25c, I play with a little bit of everything. I am not a full operator. soon to be in the near future. I work for a marine construction company. THe new company I work for has a American 9310, Link-belt 218 and a 248, Terex HC80. I havent been here long so I havent been in the seat of any of these rigs. The company I worked for before had 4 HC80's a HC110, Link-Belt 518 and 218, 2 American 5299 and a 597 which I have had seat time in all. My old man is a operator/pile driver, so I have been around this work all my life. I myself have been around pile driving and cranes and marine work for about 10 yrs full time. I dont like the hydro rigs just cause I dont like the fact that most dont have free fall, so you dont have control if something goes wrong. and I dont like the fact that computers are in the rigs. I geuss I grew up around the old school, hard for me to not run a rig by the seat of your pants.
Justin