cost per foot to dig a trench

[irrig8r]

Originally Posted by irrig8r

"Soil climate" ????

Rotar, get yourself down to the libaray and borrow a copy of Brady's "The Nature and Properties of Soils" and/ or spend under $12 at amazon.com for this:

http://www.amazon.com/Soil-Science-S...dp/0881338133/

Ooops I meant library. My spelling is not so good at 5:30 AM...

And give this USDA Soil Texture Triangle a look...

[CAPT Stream Rotar]

looks like a great soil climate chart.

[Wet_Boots]

I'll take the Food Pyramid, especially if onion rings get top spot.

[hoskm01]

Go for a machine rather than hand digging, and raise your hourly rate, youll never make a dime at 20 bucks an hour, assuming you pay taxes and such.

[HokieAg07]

Originally Posted by greenmonster304

you what happens when you ASSUME don't you? I have found that on some new construction the digging is harder because the construction vehicles compacted the soil and then they just spread 2" of fluffy top soil. so do your self a favor and dig a little test hole

Quoted for ultimate truth..

Assumption is the mother of all screw ups.

We did a job a few weeks ago, commercial job at a hotel. We were pulling pieces of concrete out of ground that weighed over 150 pounds with the 1820 and there was no dirt it was all rock under the 2 or 3 inch layer of dirt.

Im fairly certain my boss had wished he did a little more exploration before he gave them a price.

[hoskm01]

Furthermore, just give the people a price. said and done, with your product specs. No need to itemize every swipe of glue.

[Kiril]

Originally Posted by HokieAg07

Assumption is the mother of all screw ups.

Repeated for Boots sake.

[Wet_Boots]

Originally Posted by Kiril

Repeated for Boots sake.

Gawrsh! Thanks a heap

[jrumbaug]

OK

I think you guys have answered my question. ( at least close enough )
1) dig to confirm soil
2) use machines when possible.
3) quoting high is better for the bottom line than quoting low, so I wont sweat a small part of the estimate if it sends the total up.
4) tomorrow I call around to see if a ditch witch 255sx is available locally.

I'll have more questions for another thread.

Jim Rumbaugh

[Mike Leary]

Originally Posted by jrumbaug

I'll have more questions for another thread.

Thanks for bringing this thread back to earth.