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seed
USA
1158 Posts |
 Posted - 03/02/2010 : 22:17:17
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| Tough time of year! |
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terry
421 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 05:23:08
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| Seed is that early or right about on time? If our warm spell continues ours will be posted ant day now. |
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Godfather
USA
1909 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 05:42:25
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T, if not posted, where would you go?
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seed
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 10:30:14
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| It is early! We are having an extremely mild winter and I like it! The frost is out of my driveway. The only down side is I had a two placements this week put on hold because of the roads. It is the way it goes. |
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terry
421 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 15:28:47
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Spose down yonder. We have had one long time customer keeping us busy with spec homes since the first of the year.
Still have two more to do, but I have a bad feeling bans will be on next week. The Master Plan at the first of the year was all concrete done so all the carpenters had a lot of work in from of them.
I think they over estimated the workload to keep up,any way if the bans go on we still will have the same work when they are lifted.
Also warmer weather seems to make the phone ring. Maybe go fishin w/ Ed. |
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Digger
Australia
168 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 15:47:07
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| How do you post a road? What size box do you need? Do you cut in small sections? Does US Postal charge by the pound or box size? |
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b.alto
USA
1001 Posts |
Posted - 03/03/2010 : 16:19:00
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| Up here they attach a small sign on the side roads, like 5 ton limit per axil. They usually get the guy's hauling multiple loads. I've been lucky so far. They only haul 3 yard loads during restriction time. I did a 33 yarder last year it took 11 RM trucks. Ours doesn't start till the end of they month. |
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biged
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Posted - 03/03/2010 : 16:54:12
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| Digger you can't get there from where you live. |
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Godfather
USA
1909 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 04:24:48
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Ed, your only restrictions might be for low bridge overhead or bridge weights.
Preventive documentation: Go through a commercial truck scale, get a printed weight receipt, and carry it with your other vehicle papers. DoT scales only give $$$ tickets, not scale receipts.
Barney Fife DoT in So Carolina pulled me into scale jail to tell me that I was @ 9900 lbs; then I got the full bore road check. Wasted time, no fines.
Weight-posted roads aren't a problem for most trailer pumpers.
No ecomomics to haul three yard loads to pump jobs, so most plants won't be running dollars for pennies anyhow.
If a builder wants you badly enough, raise your trailer pump service charges, call 'em POSTED ROAD WINTER RATES.
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Godfather
USA
1909 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 04:34:41
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More...Phillips (based in Ohio) who posts on our site, he got nailed in KY, for hauling his own personal property building materials on his little pump service pickup truck.
$2-3 grand worth of fines, he was cited as a commercial carrier for not having the necessary big boy documentations. It cost him three trip days and about a grand $$$ to clear Barney Fife's DoT penalties.
It was misguided equal opportunity showing the the big-ass. |
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Digger
Australia
168 Posts |
Posted - 03/04/2010 : 13:12:45
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| No Ray, misguided OBEDIENCE TAX. |
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scottkennedy
USA
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Posted - 03/08/2010 : 06:07:34
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| roads have been posted around our area for about a month now. been tough trying to get around for sure. there are a few contractors though that want to work and have gotten their guys back from lay off and are getting jobs done in unrestricted areas or gotten permission from towns to travel on the posted roads. always a tough time of year to be in a heavy equipment type job. nice to see you are still going strong seed!! hope you have another profitable year ahead of you! |
If you're not having fun you shouldn't be doing it. |
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Roads are posted!
