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03-04-2008, 08:00 PM
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Trade: excavating / concrete / masonry
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: NW, CT
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So What Will You Do
Costs of everything are up. Work is slowing down. What are you going to do this year?
Buy more efficient truck or machine? Idle diesels less? Do better maintenance? Plan how equipment is used better? Anything?
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03-04-2008, 08:15 PM
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Trade: entrepreneur of excavating expertise
Join Date: Mar 2006
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Re: So What Will You Do
nick, i will do what has served me well the last 28 yrs.....i will strive to make a profit, serve my customers well.
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03-04-2008, 09:53 PM
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Trade: site and utility contractor
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: Dallas, PA
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Re: So What Will You Do
Spend less money. Last year we spent around $100,000 on new equipment alone. This year that # will be alot smaller.
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03-04-2008, 10:36 PM
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Trade: Construction, Landscaping
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Norwalk, CT
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Re: So What Will You Do
No big changes here...just will try to fine tune everything from equipment maintenance to bookkeeping procedures in the office.
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03-04-2008, 11:31 PM
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Trade: excavating
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 161
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Re: So What Will You Do
No changes here. Hope not to buy as much stuff this year but who knows what will happen.Still need a dozer, wheel loader and maybe a tractor and end dump trailer. Did bump the hourly rates up to cover rising fuel cost.
P.S. Hoping Brett Favre changes his mind |
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03-05-2008, 07:57 PM
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Captain of the Titanic
Trade: Asphalt Paving,Excavating, Masonry
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Westport, Connecticut
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Re: So What Will You Do
Nick, your trying to aggitate me on purpose now
 
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03-06-2008, 02:16 PM
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Trade: Changing the world....One tree hugger at a time.....
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: St. Croix Wisconsin
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03-07-2008, 06:58 PM
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Trade: Excavation
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Charleston, WV
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Re: So What Will You Do
Like many of our suppliers, we have found the rising fuel cost as an avenue to raise our prices substantially and blame it on the price of fuel. We may loose a few customers but if all their looking for is low cost and not the quality and production/performance of a reputable contractor then we really are not interested in them as a customer. I know this is a totally different philosphy many in our business have but we drew a line in the sand a couple of years back and decided we may loose a few but were willing to take the risk.
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03-08-2008, 05:29 PM
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Captain of the Titanic
Trade: Asphalt Paving,Excavating, Masonry
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Westport, Connecticut
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Re: So What Will You Do
Welcome aboard BartMan
BTW, I cant make out that avatar. What is that?
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03-08-2008, 05:59 PM
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Trade: Excavation
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Charleston, WV
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Re: So What Will You Do
Vinny: That's me getting ready to dive a shipwreck called the Andrea Doria with a whole lot of tanks on my back. I need to find a better avatar that relates to this site but that's the only one I had at the time. Thanks for the welcome, I really like this site and find it very informative.
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03-15-2008, 09:19 AM
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Trade: Changing the world....One tree hugger at a time.....
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: St. Croix Wisconsin
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Re: So What Will You Do
You seriously dove the Andria Doria?? Holy crap, that's cool! That was a bit risky?
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03-15-2008, 09:13 PM
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woodchuck2
Trade: Electrical Contractor&Home Maintenance
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: North Creek, NY/Lower Adirondacks
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Re: So What Will You Do
I agree, thats just plain cool!!
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03-18-2008, 03:56 PM
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Trade: Excavation
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Charleston, WV
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Re: So What Will You Do
I have dove the Doria 14 times and the Empress of Ireland 12 times along with many other notable wrecks. It's a nice hobby at this late stage in life and one I would recommend to anyone.
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