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I run a Howse 42" box blade. The BX 2200 can pull it without struggle. I have leveled and moved a lot of dirt and rock with the box blade. My only complaint is that I have deformed the ripper teeth by hitting big rocks. The ripper teeth are replacable. For doing the job you are describing, the...

The type of substructure is dependent on the soil conditions that the footings will rest on. If the ground is soft for several feet below the purposed footing, a pile foundation could be used. If the ground is solid, you could go with a poured in place footing or even precast blocks. If you are...

One more photo. Thanks for letting me show the pics.

Yes, we had to pass the beams across the channel. One crane was a 190 ton hydro and the second a 110 hydro.

Here are some precast prestressed concrete girders we set today. Its for a multi-use (bike path) project which includes four bridges and 2.5 miles of fiber mesh reinforced concrete path. Beams are 120 foot long and weigh 125,000 lbs. What a rush.

Heres the photo.

Hey, Thanks for all the input. I finially decided to call the Phone Company to do a repair. With all the high tech toys coming out that feed through the phone line, I felt I better do a good repair. Made a call to Quest and was able to report the damage on a computerized help line and made the...

The cost of my project just went up. While scraping dirt for my RV pad with a box scraper, I hooked the buired phone line which services the house. The line has 12 wires in it. I did a temp splice and was able to restore service. My question is how do you do a permament repair? I plan to pour a...

When they deliver the soil in the truck, it will be considered "Loose Yards". If you intend to compact the soil, you have to consider the shrinkage factor. If you were to compact to the maximum relitive denisity for a given soil, you would multiply the 30 yards by 1.3. With the top soil, you...

I have a septic drain field which is 2 feet deep, has 12 inches of drain rock with 4" drain pipe in the lower portion of the trench and 12 inchs of native clay in the upper portion of the trench. When I constructed the system last fall, I was able to backfill the trenches without running any...

Being a fairly new owner of a compact tractor, I'd like to see what they a capable of. Post a photo of your project. Here's what I did today.

I run a House 42" brush hog on my BX 2200. It does a great job on my 1.5 arce grass field.