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    Helical Pilings

    they ship all over & they also have a great engineer on staff. Great guys. Tell him Dan Powell sent you.
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    Helical Pilings

    Empire piers out of Missouri, great honest people, Office: 1.636.922.4747 or http://www.empirepiers.com/ ask for Mike Vance
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    Spec book vs Plans

    Here in Michigan it is what has the engineers stamp on it. Dan
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    Interesting Demolition Jobs

    I am starting with 3 houses, all three are 2 story houses in Delray, then moving onto 28 more. I am using a Linkbelt 2800Q with a Labounty grapple. I would say the houses are from the 1940's. I haven't been in the houses but a bud that is a state cop of mine got a call last week that the natives...
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    deep sewer installation

    I did 4 miles of that, went through limestone, sand, clay and and a lot of water, dug with a pc1000, D8H, 988, D6H and a couple artic trucks and a crew of 8. digger
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    deep sewer installation

    run away, because you are asking us to many loaded questions. Digger
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    Link Belt 2650

    Nope had a Cat 3406. We don't have a Linkbelt dealer in Michigan, lol. I have more Cat hats than dirty underwear. I even have Powell Cat shirts and hats, which is my last name. When ever I even think I am going to see the Case manager of Michigan I wear my shirt and Cat Carhart coat. I do own a...
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    Interesting Demolition Jobs

    Turbo, just picked a pond job. Have to track it to the neighbors yard, 1/2 mile from home. Then heading to Detroit for urban renewal. Dan
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    Link Belt 2650

    Mudman, my 2800Q has 9200 hours on it original motor it does not burn or drop any oil or antl freeze. I use it full time and I have no issues with it and will buy another one. Had a LS5000 that was a 1978 I think, it was the last one made, it got sent to the scrap yard,the transmission went out...
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    First generation hydraulic excavators?

    Northwest, American, Insley, Bantam. The tall sticks came from the cable machines including the left hand swing control, you pushed foward to go left and pulled back to swing right or stop you from swinging, remember they were clutch swing, the other hand was boom up and down and the feet...
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    Trench box for small residential work.

    Call Protech in Taylor, Michigan they have some small boxes in the rental fleet they are looking to sell. The last small box I rented showed up in a pick up, it was alum. We were in downtown Detroit, I put it together put in the hole and buried it so no one would steal it over night, dug out the...
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    new website

    need your .02 cents take a look www.powellce.com let me know what you think. Thanks, Dan
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    Digging in Clay

    Change the angle of your bucket/ teeth when you are loading to break the clay up, don't take a slice out. dan
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    Advice for new Sewer/Water loader

    Try something else than a Cat , Turbo is right the Volvo is a good machine. I hated Case dozers until I rented one this past summer. what a great machine it was a 650. Try a loader the old one the W series was bad but the new ones I heard weren't. The fuel consumption is a major factor now. Cats...
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    my new koehring.

    Hey qball thanks for the book at hcea. The 6644 was the last Koehring, I ran in 1992, I was setting 78" pipe with it. Load and strong. dan
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