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Rorschach

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  1. I bet those two 13.00-15 STUs don't take up much more space than that one 20.00-15 STU that @Poule43 has. If he could only find a way to get rid of that 20.00-15. I wonder how he could go about doing that. Hmmm
  2. Yup. That's me. Got my insurance and that's it. Cheaper to pay the ticket. Usually they won't even give you one. Peas
  3. If you really want to make it easy on yourself then just go down to your bank and withdraw the $600k, $800k or whatever amount you think you might spend, put it in a paper sack and I'll wait outside the bank for you. You hand me your sack of money, I'll kick you in the nuts and we'll part ways. Peas
  4. If you're just going to keep it on your property then you could probably find an old beat up dump truck for about the cost of a dump trailer. My experience with dump trailers is the lifting devices they use are really weak if you load anything heavy in them
  5. A machine like that JCB @John@Outfront has is a lot of machine and will do anything you ask it to. It's somewhere in the 40-50k lb range. Just look at the rock he has in the bucket. Check out Ritchie Bros Auction if there's one near you.
  6. John's right on with 20 ton machines. Pound for pound they're the best value in the used market. I've been working on and around excavators/trackhoes for 25 years and I'm still surprised at their capabilities sometimes. There's times you think the machine you have is too small to do a particular thing and they handle it like nothing. That being said, Mini Xs can do a lot of work for as small as they are but they're pretty expensive for what you get. For what you're doing you're going to want a thumb. Hydraulic thumbs are nice but a welded on static thumb works great too. It's mostly minis that have rubber tracks. Some of the rubber tracks that don't have actual chains in them don't last that long and have to be replaced periodically. Some of the larger rubber tracks that have actual chains inside them with rubber molded on the outside last a long time though. But rubber still wears faster than steel. Stay away from any machine that has any exhaust after treatment, especially pre def stuff. My policy when buying a machine like this for myself is the older the better because an old machine will be cheaper to buy and parts will be cheaper, less electronic crap, you get my drift. If I'm buy a machine like this for myself I'm not looking for high production though. @John@Outfront, your JCB is considered a midsize or "midi". @Dockmaster A 335 is a pretty big machine. Someplace in the 70-80k lb range. Probably a lot more machine and $$ than what you need.

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