Just met with my excavator guy. Quoted 3-5 days to fix all the swales and hollows and slopes in my pretty garbage-y 1.5 acre road pasture. I need to radically replant it with good hay, and if I'm ever going to fix the contour, "before that" is the right time. >>>
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3/ Mid sized dozer ; he doesn't have a full sized like a cat D-6 bc no projects in the area ever call for them, and the stuff that used to be done by full sized dozers now all use excavators instead. https://twitter.com/BrianEr32944716/status/1179830698888314881 …
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4/ Yeah, I know of no place that rents out big dozers (just mini excavators etc.) and have no desire to mix-and-match a rental from here and an operator from there. This is a local family firm I do a lot of work with and I like and respect them.https://twitter.com/gerad_tod/status/1179830797991174144 …
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5/ Used skid steers / mini excavators both retail for ~ $20+k ...and then you're on the hook for inevitable $2,000 track replacement or $3,000 hydraulics overhaul, or ... also, 40 HP skidsteer Bobcat isn't going to recontour 1.5 acres like 200 HP dozer https://twitter.com/DapperGanesh/status/1179831716640247808 …
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6/ check Craigslist https://twitter.com/DapperGanesh/status/1179833092879470592 …
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7/ e.g. a few hits 7 year old Bobcat for $24,500 https://nh.craigslist.org/hvo/d/hudson-2012-bobcat-s130-skid-loader/6981422411.html …
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8/ 5 year old Bobcat for $44,000 https://nh.craigslist.org/hvo/d/hudson-2014-bobcat-t630-track-loader/6981426695.html …
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9/ unknown age Bobcat mini excavator (looks pretty beat up) ~ $20k etc https://nh.craigslist.org/hvo/d/goshen-bobcat-331-mini-excavator/6979726161.html …
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10/ Interestingly, the price break is on the BIG machines you can get a hard-to-road-transport full sized excavator w 300 HP diesel engine for $30,000 they start out costing 5x or 10x what a mini machine costs, but homeowners and landscapers don't want them so used price -> 0
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12/ I've planted Blue Seal Hayland Mix in the past and been happy with it. https://blueseal.com/product/hayland-mix/ …https://twitter.com/Oberon_MTG/status/1179838495222841344 …
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Reasonable. That is skilled worker with specialized equipment. Cheaper than a farmhand.
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