Pictures from a skid steer mowing contractor

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I love spring turkey hunting!
These birds down here are considered Osceola's as we are probably about 35 or 40 miles South of I-10 and people come from far and wide to get one, I think it's considered one of the species in the Grand Slam along with the Eastern, Merriam and another one or two. I actually had a guide approach me a couple of years back about bringing in hunters to hunt turkeys here, said he would give me $1k for every gobbler that they killed, problem is my boys love it and I would rather see them enjoy it and make memories on our farm that has been in our family for over 100 years than have the money.
 
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My Bride is a pretty good shot, much better than me. I tell people She hunts turkey hunters, as these are grazing right in front of Her office window. I have lots of pictures of them!
David from jax
 
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A little job for this morning putting in a new drain field for a dishwasher and washing machine, I was able to get it done and gone in 4 hours with a happy customer
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Do you have to have a license in Florida to make septic repairs?
 
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Do you have to have a license in Florida to make septic repairs?
Our contractor laws are general, yes, you need to be registered or certified for almost everything. There is a catch, or a no-mans land, on basically site work, that can be confusing. Anything (at one point, the numbers might have moved) contracted at more than $1000 must be a contractor, but which one? CUC, Certified Utility Contractor, that's for underground, but not necessarily for grading. "CGC", certified general contractor, is the catch all, and can do almost everything, including unlimited height, value, and occupancy, but is really a license for building a building...

Certified state licenses, every single one requires a background check, an ethics and financial tests, and then a skill/knowledge test on the license you are getting. With that, you must have insurance based based on the license.

Registered, that's a local city/county thing, at least at one point, some counties made you come to a county commission meeting, and stand up there, and for a lack of better terms "kiss the ring", tell them about yourself, and request permission from the "crown" to work in their fiefdom... and pay a small amount for the privilege
 
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Back in the 90's when I still lived in California, they required a permit for anything over $100 that was done to your house. Since it was so ridiculous, very few people bothered to get permits.
 
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Our contractor laws are general, yes, you need to be registered or certified for almost everything. There is a catch, or a no-mans land, on basically site work, that can be confusing. Anything (at one point, the numbers might have moved) contracted at more than $1000 must be a contractor, but which one? CUC, Certified Utility Contractor, that's for underground, but not necessarily for grading. "CGC", certified general contractor, is the catch all, and can do almost everything, including unlimited height, value, and occupancy, but is really a license for building a building...

Certified state licenses, every single one requires a background check, an ethics and financial tests, and then a skill/knowledge test on the license you are getting. With that, you must have insurance based based on the license.

Registered, that's a local city/county thing, at least at one point, some counties made you come to a county commission meeting, and stand up there, and for a lack of better terms "kiss the ring", tell them about yourself, and request permission from the "crown" to work in their fiefdom... and pay a small amount for the privilege

In TN the limit is much higher at $25,000 and I don’t think there’s really any repercussions for doing jobs above that. People do jobs over that all the time without a contractor license and nothing ever happens. I’ve put in a few septic systems under someone else’s license but I finally got one. All it required was watching a short presentation, taking a super easy test and paying the state $200. A much easier process than a contractor license.
 
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