things changed but pay was still the same machine I rented was underpowered as hell or it might be the fact this is the 3rd time in my life I've ran a excavator
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the last one but i dint destroy anything but I wish I could of done better
I think you could have used a little bigger machine. The main thing to worry about is if the customer was happy with the job. Excavators take a lot of practice.
yeah and they seemed happy they want me to come back and do more landscaping at their house but I had it from 10-3 basically so not a lot of time to get good
Good the customer was happy.
next time which could be soon because I was recommended to someone for land clearing again already I'm getting a bigger machine least a 40 unless its big pine trees then I'mma go rent like a cat 320
Good job. But I think you need to buy a tape measure, because those are lot bigger than 2 inch trees. Lol
Strangest looking pine trees I've ever seen. When you said 2" pines, my first thought was baby Christmas trees.
I think you might want to get a little more experience before moving up to a Cat 320. Bad things can happen in a hurry.
Tree clearing and excavators are pretty risky for a novice operator Good on you for making it work and making a buck dont think for a minute tho that running a 320 is as easy as running a mini it will have a huge potential to eat your lunch
I just want to know if you made a decent profit to cover your expenses.
It took me about 20 hours in the seat of my Bobcat E42 to be somewhat productive having never run a hoe before. I would much rather take down a tree with a chainsaw and dig up the root ball than try to push it over, my E42 is about 5 tons so it has some weight.
the planned changed because who was paying for it want it a certain way so I listen to whos paying
running a 320 would make me feel slightly safer i think I wanna get a 308 or something though I had to cancel the 30g order because well I know it ain't gonna be that much stronger
my expenses were 300 dollars and it dint even have to be that because the rental place dint fill it completely with fuel so I decided id fill it up and a 5-gallon jug just in case.
this was my 3rd time 2 times before that one was trying to buy a machine I put maybe half an hour messing with it the other time I moved a machine for a guy so I got maybe 5 hours of seat time. when I took down the one tree near their house though I looked somewhat like I've been running one for 100s of hours because I was not trying to drop it on the house. whats the saying fake it till you make it because that's what I did
been easier but like I said plans changed they cut down the small stuff so I just pulled the stumps and left all the other stuff for me to take out
What did you bid it at?
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