall of glass and steel. People will enter the arena through a landscaped plaza through the glass curtain wall and take escalators or stairs up to the main concourse.
Here's a pic of the inside where the said demo company is shoring up the pre-cast in order to cut and remove this area. This will be a 3 story club level with suites, lounge, etc.
The sunlight on the right is where the exit doors used to be.
What I have experienced is once you let the equipment get beat it becomes more like junk and gets beat on even more. Dump trucks are the worst, I bitch everyday about what drivers do to them, garbage they leave in the cab, it’s a matter of respect in my opinion and some guys do not care, you don’t find out for a while either. Some scratches are going to happen or it came that way, very rarely do I buy something brand new but I have and that is even more depressing. The pay doesn’t necessarily mean good help, sometimes higher paid guys are just as bad.
Jmac that's why I repair and replace items on our iron when it breaks or wears out. Glass gets replaced, A/C gets fixed immediately, etc, etc. Couldn't agree more that equipment that is not in tip top shape regardless of age will go down quickly. Our equipment puts food on our tables and I remind that to my guys on a regular basis. Just like in the old days - you take care of a good mule.