Part VI
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stabilizer end links?
Post Fiend
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From: Wallingford, CT
Ed: Getting back to your job that you want done with 3-4" over 20,000 feet.
I don't know about other contractors, but I always figure in at least one major hang-up for every job. Ie: A large rock or stump that needs removing.
I also don't have a mobilization/haul-in charge whatever you want to call it. That's built into the regular price.
Then if I figured for it on my original bid I don't have to raise the price on the customer mid-job. And if there isn't any major hang-up then it's a nice profitable job.
15k seems quite high to me, but all that being said I haven't seen the job so I don't know what kind of access there is and all those other variables. Because of that I figured on the high side of everything and I can't see it being worth anywhere near 15 grand. 11 or so tops.
I don't know about other contractors, but I always figure in at least one major hang-up for every job. Ie: A large rock or stump that needs removing.
I also don't have a mobilization/haul-in charge whatever you want to call it. That's built into the regular price.
Then if I figured for it on my original bid I don't have to raise the price on the customer mid-job. And if there isn't any major hang-up then it's a nice profitable job.
15k seems quite high to me, but all that being said I haven't seen the job so I don't know what kind of access there is and all those other variables. Because of that I figured on the high side of everything and I can't see it being worth anywhere near 15 grand. 11 or so tops.
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[quote=7.3 Rocket;7277557]Ed: Getting back to your job that you want done with 3-4" over 20,000 acres. 20, 000 FEET, ACRES WOULD BE MILLIONS OF DOLLARS. LOL
I don't know about other contractors, but I always figure in at least one major hang-up for every job. Ie: A large rock or stump that needs removing.
I also don't have a mobilization/haul-in charge whatever you want to call it. That's built into the regular price.
Then if I figured for it on my original bid I don't have to raise the price on the customer mid-job. And if there isn't any major hang-up then it's a nice profitable job.
15k seems quite high to me, but all that being said I haven't seen the job so I don't know what kind of access there is and all those other variables. Because of that I figured on the high side of everything and I can't see it being worth anywhere near 15 grand. 11 or so tops.HAD A DRIVEWAY CREATED ON SIDE OF PROPERTIY REAL EASY ACCESS[/quote]
I'm just going reseed it for the first time and see if it will keep some of these rocks at bay.
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I don't know about other contractors, but I always figure in at least one major hang-up for every job. Ie: A large rock or stump that needs removing.
I also don't have a mobilization/haul-in charge whatever you want to call it. That's built into the regular price.
Then if I figured for it on my original bid I don't have to raise the price on the customer mid-job. And if there isn't any major hang-up then it's a nice profitable job.
15k seems quite high to me, but all that being said I haven't seen the job so I don't know what kind of access there is and all those other variables. Because of that I figured on the high side of everything and I can't see it being worth anywhere near 15 grand. 11 or so tops.HAD A DRIVEWAY CREATED ON SIDE OF PROPERTIY REAL EASY ACCESS[/quote]
I'm just going reseed it for the first time and see if it will keep some of these rocks at bay.
ed
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That's great!! I hope you get the job babe!!
My day is going okay so far, thanks for asking. Took Chase to work and laughed at him most of the ride, not very nice of me but when you wear Top Gun sunglasses you better expect to be laughed at. The girls call him Elvis and I call him Goose. Ugh, time to clean again......
My day is going okay so far, thanks for asking. Took Chase to work and laughed at him most of the ride, not very nice of me but when you wear Top Gun sunglasses you better expect to be laughed at. The girls call him Elvis and I call him Goose. Ugh, time to clean again......
....with exception to Pete and Jacob and Nick of course. I hope so. He called me almost 1st thing this morning. I sent all my info to him around 9 last night and he said he liked my "goals and ambitions" letter I typed up and sent to him as well.
Heres the link of the job, Lisa.
Real Estate Investor/Manager
Let us know how that goes.
When the wheel is up in the air, take a metal rod or whatever, and with one end on the ground, push up against the bottom of the tire, causing it to swivel up and down. If you notice excessive play in that joint, up or down..you have a BJ on the way out.
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From: Gilbert, Az
LOL. I'd laugh at him too. Sometimes I am thankful I am not younger, the boys these days........with exception to Pete and Jacob and Nick of course.
