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Old 03-02-2006, 08:55 PM
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Loaned the KW to a good friend of ours that runs a grading outfit. He isn't a large outfit. 2 (963C), cat grader, D6, big chipper and sterling tandem. He also has a 310E Backhoe. He is talking about trading the 310E with 1017 hours for the rig and dump trailer. He is going to have to come up with 5k to even it out. I borrowed the backhoe today to bury a few 330 gallon propane tanks(we do about 100 a year) and it is tight as a tick. My plans on this setup may very well be on hold.

Thanks on the input. as for the dually pulling 15k everyday I agree it is a hard life, but we have be fortunate. It may spend 3 weeks without unhooking the gooseneck. Its usual burden is the 36 foot trailer with the S250 and attachments. As long as we don't run it at 70 on the highway it doesn't seem to work too awful hard. But having too much truck is kind of like having too much money. I guess you could......It would be tough.
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