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<blockquote data-quote="Eric" data-source="post: 778" data-attributes="member: 108"><p>We bid jobs and do hourly work as well. This job was a bid but I would say 95% of our work is time and material / hourly.</p><p> </p><p>As far as compaction goes, I wheel roll with the bobcat and a bucket of dirt to add weight. I do this in 6" to 10" lifts / layers.</p><p> </p><p>To be honest I think I can break out concrete faster with my skidsteer than with the Excavator (337 Bobcat Ex with 1,200 ft lb breaker). The Ex cant manipulate things and pry as easily and quickly as the skidsteer. The advatage to having our Ex with a breaker is the higher foot pounds (strength) and reach. As far as pool demo goes, you cant get the proper angle from inside the pool area on the breaker to break out the inside walls. You would have to try and balance the breaker while breaking from the top of the bond beam down through the 6" thick pool wall down 2' to 3'. This is hard to do and time consuming. The breaker bounces off the wall easily mostly because all the play in the arm and hinges and a 3" bit on a 6" wall. You can get the proper angle from the top while sitting on the deck but then you cant see where your breaking and often there is not enough room around the pool to do this here in CA (see photos). This is just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Eric, post: 778, member: 108"] We bid jobs and do hourly work as well. This job was a bid but I would say 95% of our work is time and material / hourly. As far as compaction goes, I wheel roll with the bobcat and a bucket of dirt to add weight. I do this in 6” to 10” lifts / layers. To be honest I think I can break out concrete faster with my skidsteer than with the Excavator (337 Bobcat Ex with 1,200 ft lb breaker). The Ex cant manipulate things and pry as easily and quickly as the skidsteer. The advatage to having our Ex with a breaker is the higher foot pounds (strength) and reach. As far as pool demo goes, you cant get the proper angle from inside the pool area on the breaker to break out the inside walls. You would have to try and balance the breaker while breaking from the top of the bond beam down through the 6” thick pool wall down 2' to 3'. This is hard to do and time consuming. The breaker bounces off the wall easily mostly because all the play in the arm and hinges and a 3“ bit on a 6“ wall. You can get the proper angle from the top while sitting on the deck but then you cant see where your breaking and often there is not enough room around the pool to do this here in CA (see photos). This is just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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