some link belt action

[Colorado Digger]

a few fotos

here 850h is opening up a job so we can get in and get back to work. we will be hauling snow off the job this coming week. then a 210 in my dirt yard loading sand for a leach field. then my x2 digging up a leaky pond penetration done by others.
regards, cd:usa:usa

 

[nedly05]

Is the snow at a much higher elevation? Quite a change from where you've been working!

 

[Colorado Digger]

the snow

yeah. quite a change, drive 20 mins and there is 3-4' of snow. typical colorado

 

[tootalltimmy]

Like my area. 45 minutes from town, the ski hill has 9.5 foot snow base. Down in the valley I saw someone mowing their lawn. Spring is coming!

 

[Dozerboy]

Where are the pics at CD? I want to see what'ch ya been up to?

 

[dirty4fun]

I think he is probably saving up to make us jealous of the beautiful country where he gets paid to work.

 

[EGS]

I wish I could see some Link-Belt's in action!

 

[Colorado Digger]

ok guys, i know i have been slacking. i have fotos for you guy's and will load them tonight. i hve been going through last years numbers and financials trying to figure out how to squeek a few more percentage points out of my profit. the bottom line is analyzing overhead.. in this market no payments is the only way to go. i may end up slimming done by one hoe. insurance and comp is also a large cost as well as payroll tax, withholding and unemployment.
the market will not bare any higher costs so we have to figure out where to make up for it. sometimes i wonder if working for someone else would be easier. i love my freedom and my job and my employees. i don't know what will happen. alot of guys are out of work and we have been working for cheap. is it worth it working for cheap and having to deal with all of these problems? i don't know... we are busy running almost everything we have but these costs are killing us. with commodoties going up and construction prices going down we are in for a long ride fellas.
regards, cd:usa:usa

 

[dirty4fun]

I hope when the weather turns warmer everything picks up for you and others, also.

The house I finished tearing down made a lot of people happy, because it looked so bad and was along the highway. It looks like I may have gotten one ot two jobs tearing down other houses. Being a one man show most of the time makes it much easier to keep busy, right now I have over three months of work. Nice to be to the point I can pick and choose, some of the jobs.

 

[Colorado Digger]

the fotos!!

so here are a few fotos. some demo action for DB and Dirty. we demoed an old cabin and i lost a 20 dollar bet to the roll off drivers. i thought it would fit in 2 40's but it took 3. we had 3 in the bid so no worries. a little burning action and some other stuff.
regards. cd:usa:usa

 

[Dozerboy]

Nice, so is it a bit more work to demo a log cabin or do they come apart ok?

 

[dirty4fun]

Bet you made short work of that, with two machines. So the logs bulked up a little to much to get it into two cans. I have found it a little less messy by pulingl the window sash before I start. I hate trying to clean up a lot of little pieces of glass. It is getting tougher to burn much around here. I am going to try and burn the next house, hope no one complains. I have the hole dug already so the fire is out of sight most of the time. Sure could use the blue skies, been raining most of the day and more coming all next week, they are saying.

Thanks for sharing I always enjoy your pictures.

 

[nedly05]

Cool, never demoed a cabin before, did you have to cut the logs down or were you able to breakthem ip enough to go in
thecans?

 

[225spinace]

Hey CD, love the 225, hence the name :notworthy ...and all of the other link-belts you are running. Any new pictures? You havn't posted in a while, must be busy now that things have dried up. I love seeing what you are up to and following along with the photos. Keep em coming!

 

[Colorado Digger]

no link belt action

hello everyone!!! yeah i am still alive. we have been real busy trying to finish a large job. the owner keeps adding more and more and we keep getting further behind. no houses or basements at the moment but i have plenty of work..
i have two new contracts for new work, nothing major. demo and sitework. both on condo associations. then we are waiting on a few houses. some of my buddies have gotten real busy up in aspen but i think the work is still going fairly cheap and all of us would like to get our prices up.
regards, cd:usa:usa:usa

 

[EGS]

Come on Colorado take some time off from making money and get us some pics. :guns

 

[Colorado Digger]

ok..mostly bobcat action

here are some fotos, probably not in order. we have been building a pump house and finish a 70 acre irrigation system. most of the digging is done on the upper portion of this job. we paved the road and have finished the overlot grading. now we have the sprinklers dialed in along the road. they are a hunter i 60 that shoots about 65 feet.we are pushing upwards of 160 gallons a minute. the rest of the ranch is on nelson 100 series big guns.
i have another crew doing an interior demo at the mid mountain restaurant at aspen highlands. lot's of mini work at the moment which is fine. if i can hit my budgets for revenue using less fuel i am all over it. then we have two other jobs starting that are mostly demo and remodel.
regards. cd:usa:usa
ps. it may take me a little while to organize things better

 

[dirty4fun]

C D once again you show us some awesome country with more jobs, that you are doing. Thanks for sharing, you do have a great spot to be working.

 

[nedly05]

Thanks for posting CD, I was starting to worry about you!

 

[Colorado Digger]

more pics

i have been way busy, also caught up in contract arguing. cannot believe what a pain in the a.. it is to do business these days. 5 years additional insured after we finish the job on a 16k contract. pleeese. some of my clients can be real tough. i have some retention out from last year as well.
anyway, glad to be back posting some pics. i was hauling concrete all day off of a demo. another crew is hydroseeding and another crew doing some irrigation and finish overlot prep.
regards, cd:usa:usa:usa