Dig it starnes
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Sunday 13 July 2025 02:09:50 GMT
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CountryMileGarage :
lots of "hobby" people think they can run a business cuz all they see is the boss they used to work for does "nothing" but he's already working on the 3rd job quote to keep everything rolling. Pinch pennies when you start up and slowly upgrade
2025-07-13 04:52:55
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I'mAttaUr MomsHouse :
MY VOTE IS WORKING !!!
2025-07-13 02:43:23
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Blake :
I think your right everyone is pricing jobs to cheap going broke I’ve seen them around here running 97-2 skids with attachments for 80 to 90 a hr 2 hr min can’t do it u will go broke quick
2025-07-13 02:20:44
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nbanks_73 :
They are all overpriced in the first place
2025-07-13 10:25:47
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mat_man45 :
Our company was looking to get new 345/352 mainline hoes and decided it was financially smarter to just rebuild the existing hoes for a 1/4 of the cost. I think more companies are looking into reb
2025-07-13 02:27:45
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Countryside_Farms_Excavation :
We like to buy used junk at auctions and fix it up in our shop during the winter
2025-07-13 02:28:54
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t_hulmes67 :
Farming has been the same way last couple years. Company’s keep pushing million dollar machines with no secondary market. Can get a 1 year old x9 combine with a couple hundred hours for 450k. The amount of used equipment sitting on lots is incredible
2025-07-13 02:40:55
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Dakota Shepard :
My cousin and I just started a excavation business and we already had a skid so bit the bullet and went out and got a brand new cat 306. He bids jobs where all we need is 1 little weekend job (septic tank,etc…) and we can make the payment on the machine and all the over head of running the business with 1 small job. 2 days of work pays for the machine it’s really not THAT HARD.
2025-07-13 17:12:13
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garrettbonow :
I’ve seen small dozers go for crazy cheap prices, especially on auctions. It’s nuts
2025-07-13 02:18:11
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B.rian76 :
housing crash in the future???
2025-07-13 02:24:21
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GuthrieGOAT :
I was fortunate to meet a man with 180 employees In excavation/ mining. He told me it’s all profit/ loss and that’s it in this business. I agree with you 100% people simply do not know their numbers
2025-07-13 02:34:30
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jp :
jus like everything today prices are completely outa control
2025-07-13 03:20:22
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Russell Baker :
Find the whole pre def market over priced when it’s so easy to do a removal these days and not be paying more for a 2005-2010 than they were brand new back then.
2025-07-13 02:22:26
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terpillar :
Ag equipment too. We just haggled a combine from 175k to 57k at which we purchased it. So much sitting on lots currently.
2025-07-13 12:14:28
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MattSarkozi :
the machines are always broken
2025-07-14 01:30:42
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Heavy_Hauler_864 :
I think a lot of it is guys working for someone thinking they can jump out on their own. Then seeing it’s not all cash and rainbows.
2025-07-13 02:39:45
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brickriley :
only good if you can find work for them most people aren't spending at this time
2025-07-13 21:45:07
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Jack Johnson :
Seems to be the issue with everything. People are working for free, which apparently they have great luck because one breakdown will set them back a month.
2025-07-13 04:16:34
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Ron Rice :
200 an hour minimum! on a skid
2025-07-13 03:27:25
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Rock-roll :
Yup, everyone wanted in..:
2025-07-13 05:02:22
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CJ :
Huge slowdown in dirt work on the farming and residential side… I think, deere lends or rents some of this new stuff out to get a few hours on them to some of the bigger operations to try to get them to bite and also so they can cut the price.. nobody’s financing 100K machines for part time Skid Loader work
2025-07-13 05:10:34
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gman_rides_again :
as a used equipment dealer its bad right now I've sent all my inventory to auction 3 months ago when I seen the down turn, luckily I broke even ,just in time.
2025-07-13 11:47:05
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jordo809 :
Everyone jumped in when the Covid money was flowing
2025-07-13 14:12:55
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alleganysamsquanch :
😂🤣 No it ain't
2025-07-14 00:50:00
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CC32 :
John Deere credit in the tank. 😂
2025-07-13 11:02:07
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user6693924209021 :
The “dirt work game” is getting overloaded with people who have watched others get wealthy just like anything else making money. So then someone has to start cutting prices to make it work. Then everyone has to suffer several years until it comes back around.
