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Recent content by dd13

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    Why don’t Americans GET high reach excavators…?

    demolition is easy to get into? not from what I've heard
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    Blasting bedrock for a driveway

    get in touch with nuccio hes a blasting expert I think
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    Lowboy Re Deck

    how much did labor cost you
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    Hey thanks alot cm1995, actually to tell you the truth I have read 8 books on construction anything from residential to commercial and I'm currently working construction with my dad so I've learned quite a bit since I started when I was 14. When I was 12 I used to sneak inside construction sites...
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    The right size excavator for vinyl liner pool removal.

    It's funny I just mentioned to cm1995 that you have to start out somewhere, I'm 15 and hope to be able to learn on my grandfathers pool he wants demolished. Look up stan genadek on youtube he had never operated an excavator when dug his first basement
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    The right size excavator for vinyl liner pool removal.

    there's always the first time, If you never try you never learn. Even the best operators started out at some point in there life:Banghead
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    I'm going to be starting with residential and than slowly moving up to commercial and than industrial
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    what type of truck is that, I'm assuming its a tandem with a pusher
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    New member

    I think the video was cool, I just wonder how many young people are interest in this kind of work, it seems like very few are. Mike rowe talks about the skills gap for the construction trades, he's got a point I think young people are steered away from these kinds of jobs. It seems like the...
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    New member

    the average age for a civil contractor is probably 55
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    100-200 miles max for demo jobs, but I might also offer hauling service in my business
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    forgive my confusion with walking floor trailers I just read the wiki page here it is. A Moving floor is a hydraulically-driven moving-floor conveyance system for moving material or palletized product, which can be used in a warehouse, loading dock or semi-trailer. It automates and facilitates...
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    Roll off container vs end dump trailer

    the roll off is nice becuase you can drop off a couple of containers for sorting materials on the site
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    How did you get your start as an operator?

    hey me to, All these guys are lucky to have grown up around equipment, I'm 15 and I'm saving up to buy an excavator
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    Does anyone have experience with Truck Loan Center?

    I just looked them up they seem pretty professional, they have a nice website but no reviews so I couldn't tell whether there honest or not. One thing you might consider is when you go to craigslist and look at used truck sometimes you see ads from small loan companies. You might want to try...
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