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Bob and Susan
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importing an excavator 2007
here is the story about importing an excavator...
http://www.mulege.org/import2007/importexcavator.htm
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BAJACAT
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nice rig
how many hours on this nice cat.
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BAJACAT
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here is my cat with over 4000 hrs
[Edited on 4-19-2007 by BAJACAT]
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Diver
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Great story !
Thanks for the great job telling it !!!!
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Bob and Susan
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this guy has 8000+
the company that had it was the kind that sends the oil out to test it EVERY oil change...lots of documented history
the reason they sell these older models is because you need to "repower" them to get those lucrative contracts with the government...
sometimes they just get a new unit...it's cheaper
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BAJACAT
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cool thanks for the story
even machines can retired in BAJA.
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Bob and Susan
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oh...it's not going to retire....
this will be it's 2nd lifetime of WORK!!!!
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fishbuck
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That is a great story and very informative.
Retiring to Baja is a lot more work than everyone thinks!
I am trying to figure out how to level my lot. It's fairly level but slopes a bit and is going to need some work. I don't think the average backhoe
tractor is heavy enough due to some larger boulders that need to be moved.
Here's the snag. I thought there would be a bulldozer availible in San Quintin but my info is that the ones I see around are not availible for hire.
They are ownned by the large commercial farms and don't hire out.
I guess I will need to hire one from Ensenada and have it trucked to San Quintin.
Does anyone have any ideas on the subject?
Here is a photo of the lot between the two houses.
http://www.sanquintinrealestate.com/photogallery/bahia/prope...
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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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fishbuck .....
Cant get to your link but, that's OK. I'm building on a lot with lots of slope so I'm using Post and Pier method. More slope the better for
drainage which is good because I think it's just starting to rain.
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fishbuck
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I fixed the link.
Pier and post? I'm not familiar but will research it.
I was thinking more of just moving the existing material to make the lot level and using retaining walls to actually raise the pad area up about 4-5
feet. The lot is higher near the road and slopes toward the water but has some high spots in the middle. I plan to move the boulders out and put them
in the federal zone as a decorative boundary marker.
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"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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BAJACAT
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FISHBUCK
| Quote: | Originally posted by fishbuck
That is a great story and very informative.
Retiring to Baja is a lot more work than everyone thinks!
I am trying to figure out how to level my lot. It's fairly level but slopes a bit and is going to need some work. I don't think the average backhoe
tractor is heavy enough due to some larger boulders that need to be moved.
Here's the snag. I thought there would be a bulldozer availible in San Quintin but my info is that the ones I see around are not availible for hire.
They are ownned by the large commercial farms and don't hire out.
I guess I will need to hire one from Ensenada and have it trucked to San Quintin.
Does anyone have any ideas on the subject?
Here is a photo of the lot between the two houses.
http://www.sanquintinrealestate.com/photogallery/bahia/prope...
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What about a payloader see above picture of my workhorse.I have move some
pretty large rocks with it, and also you can do some gradding with it.
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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BAJACAT
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Fishbuck the picture doesn't really show the slope on the lot do you have and idea of what percentage you have right now.if you seet a metal stake at
the highes point and then from grade (from the ground)go up 12"used a marker to make a line at 12 " attach a string line set another stake on the
lower side you will probably will need a longer one to accomodated the slope difference,tight the string line to second metal stake at level, find
your level reading substrack the difference from your first reading(your firts stake set at 12") and that will give you and idea of your slope %..
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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fishbuck
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Ya, I think that would work also. But same deal, not availible locally.
Where are you and how much?
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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BAJACAT
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no that belongs to the company that I work for,that machine is in Oceanside CA, like half a mile from DK's house. there has to be something in
Squintin to rent. or borrow at night I have all the keys we need
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I was thinking the same. Los Pinos owns land adjacent to our area and had both a loader and large dozer there. They cleared a bunch of brush but that
was all.
Anyway I thought about "borrowing" them or paying the operator a little side money.
It was a nice idea but they were trucked out after they finished clearing.
[Edited on 4-21-2007 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Bob and Susan
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you NEED a "permit de Suelo" or something like that FIRST!!!
this permit lets you move dirt on your property around for the pad and building...
get this FIRST or prepare to pay BIG time!!!
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BAJACAT
no that belongs to the company that I work for,that machine is in Oceanside CA, like half a mile from DK's house. there has to be something in
Squintin to rent. or borrow at night I have all the keys we need |
Yep, I even got to wave at Cat as I drove past him on an intersection... He sits pretty high up in that machine!
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Bob and Susan
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you probably need a dozer but these are all over the place to "rent"
figure a min $1000
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Fishbuck,
Pier and post is a series of lumber post and concrete piers or above/below grade concrete footings assembled in the configuration of the perimeter and
interior of the layout of your home. Think of it as a big deck before the walls are built.
Prior to using concrete for slabs for homes every house in the world was built on piers and post, including mine and most in the community I live in.
If your own house in the states or anyhouse you've been in that you have to step twice to get to the front door, it's most likely and pier and post
type system.
If I was challenged with the task you have at hand I would definately go with this system and have a sheeted floor of sturdy plywood atop a pattern of
floor joist supported by beams and post versus extensive excavation, boulder moving, retaining wall erection, and relying on backfill to support the
weight of a slab (eventual slab cracks if not compacted correctly). Not to mention a fraction of the cost and time.
Let me know if I can be of any more information.
Chuck
Haven't had a bad trip yet....
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Plus the advantage of being able to get to your plumbing if necessary.
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