Just curious if any of you guys who specialize with just compact equipment are having a hard time staying busy in this economy? Or is the small equipment just so versatile your still really busy?
It's slow but so far I'm surviving and living on faith that things will improve. There are some desperate folks that will do anything for a buck so being underbid is a big concern right now. I am trying to educate people but when I see a rental machine doing a job that I should have been on, I know it boils down to price. Until the damage is done, joe public doesn't really understand the kind of mess that a novice or cheap fly by night can do. Bad economies bring the hacks out of the woodwork as much as a booming economy...when unemployment is high, suddenly everyone is an expert running running rentals.
If you see me posting messages on the computer, IT'S SLOW I should getting my beauty sleep
Slow enough It is cold here in Mn and I do have snow to move around but it is obviously slow otherwise...
Busier then I want to be, but not as busy as I need to be.
It's slow up here, it's snowing but big paving and landscaping companies have the big profitable jobs locked down. Even though it takes them a week to get around to everyone. they have good sales men who locked down contracts early in order to keep their employees working. It's a tough market and alot of smaller guys around here don't even waste time and energy trying!:beatsme
after a good summer things have slowed to a screeching halt just in time for the holidays. i have a 2 week job in january and that is it on the horizon. ready for spring, hopefully things will be better.
Busier than a 3-legged dog in a fire hydrant factory. Not just compact equipment, trucking and everything. Calling for a major ice and snow storm to hit tomorrow, so just maybe we could at least get a couple of days break. Hit it hard again Monday, then with Christmas and New Years falling in midweek, really throws a wrench in trying to get anything done. We'll work on the Friday's, but the quarry's and everyone else won't.
Doing more work than I am not working.......