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245dlc

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How do you like the Bobcat 'E' series machines like the E55? Are they holding up better than the older generation machines? Some nice pictures with the mountains in the background.
 

SVTSHELBYGT500

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Colorado Digger . Love seeing trench boxes , end plates etc. but everyone goes home to there familys at the end of the day ! And the safety green and hardhats ! We cant do it without employees and good ones are hard to find ! You show you care . we get thanked some times for providing a safe work place . keep the pics. coming !
 

Colorado Digger

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Thanks, We try...sometimes it's not perfect. Not bragging but one workers comp claim in 18 years isn't that shabby. Here are a few more of some deep sewer work. We have two more of these to do so it's going to be fun. The E series are nice machines, I have a t870 ordered and am a bit worried based on other members reviews, we will see

Regards, CD


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Colorado Digger

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Here are the last few including the E series bobcats. this material on the sewer service is the definition of PITRUN, for anyone that was wondering.

Regards, CD


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CM1995

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this material on the sewer service is the definition of PITRUN, for anyone that was wondering.

That looks like #57 around here, crushed limestone. I am assuming that is just a screened product?

Looks good CD. Nice looking topsoil you're stripping, is their any layer of dirt between the topsoil and the "cobble" for lack of a better word? The material/dirt looks so strange to me as we have nothing like that in the ground in my area.

Currently clearing and grubbing 2 acres for a muni water authority maintenance building. Nice brown topsoil, light brown silty-clay layer underneath 3-6" and then yellow/orange clay and then red sandstone - it's quite colorful.:D

We have encountered grey sandstone at 5', very hard to dig.
 

Colorado Digger

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CM- It all depends in the area where we are working. We dug some profile holes to get an idea of the material on the next two houses, It looks better. The oversize kills us 8"-2', We have a free dump spot down in Carbondale so it will help on these three.

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I don't have all that much energy to post pictures today, but here are a few.

Regards, CD
 

Colorado Digger

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To be clear; the guy that got killed was a meth

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head awaiting a trial for attempted murder. Thank God we don't have to pay his incarceration.

Anyhow, my new Bobcat t770 finally showed up and We will take delivery next week. I also took a brand new Kawasaki z70 wheel loader on an R/P but it is a dog and we're sending it back after the first week is done. I also finally got a Link Belt 160 x3. I can't tell you how much we like this tractor. Sips a half a tank in 10 hours of digging.

Enjoy! I'm loving Colorado at the moment, CD
 

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whats wrong with the 70Z I demoed a 90Z-7 it had no pushing power as soon as the computer sensed wheel slip it would fall on its face and stall out had mech's out for 2 days and went to factory ran 92Z-7 it done the same thing they said thats the way it was programmed did not want to fix the problem try to tell me I needed a bigger machine
 

Colorado Digger

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I dunno, But as soon as we have time it is going to the dealer. Real nice machine and well built but no sack. I am going to look at a Deere 544, Komatsu 320 and a Case 721/821. I would like to have a look at a Volvo as well but they may be a bit expensive. I am open to any and all ideas regarding 3-3.5 c/yd loaders.
 

JGibson

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I love the kawasaki loaders, but another very good brand is doosan. Their Dl300 is an awesome loader.
 
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