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Recent content by briscoetab

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    Estimating sucks! What am I doing wrong????

    We are not really in the same field, I work in the oil field pipeline industry, but I think we can relate. Our company works in the West Texas area and let me tell you it is getting extremely cut throat here. We have bid on several jobs lately and haven't been awarded any of the jobs. We have...
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    How to dig straight trench with excavator?

    Well thanks for the comments everyone. Guess I'll just have to work at it some more since I've been doing most of what y'all said.
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    shop lights

    Jbgash, I agree with you we just upgraded to T5's about 6 months ago and what a difference it made. We are the same, don't have to hardly ever have to use drop light. T5 fixtures are the way to go. When we bought all of our lamps I was kind of nervous because I didn't know how much of a...
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    How to dig straight trench with excavator?

    When I was saying lining up on our pipeline stakes I meant what y'all are saying about turning 180 degrees and picking a target. This does work pretty well but usually after a quarter mile or so it seems to be off a little and you have to start moving the trench over a little. Another problem...
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    How to dig straight trench with excavator?

    Just wondering what y'all's method is for digging straight trench with an excavator is. Typically we use trenchers for digging our trenches but occasionally we use an excavator. I can run excavator pretty well (in my opinion) but never can keep ditch straight as I would like. I've tried a...
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    Future of workplace safety

    I agree competent workers are helpful but I don't think that is going to help as far as rules are concerned. I think the rules and regulations are here to stay and are only going to get worst. That was the point I was making earlier, the rules and regulations are not to offset incompetent...
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    Future of workplace safety

    Ohhh do not get me started on this subject. I get so tired of this safety stuff. Now I am not stupid and I know there is a reason for safety but it is getting extremely ridiculous. It’s almost impossible for small companies to afford all the different safety training and safety devices you...
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    a/c diagnosing and repair

    Well, I appreciate your advice and tips, maybe I can get going on doing our own a/c work. Wish I had already bought the tools to work on them, it's getting pretty hot here now and 2 or 3 of our pieces of equipement need some a/c work.
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    a/c diagnosing and repair

    We have around 30 vehicles and pieces of equipment at our company. I pretty much can work on anything except for a/c repair. I have no experience with a/c repair and know little to nothing about it. I have a basic understanding of the main components in the a/c system but that is about it...
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    Had to share this with everyone

    Got a call Wednesday from the owner of our company saying that there was water of something in the power steering fluid reservoir on his king ranch welding truck. They were working about hour and a half away, I was thinking there is no way water got into the power steering system but I didn't...
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    Fleet management software

    crazy-mp, many of the fleet management software's have trial periods. I would download a couple you think meet your requirement and try them out. I downloaded a couple and looked at several and the one I went with was tatems. This program has pretty much everything you need if you stay on top...
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    Genie S60 manlift refubishing

    We have a genie S60 manlift that we are planning on doing some refurbishing work on. It’s in pretty good shape for the most part but the wiring harness is completely shot on it. We plan on completely replacing all the wiring, including any relays, switches or similar. Also, I plan on...
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    Making contacts for right of way & industrial work?

    It is called ISN Networld, many of the larger oil companies around here use it.
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    vacuworx? any one know about these

    Pipelinemech, thats awesome and what I want to hear. I don't think we will me messing with anything that big ever but it's good to know. We don't really have the equipement to handle anything over about 20" diameter pipe depending on the wall thickness. I'll probably be the operator if we get...
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    Making contacts for right of way & industrial work?

    I probably shouldn't be replying to this because I do not really handle any of this with my company, so you can probably take what I say with a grain of salt. I think we are part of a network called ISN, I believe? This tracks all of our credentials like our insurance policy, certifications...
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