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06-22-2008, 06:33 PM
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The Hillside
Well we are on the move. We are about 26' up the hill. about 12,000 ton of material. This is all the room there is to enter the site.
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06-22-2008, 07:26 PM
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Darn tight site, good to see you working again on the job that won't go away.
I hope you do well there.
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06-22-2008, 08:21 PM
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Curmudgeon
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Wasn't dirt a brand new thing
when you started that one?
Or does it just seem that way
to you? 
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(Sorry....it seems there really are dumb questions)
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06-24-2008, 08:54 PM
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Pro
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entrepreneur of excavating expertise
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hey, in the top picture...what are those big, hard things? those slabs of concrete? i've never seen anything quite that big
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06-28-2008, 05:04 AM
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Vagitarian
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site and utility contractor
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Come on Nick, more pics please.
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07-15-2008, 07:40 PM
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Getting ready to do some cleanup work!
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"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
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07-15-2008, 07:57 PM
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Contractor
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Nice Nick, are you lowering the 328 down into the abis? Or bringing it out?
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07-15-2008, 08:23 PM
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Tom,
We were putting it down to dig out around the lower rocks to clean up and create planting areas.
Thats a 320 it weighs 3,400 lbs?
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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
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07-18-2008, 05:06 AM
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Guys, I've been to the edge of the cliff in person and let me tell you these pictures don't do justice to the type of site Nick's got on his hands. All I could say is WOW! 
The topography is extreme and the rock work completed is awesome  .
This place is not for the faint of heart(you've got to like heights). 
Scott
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Is this going to be expensive?
It's all relative.
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07-29-2008, 08:58 PM
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Vagitarian
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site and utility contractor
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rino1494
Come on Nick, more pics please.
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08-07-2008, 08:05 PM
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The TOP!
We made it!
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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
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08-07-2008, 08:06 PM
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1 more!
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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
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08-07-2008, 08:53 PM
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Vagitarian
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That's a snakes heaven.
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08-11-2008, 12:05 AM
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Nice job. Looks great!
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08-11-2008, 05:50 PM
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Pro
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all i can say nick is...you have LOTS of patience!
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