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    Having a hell of a time finding work right now.

    I’m a little late but wanted to add: 2nd the website. We’ve goofed with several different forms of advertising. Our google-ranked website outperforms them 10-1 or better. I still think that when the majority of people look for services like ours, they use google. I paid a local web developer...
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    Hydro - Vacuum Excavation Trailer

    Hi sorry I know I’m late to the party but wanted to contribute. We do quite a few water line repairs throughout the year. Used to use pumps to clear any standing water water and a mini ex to clear the mud and muck to get down to the line that is usually 4-6 ft deep. Had our local hydro vac crew...
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    Trying to estimate time it will take me to build a road

    Thought I’d give a quick update to close this post. I hate posts that trail off without a proper ending… I had intended to come back here after I had finished the road and report back on how long it had taken me. We were scheduled to start on a Tuesday, customer texts on the Thursday before...
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    Trying to estimate time it will take me to build a road

    thanks @ovrszd for the response, very good points If he decides to build there, the county will require a 12 inch course of 2”- road base base topped with a 6 inch course of 3/4”- road base, so the road would be elevated 18” off of the dirt, thus giving him the elevation needed for the road to...
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    Trying to estimate time it will take me to build a road

    Very green wannabe blade hand here looking for advice. I have been asked to give a bid to build a road that is just shy of a mile long. The ground is old farm ground, rock free dirt that is covered in prairie grasses/scrub. The customer would like a road cut out that will allow him to...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    so true, that usually seems to be how it works yea definitely a hard call to make. It’s early in the season and I think I’ve already spent 10k on trucking this year. On pace to double that by around July. Add the convenience of not having to work around the truck drivers schedule and owning...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    Thanks everyone for talking some sense into me. A truck spec’d out like the Ford in running condition is probably a 40-50k truck, I had grand delusions of buying that thing, throwing a few thousand $ and some elbow grease at it and beating the system. I should know better, you get what you pay...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    Hey @lantraxco, @JPV @crane operator,@Truck Shop,(and everyone else who chimed in) thank you guys all so much!!! Such good info on here, Really appreciate the help and responses. Couple more questions if that’s ok: So the Ford is intriguing to me because it’s pretty heavy specs- 40k rears, 20k...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    Hi again Got a bit more info, hoping I can pick your brains again So I was able to visually inspect both trucks. The WS has a visible sticker on its valve cover that indicated it’s a 4MG series. My limited research shows that’s an air-to-air cooled engine. The Ford was not so easy. No sticker...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    thank you thank you thank you!!! That is such good info and exactly what I was hoping for, all the potential issues to be brought to my attention. To be honest I don’t know the answer to most of the questions you guys asked as I haven’t seen the Ford and the WS just briefly. I think I’m going to...
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    “ain’t no recaps” lol
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    Anyone familiar with a 3406B swap?

    Hi everyone I’m a small excavation outfit looking at adding a dump truck to my small fleet. With what I’ve paid in trucking in the last month or two we could have a decent truck half paid off. I found a truck that is spec’d how I want it, 80’s Ford L9000 with a bad 3406B and an EF 15sp.Price is...
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    Keeping grade flat

    so I just looked up the Zip Level, I had never seen it before. How do you like it? Preference between it and a rotary laser?
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    Keeping grade flat

    Thanks guys, appreciate the input I agree about wasting time and money. I’m probably still a little ways out from hiring a guy full-time and I doubt I’ll be able to find a part time grade guy worth his salt. I love the idea of leveraging tech and tools to be able to eliminate a guy in the hole...
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    Keeping grade flat

    Howdy. Great website, glad I found it. quick intro, small excavation company(just me) with a mini ex and tracked skid, I rent the bigger stuff when I need it. most of my work is sewer and water line install/repair, some demo, and lots of grading for landscape and flat work contractors. I’m...
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