Hmm that sounds promising. No "cubicle" arrangement and seems open-ended like you'd have a lot of freedom to do what you need to do.
Let us know how that goes.
Thanks Jay.
Kevin at Black Magic showed me an easy way to tell if you have a bad BJ, if you jack up the truck and look for up and down play.
When the wheel is up in the air, take a metal rod or whatever, and with one end on the ground, push up against the bottom of the tire, causing it to swivel up and down. If you notice excessive play in that joint, up or down..you have a BJ on the way out.
....with exception to Pete and Jacob and Nick of course. Hmm that sounds promising. No "cubicle" arrangement and seems open-ended like you'd have a lot of freedom to do what you need to do.
Let us know how that goes.
Thanks Jay.
Kevin at Black Magic showed me an easy way to tell if you have a bad BJ, if you jack up the truck and look for up and down play.
When the wheel is up in the air, take a metal rod or whatever, and with one end on the ground, push up against the bottom of the tire, causing it to swivel up and down. If you notice excessive play in that joint, up or down..you have a BJ on the way out.
Sorry that made me laugh, minds in the gutter already today.
Just killed a black widow in the garage, didn't have any bug killer handy so I did it with PBlaster and WD40
Smokin
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WD40...1001 uses.
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I took care of a black widow spider with some brake cleaner in an aerosol can. She shriveled up pretty good!! My other favorite would be WD40 by itself first, then with a match...
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From: Gilbert, Az
She was curling up with the Pblaster and WD40, then I gave her a shot of Brake Kleen. I tired to get on Saturday with just the WD40 but she moved faster than I could get it out of the cabinet she was next to.
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From: Wallingford, CT
When steel was high I was cutting steel to length with the oxy-acetylene torch. I was cutting some thick walled steel tubing, but there was a bees nest near the end. I sprayed the nest with starting fluid. It killed all the bees I could see, but there were more coming out. So I took the torch, lit the starting fluid as it was spraying out and then lit the nest. That took care of em pretty good.
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We talked about getting it working again, and my dad lifted the lid and underneath was the biggest wasp hive you have EVER SEEN. huuuuuugee..like, two basketballs.
My dad shut the lid and his eyes got all big and he looked at me and said "I have some gasoline in the garage". SO like two little kids we ran into the garage to find tools we were to use for the wasp's ultimate demise. A little gasoline, and a match, and a lot of running and hiding behind trees. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
A lot of the adults committed suicide because they were trying to go back inside and save the larvae.
And then one time, when we were camping, we burned a giant tree root infested with spiders. They exploded when they got hot enough.
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From: BLT, MN
I worry about those when we are down there Cris but have never seen one yet. And we do most of the yardwork ourselves. Blwawa (that was a shiver of disgust)
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One summer, we were hanging out at my dad's house, BBQing some burgers. The house had one of those old build-in grills, that we hadn't used for years.
We talked about getting it working again, and my dad lifted the lid and underneath was the biggest wasp hive you have EVER SEEN. huuuuuugee..like, two basketballs.
My dad shut the lid and his eyes got all big and he looked at me and said "I have some gasoline in the garage". SO like two little kids we ran into the garage to find tools we were to use for the wasp's ultimate demise. A little gasoline, and a match, and a lot of running and hiding behind trees. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
A lot of the adults committed suicide because they were trying to go back inside and save the larvae.
And then one time, when we were camping, we burned a giant tree root infested with spiders. They exploded when they got hot enough.
We talked about getting it working again, and my dad lifted the lid and underneath was the biggest wasp hive you have EVER SEEN. huuuuuugee..like, two basketballs.
My dad shut the lid and his eyes got all big and he looked at me and said "I have some gasoline in the garage". SO like two little kids we ran into the garage to find tools we were to use for the wasp's ultimate demise. A little gasoline, and a match, and a lot of running and hiding behind trees. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen.
A lot of the adults committed suicide because they were trying to go back inside and save the larvae.
And then one time, when we were camping, we burned a giant tree root infested with spiders. They exploded when they got hot enough.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgu...a%3DN%26um%3D1
YOU ARE SO COOL!
burn or blow up everything! I like it!
