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  1. reddot556

    work pics????

    i'm retired now and really don't miss getting up early and driving a long distance to work but i do enjoy coming here to look at work pics relating to excavator work..it seems this forum is for the nuts and bolts side of excavators and not the true artistry of what can be done with these...
  2. reddot556

    water line ditch

    various piping and trenches for a new water treatment plant we did in Stockton,Ca..All trenching done with JD 750's and 450's and 350's
  3. reddot556

    California vs Washington state

    Hey guys, Retired up here from California after 35yrs as a operating engineer..I've noticed some differences in how they do the underground here in Wa. Went to a subdivision close to where i'm staying and i was kinda perplexed.Many excavators of all sizes on the job..2 loaders,one small...
  4. reddot556

    I'm Done!!!

    After 35 yrs...I retired today!! Things i won't miss Alarm clock going off WAY to early Psycho's on the highway 5 10's & a 8 digging into the sun unmarked utilities marked utilities (whoops) truck drivers (except Sara and Kirsten!!) double cutting ditches ****** right of ways soils...
  5. reddot556

    Subdivision work again!!!

    Been years since i dug a subdivision!!! The JD350 handeled it well..Puttin in some watermain in the pic
  6. reddot556

    Damn!!!

    Ever have one of those days?.....
  7. reddot556

    new job

    putting in a new sewer treatment plant so we have to run this 36" line to the pump station..but first we had to dig up this 20" fused force main...and move it over a few feet..we'll be using the John Derre 450lc for digging..it will be 20' deep once i get out of this old pond that i dug through...
  8. reddot556

    new sewer pump station

    will be adding pictures as we progress..there will also be 1500' of 36" sewer pipe added these pics show the first day and a half of my digging with a Derre 450 with a big ol' bucket..i'm down 17' and hit ground water, engineers are figuring out a dewatering plan..:) more money for the company:D
  9. reddot556

    new project

    new prison hospital being built in stockton,ca..the company i work for got some of the peliminary pipe to go in..this is a 10" sewer main we are working on..between 10-13' deep. i have a engineered drawing for 3/4 to 1 slopes with a 4' vertical but because of a little sandier type ground at...
  10. reddot556

    this will keep the welder busy

    still digging the welded steel pipe..first shot is a pic of the 45 degree bends in the ditch..second shot is laying some of it..the 45's are in the distance...2 750 john deere's
  11. reddot556

    tunneling a 6" hydrant run

    JimBruce42 asked how i go about tunneling utilities in my way..a good question as there are lots of different ways..i answered in another post but this one comes with pics!! First i position my machine so the buried utility is at the front of the set..then i dig straight down and my...
  12. reddot556

    welded steel pipe

    digging a whole bunch of this in stockton...john derre 750 to dig and lay with..many,many bell holes to dig
  13. reddot556

    hey guys

    lets start seeing some pics of the beautiful work you do with your excavators..just take some cell phone pics
  14. reddot556

    My least favorite job

    i soooo hate loading trucks..got to do it with a kobelco 480..never ran one before but i was impressed..very smooth with good power..have to say tho..the cab sucks..ac isnt very good and could not adjuct the seat to my liking..also..25 trucks..all indian drivers..not a one very sharp..there were...
  15. reddot556

    saturday with ol' squeaky

    as some of you know..i started with a different company last year..Teichert const. is out and Preston Pipelines is in. For the most part they are pretty good..They favor John Deere excavators as opposed to Komatsu's, which Teichert ran..I had been running one of their newer John Deere 450's but...
  16. reddot556

    ditch using JD 450

    down in fresno with Preston Pipelines using the Deere 450...been a Komatsu man for most of the last 12 yrs..In my opinion, the cab and air conditioning are better in the Deere, smoothness and speed are better in the Komatsu..Don't critique the trench to much, i'm used to using slope buckets that...
  17. reddot556

    ooopppss

    not me
  18. reddot556

    john deere 450

    first time on one of these, my old company only used komatsu's..these deere's have a nice cab!!
  19. reddot556

    sewer line relacement

    started a new job with a new company..i get to run Kobelco's. For the last 10 yrs i've only ran Komatsu's so i was a little bummed out. But to my surprise they are nice!! On this job so far we have a Kobelco 210, Takehoochie(?)mini excavator,john deere 410(old!!)and a older beat up Cat...
  20. reddot556

    fiber optics on vasco rd

    have you guys ever dug around this crap before? i swear the mentality around fiber optics amazes me...you get everyone and their mother out there to watch..they are all very nervous..but you'd think with something sooo very important that they would originally put it in with some care...this...
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