Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

Overall I think you are on track, but that's a BIG excavator at $100k for a used one. How deep and wide is this trench? We spent about $25k for a used 7000lb size mini excavator with 800hours. On Feb 21, 2018 8:53 PM, "Chuck McCown" wrote: > Lets say you have an equipment

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

, February 21, 2018 7:29 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs What if you have a trencher & backhoe combination? Isn't the chain driven trencher faster than the excavator? Just switch to back hoe when you hit a big rock. That's my theory anyway. -- Original Mes

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

om Sent: 2/21/2018 8:53:00 PM Subject: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs Lets say you have an equipment operator that earns $20/hour. I always double that for loaded cost. That operator can dig probably 50 foot/hour reliably. So say 320 feet/day with start up and shut down inefficiencies. 8 x 40

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

Yikes. Where's my Tecate? Need to wash Steve's post from my brain.. Jaime Solorza On Feb 21, 2018 7:03 PM, "Steve Jones" wrote: > whats your operator and equipment doing when hes not costing you? are you > pimping him to the other boys on the street? > > On Wed,

Re: [AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

whats your operator and equipment doing when hes not costing you? are you pimping him to the other boys on the street? On Wed, Feb 21, 2018 at 7:53 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > Lets say you have an equipment operator that earns $20/hour. I always > double that for loaded cost. >

[AFMUG] Fw: Excavation costs

Lets say you have an equipment operator that earns $20/hour. I always double that for loaded cost. That operator can dig probably 50 foot/hour reliably. So say 320 feet/day with start up and shut down inefficiencies. 8 x 40 = $320. So $1/foot just for the labor. More if we pay for a