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Old 05-07-2006, 08:08 PM   #1
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Whats Your Money Maker

What type of work do you make your most money on?

We make ours on boulder setting around pools and backyards as retaining walls and decorative.

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Old 05-07-2006, 08:11 PM   #2
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Nick,
How do you set boulders when you're doing a retaining wall? Thumb on machine, chain them?
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What type of work do you make your most money on?

We make ours on boulder setting around pools and backyards as retaining walls and decorative.

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Working on bowl shaped lots with high water tables.
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Joe,

it depends on the detail of the wall. I only put a thumb on my machine last year so most have been just with the bucket. Our bucket has a long lip and teeth, with a curve to the side cutters. We chain rocks that have to fit in an exact spot or some of the really big ones. We like the artistic stuff and have a lot of fun.

We have gone to Greenwich to set rocks Joe, if you need some help.

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Nick,
I'll keep that in mind. Do you have any pics. of walls that you have done over the years? It always amazes me when I see a wall out of boulders that really looks good. I've seen quit a few, unfortunatly none that I have done. I never had the patience, and still don't.
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This picture thing is new to me. I am going to have my wife start to take some pictures of past jobs soon.

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Sounds good, make sure she gets one of you. I like to know who I'm talking to.
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we really like development work. water/sanitary,storm sewer mains, etc. we do some basement excavation, some trucking, but feel we shine on mainline stuff
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We've always had good luck in making money road building and sanitary sewer work.
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