Work You Enjoy

John K

Out of all the different types of excavation work. What do you forum members enjoy most? Ex. digging septic lines, utilities, moving dirt, laser grading, etc.

jmic

Subdivision roads, laying out and digging cellars (which is more plentiful these days).

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Blas

Nothing Makes me happier then tearing down an old strip mall or big building. There one day and gone the next. Gives you an immediate sense of accomplishment

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denick

If I could do one thing just for fun it would be move volume of dirt. Bailing dirt with a good size excavator or pushing topsoil with a big dozer.

The thing I enjoy most in this business is to take men, equipment and materials. Make a plan. Execute that plan and bring it to completion. No matter what.

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Nick

"Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving" Albert Einstein

John K

The demo sounds like a blast. How do you avoid getting into a gas line the was suppose to be marked?

rino1494

Deep trenching. The deeper the better. Nothing like digging 20' deep dragging double stacked boxes. On a dozer, I love doing slope work.

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septic_101

Moving dirt or tieing into city water from old septic tanks and well.

Earthworkssdu

laying water mains a over a bridge or tying a sewer into old, deep brick sewer main in Main St. - I like a challenge

dayexco

huh? you tie into city water from old septic tanks?

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someday, i'll be as patient as Nick.

JDavis21835

that way you can make a #$(& fountain

cexcavation

It is a form of "recycling".......maybe a guy can get a lot of jobs by being "Green"

QwikDraw

A day of brush mowing...or field mowing...or tree mowing..or a day with the chainsaw....

I guess I like everyday of my work...

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dayexco

our best money is in water/sewer main installs.....i like it, but you know.....the least brain waste, easiest thing i do, is digging basements..sit and throw dirt. every bucket out of the ground is $3.75...and doing that 2.5 times a min....not too bad money wise either. now if i could be like joe and do it EVERY day....i'd be rich like jmic

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someday, i'll be as patient as Nick.

funk5stacks

ts 14b scraper operating with lots of room, a good push dozer operator, and a firm haul road. or finish grading/designing beauty mounds off the cuff with only "make them uniform and hilly" as an instruction from the owner, any finish grading for that matter.