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03-24-2006, 01:20 PM
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New Jersey guys have it EASY !!! (as easy as this work can be!)
I just finished A job on the beach in Ocean City, NJ and came away with one thing in mind. I want to move my business from West Chester, PA to anywhere in NJ.
Digging in the sand is the best.
Completed the job 2 days ahead of schedule and couldn't have been easier.
Hats off to all you Jersey guys.
How many of you guys in Jersey use modified? I got mixed results when asking around. I always use it, I'm in a mostly clay area.
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03-24-2006, 07:19 PM
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We don't all get to play in the sand. In my area we have mostly clay and rock unless your near a stream or river.
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03-24-2006, 07:45 PM
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Easy digging, but did you have a customer from out where you live give you the job? If you are getting $8 a sqft you are doing well around here. Loota guys go $5.00 if you have a 1000 sq ft.
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03-24-2006, 07:46 PM
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That was one of my misconceptions when I moved here on the opposite end of the planet. I thought hey, we'll be on the coast, lots of sand...Yeah right....Even in the sand, with the right conditions it will form sand bricks and we have stood mini-X's up on end trying to break it free.
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03-24-2006, 08:37 PM
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All sand in southern jersey! Not like that where i am in north jersey!
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03-24-2006, 11:16 PM
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Quote:
Originally posted by ckcland
I just finished A job on the beach in Ocean City, NJ and came away with one thing in mind. I want to move my business from West Chester, PA to anywhere in NJ.
Digging in the sand is the best.
Completed the job 2 days ahead of schedule and couldn't have been easier.
Hats off to all you Jersey guys.
How many of you guys in Jersey use modified? I got mixed results when asking around. I always use it, I'm in a mostly clay area.
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We did a job last year in Lewes DE, all sand excavation, the place was right on the bay....lunch in the gazeebo everday looking over the water. I left that job saying, the same things as you. I am still up north though. In research I have found it is tough to advertise in beach areas unless your trucks are there all summer. Try sending mailers to vacation homes, it won't work, or even if you track down the real addresses it is tough to sell someone from NY a paver driveway in OC.
Just my .02.
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03-25-2006, 07:40 AM
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Life is a "beach", unless you are digging on one.
Cape Cod is mostly sand (glacial wash). We do have areas with heavier soils in certain parts. In those areas you might even find a rock or two.
Be careful for what you wish for. It does mean that you have to do things differently to get plants to survive.
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03-25-2006, 09:49 AM
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Isn't trenching more difficult in straight sand? Sure it's easier to dig, but don't the walls tend to give way and collapse? I've never had sand to dig in, just guessing from my sandbox days.......
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03-25-2006, 05:53 PM
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You want nice digging?
Where I am and south it's a pleasure being in this business.....Can grow anything, or just about. Go north of me and all you dig into is rocks and poor drainage.
The general area I am located was farm land, potatoes the main crop up until I guess well after WWII. I think it was around late 50's early 60's that the farms just about all disappeared.
The only farms left, farms of large production anyway are now in Suffolk.......can still find here and there in Nassau some small farms still producing.
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03-31-2006, 09:36 PM
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Pelican the term you are refering to is " The angle of repose" this is the slope of a material to hold vertical before colapsing. lol if you even care! I use it to impress people. My 2 cents
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03-31-2006, 09:47 PM
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Seedling
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wow thats probably the only good thing to be said about NJ, and thats only in the southern part of the state......
Quote:
Originally posted by ckcland
I just finished A job on the beach in Ocean City, NJ and came away with one thing in mind. I want to move my business from West Chester, PA to anywhere in NJ.
Digging in the sand is the best.
Completed the job 2 days ahead of schedule and couldn't have been easier.
Hats off to all you Jersey guys.
How many of you guys in Jersey use modified? I got mixed results when asking around. I always use it, I'm in a mostly clay area.
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