![]() I still have a lot of fatigue and aching bones but way better than a year ago. Happy to report the cancer has been in full remission for several month's. The cancer caused 10 compression fractures in my vertebrae and I had 2 vertebroplasty procedures to basically glue my back together with bone cement. It has a good success rate but a long recovery. I have more time now being on disability but basically the same time as covid hit I was diagnosed with a type of bone marrow cancer and spent a lot of time in hospital and still recovering from a stem cell transplant where they basically take the good stem cells out of your blood, freeze them, fill your veins with strong chemo drugs and a couple weeks later thaw your stem cells and put them back in. I had a full time job at the time so couldn't commit to spending weekdays on the oval track. It's not too bad just digging a stock pile and loading the truck but the initial work for the track would have taken way too long with such a small machine. Now with cars being more interested in the track we are banking the corners more so I've been digging and hauling probably another 50 loads of clay from another part of the property. Didn't have enough clay to do the full 65ft. and later the operating engineers head grader instructor brought a brand new Cat 140 down for a couple days to put a slope on the track. Have had the gravel pit help with a grader(no cost), the county for a few hours at a very reasonable $100/hr. A 200 series excavator loaded the clay directly into the dump truck is where having the truck really paid off. Work involved clearing about 8 acres of bush, stripping topsoil down to clay for a 1/4 mile oval track, digging 2 pits to bury bush(and cover), using the clay to build up the oval track and spreading the clay relatively flat on the oval. We actually saved a lot of time and money because I had a dump truck to haul material instead of pushing it. We weren't happy about the excessive time it took to complete it. We didn't have a choice but by the hour for the work we wanted and additional work was added. If costumer insist in hiring by hour for deep jobs, they run the THR back and talk the all day getting the experience our fella welder dave had. wich pretty often could be done by other cheap equipment. Hiring by hour here is only limited to small day jobs. and u don´t need to WOT all day long, fuel cost ends up being the manager. this type of machines do tend to keep their value. ![]() Very often if one has a 50k job equivalent, one has time and knowledge, buying a "D6" type machine used but not too used able to run for lets say 300 hrs. Basically if one has a job for deep digging ripping and pushing one shall search a contractor for complete job, the cheapest way. 165 goes for R´s N´s and newer models wich are much more productive. If we were to pay 165USD equivalent for a D6 size machine, i´m pretty shure a D6C wouldn´t last the job. He was even told not to remove more but did anyway. The FIL caused a lot of extra work for us because he took out too much material that we had to haul multiple loads to fill back up. Well you're not exactly a customer paying 25K to hire a contractor because you want something completed in a timely manner. What really irked me was his FIL saying he has to wait to get work done on the farm. There were times he said he would be there and never showed up, no call no nothing. ![]() He should have been upfront if he was basically trying to run a farm mostly by himself at the same time. I think if the guy took the job he should have been committed to it, not a week here then a week off then a couple days and another week or 2 off. Total job was about 25K and shouldn't have taken over 6 month's to complete. The job took many month's to finally complete so the good deal on the rate was kind of a wash. ![]() Annoyed me when his FIL butted into the conversation regarding payment and the time it was taking. He was a good operator, his FIL not so much. Guy did a good job except when he had his father in law come to help him with finishing using a smaller Case 850K(I think). No charge for transport if more than 8 hours (basically 1 day). If the 700J is more productive than the old D6 you should charge a little more on hourly jobs.Ī few years back hired an 850J and got a good deal at $150/hr. A clause for unforseen obstacles may be part of the contract too. Transport may or may not be extra depending on how long at the job. I'd guess the rates include fuel and operator like is common in N.
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