2025-07-14 11:15:04
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R&C :
Idk how some guys do it. I run a MT100 on small jobs at $100 an hour lol
2025-07-14 10:24:29
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SerpentKing666 :
dealers just piling up new equipment, took a couple years to catch up on production. small guys aren't spending money. perfect storm
2025-07-13 11:49:04
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B-Rad McFly :
It's a sign of the economy. The "working guy" isn't working. I've bought and flipped trailers for 20 years. I haven't seen used trailers this low since 2008. It's a very strong indication that the economy is getting worse
2025-07-13 05:50:22
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user7983706558922 :
There’s still no money
2025-07-13 21:59:55
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Justin Leishman :
I can hardly get people to pay $75/hr to run a 50hp tractor either brush hogging or driveway work. It’s wild.
2025-07-16 02:58:28
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Dandy Man :
everything's slowing down everywhere.
2025-07-13 13:00:28
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SkidWorx :
I’m about to be looking for a hoe in the 30,000-35,000lb range hope I can find a deal
2025-07-13 02:19:49
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VDB CONTRACTORS WISCO :
the work isnt there
2025-07-13 13:15:57
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Nathan Mcbride :
this is why I bought a super clean 08 model 317 tire skidsteer with 3k hours. I knew I couldn't dedicate my life to it so if it sets it doesn't hurt
2025-07-14 22:09:24
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Corey :
It’s the weekend excavation guys that had full time jobs, that thought they were gonna strike it rich and learned really quick those 30k a year payments come real quick
2025-07-13 13:54:48
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Aaron Blue :
All the new stuff is garbage, Ag field tech here. If you own new equipment you had better have more than one because it’s going to be down a lot. It may be under warranty but you’ll still pay travel time and mileage to get it repaired. People are probably losing money with down new equipment 🤷
2025-07-13 23:48:33
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Will Brown :
Just seen a guy in my area is selling a Kubota SVL75-2 and kx033-4 with attachments and trailer for 80k. I figured maybe it was just me that thought things were getting cheaper
2025-07-14 11:19:17
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Eric Crockett :
I think you're right I think a lot of people got a machine and thought that they could be able to make payments on profit by volume by undercutting everyone else and found out the race to the bottom ends badly.
2025-07-13 18:21:44
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Mark Santora :
Personally for anything over $200k, I buy new 0 % interest. 100 % write off. cash is king. Keep it in the operating account. That said we will purchase a 4-8k hr excavatir used if we need a big machine to double up. Depends on the
2025-07-13 14:09:25
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Pipeline Inspector :
Economy bud, worse than anyone knows, trust me. Most LEI headed south, gold and silver rising. Fed has bent bank rules. they hiding massive CRE losses off books.
2025-07-13 21:33:07
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Booga beans :
Same in Australia mate, everyone bought diggers etc when the going was good, now the markets flooded with machines for sale there almost giving them away
2025-07-13 20:28:13
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Drake Holland :
It seems like the new guys aren’t willing to to run older machines before buying a new one. They then kill themselves with overhead in their first year and the go tits up by Winter when the work slows down.
2025-07-13 19:19:49
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Matt Popp 🇺🇸 :
335p with forestry package was $124k in our area last time I checked about 3 months ago
2025-07-14 03:50:01
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usedtobebigmike :
COVID hurt people everyone jumped into it and now they are out of work
2025-07-13 19:08:34
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JCC :
Just rent.
2025-07-13 18:57:48
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user5027327444208 :
I wonder if people buy the machines, do the work on their own projects and then sell off the machines. The loss on the equipment is their cost on the project which may be less than hiring it out? 🤷♂️
2025-07-28 02:08:57
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darvin_and_family :
Nobody is spending money! So small businesses fail.
2025-07-13 09:55:52
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tacos_de_perro1 :
None of the big guys are starting big jobs. We had a bunch of subdivisions ready to start that just paused. Operators with 25 years experience holding a shovel. 40 hrs a week.
2025-07-13 11:53:31
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