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Old 03-28-2007, 02:29 PM
Nathaniel Carr Nathaniel Carr is offline
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You know where I think we are slow... Lay out! The first day on those wall and patio/walkway jobs, I seem to take forever setting stakes, squaring strings up. Maybe I should lay those out the day before, by myself so that I don't freak out when I see three guys waiting to dig.

I also am suprised by how long it takes to rake out base. We can usually get the machine to distribute the bucket load of gravel, by dumping and backing up, but to get it pitching how we want it, with no low spots... that takes a while.

Do you leave a grid of strings up to go off when you are doing that?

One thing that I repeatedly think I can't be without is a tool trailer with the whole shop packed into it.

What about you?
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