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Earth to Don (centex) are you out there?
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wroughtn_harv
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We got about forty holes down forty two inches between four and five thirty this evening.
It's about a six hundred foot line and hopefully we'll have it set tomorrow. Seventy some odd posts with it laid out and over half the holes dug, we'll have a good day tomorrow.
I've got about another seven or eight hundred feet to dig where I'm sure the new auger will be the ticket. I'll let you know when I hit the hard stuff and how it works.
It's about a six hundred foot line and hopefully we'll have it set tomorrow. Seventy some odd posts with it laid out and over half the holes dug, we'll have a good day tomorrow.
I've got about another seven or eight hundred feet to dig where I'm sure the new auger will be the ticket. I'll let you know when I hit the hard stuff and how it works.
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Wharv,
Glad Iris protected you!
Did you ever consider foam filling your tires? Did the fronts on my B2910, for about $70 each...foam 'em and forget 'em...
A near miss sends an important message...listen carefully...as I am sure you will... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
Wharv,
Glad Iris protected you!
Did you ever consider foam filling your tires? Did the fronts on my B2910, for about $70 each...foam 'em and forget 'em...
A near miss sends an important message...listen carefully...as I am sure you will... /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
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wroughtn_harv
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Morning Bill,
One has to count one's blessings when it comes to surviving one's ignorance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
We used the weights yesterday but with a safety chain and a very soft touch on the controls. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm convinced that DP auger is a getter. But the soil I'm in can be clay for two feet and then fractured limestone down another foot and a half. Plus you have those darn tree roots, grass, etc.
The head gets clogged up and it's like I was afraid of from the get go, like drilling with the bottom of a telephone pole.
We got the six hundred foot line dug complete and then set all the posts.
I use the term "we" because my helper on this job is the customer. I get an hourly rate for me and my equipment and he's supplies the materials and additional labor.
He put about nine yards of concrete out yesterday. He's thirty six years old and a monster. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I could still do that into my mid forties but I was never as big or strong as he is.
What's interesting is this agreement, time and equipment, works out well for both of us only occasionally. Most of the time the folks end up paying about the same as my contract price because they don't work and when they do it sets me back instead of moving everything forward.
This fella is saving himself about fifteen hundred a week on pure effort. Yesterday he used his snow shovel to fill that mixer, one third yard, almost thirty times. You figure your average dual tandem dump is ten yards to give your a reference point. Did I mention we started setting after lunch, about three until dark?
Maybe someone can explain why the two best experiences with the customer being the helper have involved europeans. This customer just sold a restaurant, he's a chef, and decided to take a month or so off and fix up his new house. He's from Albania.
I like having the customer involved. They develop a pride comparable to my own in the finished product and their enthusiasm keeps an old man young.
One has to count one's blessings when it comes to surviving one's ignorance. /forums/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
We used the weights yesterday but with a safety chain and a very soft touch on the controls. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I'm convinced that DP auger is a getter. But the soil I'm in can be clay for two feet and then fractured limestone down another foot and a half. Plus you have those darn tree roots, grass, etc.
The head gets clogged up and it's like I was afraid of from the get go, like drilling with the bottom of a telephone pole.
We got the six hundred foot line dug complete and then set all the posts.
I use the term "we" because my helper on this job is the customer. I get an hourly rate for me and my equipment and he's supplies the materials and additional labor.
He put about nine yards of concrete out yesterday. He's thirty six years old and a monster. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
I could still do that into my mid forties but I was never as big or strong as he is.
What's interesting is this agreement, time and equipment, works out well for both of us only occasionally. Most of the time the folks end up paying about the same as my contract price because they don't work and when they do it sets me back instead of moving everything forward.
This fella is saving himself about fifteen hundred a week on pure effort. Yesterday he used his snow shovel to fill that mixer, one third yard, almost thirty times. You figure your average dual tandem dump is ten yards to give your a reference point. Did I mention we started setting after lunch, about three until dark?
Maybe someone can explain why the two best experiences with the customer being the helper have involved europeans. This customer just sold a restaurant, he's a chef, and decided to take a month or so off and fix up his new house. He's from Albania.
I like having the customer involved. They develop a pride comparable to my own in the finished product and their enthusiasm keeps an old man young.
