Former Wrench
Senior Member
It looks so odd to see regular brown dirt instead of rock and muskeg.
It looks so odd to see regular brown dirt instead of rock and muskeg.
We've got brown, red, yellow, grey and tan dirt and all sorts of rock, short of caliche or granite. The central Alabama area has some interesting ground.
In the county I live in we have coal mines to the west and some of the best limestone chemical wise a few miles away towards the center of the county. The less desirable limestone is crushed and sold as construction rock and the higher quality limestone is turned into powdered lime and sent all over for uses from cement to toothpaste and makeup. It's added to chicken feed in order to make a tougher shell to survive transport to stores.
From time to time we have out of state excavation contractors come in and be low bidder by a large margin on a big dirt job. They usually all leave with their tail tucked.
Granite recently won a large interstate interchange project by a wide margin, the next bidder was $69 million higher. They'll probably be ok since it's mostly bridges and structures but time will tell.:cool2
Wow! 69 million is A big margin.
The last two sections of the Northeast Extension of the PA turnpike were both won by a margin of $50 million.. It's insane how much money gets left on the table sometimes.
Hey CM,
The lot prep job looks like a good sized job. How much fill are you bringing in? What is the scope of work on it?
A little R&R on the Mississippi gulf coast. Beautiful view from our room.
It's really a dogs life, we humans are just along for the ride.
Beautiful sunset....and with a pup along, what else could you ask for?:drinkup
DB
Every time I see the trench packer I want one. I have been watching ironplanet and bid on a couple but they went for crazy money.
I like the moving job on the van body, looks like something we would get ourselves into
At least your four legged boss comes out in the field ours stays in the office checking on everything she can find to eat!
WOW! Looks like you're having a great time! Thanks for sharing the pics.
Have a beer for me :drinkup
DB