Re: OT one piece of heavy equipment to make a livi

Posted by ShepFL on April 30, 2005 at 07:24:09 from (155.14.78.39):

In Reply to: OT one piece of heavy equipment to make a living posted by flyingvranch on April 29, 2005 at 14:07:24:

copied from Dozer forum

For me it would depend on the kind of business you want to do. If you get a TLB you should also look at getting a small dump truck to run with it to be effective. Escavation, septics, land clearing, hauling dirt etc.

FWIW, I will pass along some sage advise I got while shopping for a small dump truck - "you can only gut a sheep once, BUT, you can shear him many, many times."

That told me real quick to cease the search for the dump truck as I could only do some much land clearing, septics etc. and my travel range would have to increase to find the new business.

I refocused my "will work for hire" work on creating & maintaining yr. round feed plots for hunting clubs. Here in the South lot of clubs lease land yet don't have equipment to do the "farmer" work.

This is where I come in. My capital investment is already paid for, overhead is low, I get paid by the hour, they pay for seed, fertilizer, fuel etc. I get to hang out in the woods working my old iron and I get paid to do it. Side benefit is I have some key spots to go deer hunting in the fall and since I have been in the woods all yr. I have a good idea of where the deer are.

For personal use I own an OLD MF 50C rubber tire 2WD TLB. I wish it had a grapple bucket but alas it does not. Root rake for front bucket would also be nice. I do some odd jobs around the area i.e. ditches, clearing fields, driveway building etc. It keeps me in fuel money. You can do more with a TLB than a dozer or track hoe as those are more specialized machines.

Just some food for thought.

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