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    My first stop by the DOT...

    Haven't posted much lately since not much has been happening...until last week. I guess I'm now in the club...I had my first stop by the DOT :eek:. I was moving my skidsteer to a job on Friday evening (Bobcat S175 on a 9999 GVW trailer being pulled by a Chevy 1-ton) so I could start...
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    Off-road vs. on-road fuel

    Somebody once told me there's no sunch thing as a dumb question, so here goes... I have been running "off-road" fuel in my 2006 Bobcat S175 since I got it. This weekend when I went to pick up some fuel, there's now a big sign on the pump that says something like "High Sulfer - home heating...
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    Pats for mid-80s Chevy C70?

    Anybody know of a source for aftermarket body panels for mid-80s chevy C70s? Friend of mine has one that needs new cab corners and front fenders. Could probably find something used, but just wondering if anybody still makes OEM panels? Thanks... Joe
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    How far will you go?

    How far are you guys willing to drag your equipment to do work? I'm particularly interested in hearing about the smaller 1-2 day jobs. It's much easier to justify a long move if you're going to be on-site for a while, but most of the stuff I do is on a small scale. As much as I'd like to...
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    Following up?

    Here's the situation: I have been doing the excavation work for one of the local remodelling contractors for about the last year and a half. Mostly digging footings and crawl-spaces for house additions. Haven't gotten a call from him since late last summer. Followed-up with him in April...
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    A different kind of rental question

    I have a friend who is starting up a new manufacturing business, and he has a need for a skidsteer to handle some material (sand and gravel). He's asked me if I'm interested in selling mine (which I'm not), but I started wondering about renting or leasing it to him temporarily. My...
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    Auger advice

    Well, tomorrow I'm hooking an auger attachment to the skidsteer for the first time. Have to put in 20 12" diameter holes, 40" deep. Any tricks of the trade I should be aware of? :beatsme Joe
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    CAD software

    Putting a new deck on the house, and I need to submit some drawings for the permit. Does anybody have a good basic CAD or drafting software package they could recommend that isn't going to cost me an arm and a leg? It would be a bonus if it could also be used for stuff like retaining walls...
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    Profit margin

    Is there a particular profit margin you're shooting for when you submit your bids, and if so, what is it if you wouldn't mind sharing? I'm taking about profit to the business, after all your job-related expenses (including YOUR wages) have been paid. I realize that the specifics of a given...
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    Railroad equipment moves

    Lots of pictures of equipment being moved on railroad flat cars. http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/srchThumbs.aspx?srch=httx&search=Search I'm surprised at the amout of stuff still being moved on the rails, as we don't usually see stuff like that here in Western PA, but I have seen...
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    Motar recipie

    Any brick or block layers around here? I need to submit a bid for putting a foundation under a double-wide mobile home. The owner is going to relocate it on his property, and wants a foundation under it. I'll be subbing out the block laying, but most of the block guys around here just...
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    Tax time

    Well, it's that time of year... For any of you guys who run your own business, do you do your own taxes, or have a CPA do them? Up to now, my stuff has been pretty straightforward, so I've just done them myself. However, now that I own some equipment things are a little more complicated...
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    Landslide

    What happens when you try and build a Wal-Mart supercenter into the side of a small mountain: http://www.wpxi.com/news/9890742/detail.html Make sure to check of the "Photos from the scene" link. That's a lot of dirt...I wonder if they'd hire me to bring down my little S175 and 1-ton to...
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    Tomorrow's the big day...

    ...my class A CDL test is scheduled for 10:15 tomorrow morning. So if you're in Bulter, PA around 10:30 tomorrow morning, an you see an '85 Kenworth pulling a flatbed, get the heck out of the way...:eek: Wish me luck! Joe blah, blah, blah...secure, no visible damage, no missing...
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    Concrete patio demo

    What's the best way to demo a 15'x15' concrete patio? I was going to use a cut-off saw to cut it into pieces, then pick them up with forks and into the truck. Somebody suggested to me to use an electric jackhammer instead of the cut-off saw. Either way, I have to make a trip to the...
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    Trailer paint

    Well, I had new fenders put on my trailer. They painted the fenders, and now it makes the rest of the trailer look pretty shabby. I want to give it a quick wire-brush, and shoot a coat of paint on it. I thought about going for a full-blown sandblast and repaint, but I'm saving that for when I...
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    Tragic accident

    IMHO...this should be required reading for everybody on this site. http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/06105/682463-85.stm Sad when something like this happens, no matter what time of year, but especially around the holidays. There's a lesson that each of us can take away from this. Take...
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    Skid-steer shopping

    Went to the local Bobcat "open house" this week to do a little skidsteer shopping. I've pretty much decided that I don't want to go through another season of renting skidsteers. Most of my work centers around an excavator (sewer lines, house addition foundations, and retaining walls). The...
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    No GVWR rating?

    I went to look at a used truck this evening. The truck was a 1979 International S1700 single-axle dump, in very good shape. The owner claimed that it was a 26000 GVWR truck, but much to my surprise, when I opened the door to check the VIN plate, there was no weight rating stamped into it...
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    Bobcat compact TLBs

    Anybody have any experience with the Bobcat compact TLBs: http://www.bobcat.com/products/lbh/index.html I have a job coming up (sewer line) with about 50' of trenching, and a bunch of load-and-carry. Thinking about renting one of these as opposed to the mini-ex/skidsteer combo. Nobody...
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