Posted by Mel on March 17, 2009
I have always had an interest in construction equipment. It probably started when I was quite small and we were living in a new development where the houses were still being built down the street. My dad would take me down to watch the workers now and then. I remember one time where there was a backhoe parked at one of the sites and my dad took me down after work and let me sit up in the cab. It was a real thrill.
My job now is behind a desk. I try and rent equipment for any project I have just so I can play. I think my wife has caught on though. I thought it would be a good idea to rent a bobcat for a small gardening project we decided to do. Our back lot is pretty long and the garden area was going to be pretty big. Anyway, when I showed up with a rented bobcat from Home Depot, she was laughing pretty hard! Hey, a guy has a right to use heavy equipment once in a while, doesn’t he?
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Posted by equiPrime on February 14, 2009
The first rule of doing any kind of construction job is that you have to have the right tool for the job. This sounds obvious but it’s actually really easy to have the wrong set of tools and yet to try to make do with them. This is always a mistake. If you ever find yourself buying tools for a construction project, make sure that you know what you’re buying before you make the purchase.
I offer this advice out of my own experience. There are unfortunately several examples of this problem from my past. The first one that comes to mind is a time that I needed to buy a temporary construction fence for my place of business. Someone else told me that they had a good experience using a tensabarrier system so I purchased that without looking at it too closely.
Now, don’t get me wrong, a tensabarrier would’ve been a great solution to some indoor barrier issues. It’s a good product. But what I needed was something durable for use outdoors and what I ordered didn’t meet that need. The point is that it doesn’t matter how good the tool is if it’s not the right tool. Now I make sure I know what I’m getting before I get it!
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Posted by Primer on February 12, 2009
Growing plants has always been a hobby for my wife. Last year she decided to open a small nursery to start making money at something she enjoys. We leased a small building on some land in town, and opened up about eight months later. Being a small operation, we forgot about some of the big things we were going to need to be effective, and not kill ourselves in the process.
I told her we needed a used fork truck, as we couldn’t afford a new one at the time. She did a net search for forklift in Texas, and came up with a few options that fit our price. My job was to go look at it, learn to use it, and bring it home. A week later, we had just what we needed without paying an arm and a leg for a new one.
We have not been open for a year yet, but business is going pretty well. Since people can’t afford new homes right now, it seems that they want to make what they have looked better for a while. As a result, we are moving more stack than we figured, and that has made our delivery schedule heat up. Without that new forklift, I would probably be in the hospital by now.
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Posted by pattya on December 14, 2008
Our business is barely a year old but I can say we are doing well. I and my business partner are both civil engineers and immediately after graduation, we put up our own construction business.
Well, I should say that part of our success may have stemmed from the fact that our parents are also civil engineers who are working in other areas. It was not difficult for us to buy second hand equipment like a portable screening plant. Our projects are still focused on small housing projects and we move from there to bigger buildings.
But as early as now, we have done our research on market trends. We also did our research on purchasing necessary equipment like gravel screening machines and we actually realized that we could buy a machine that could screen multiple fragment sizes. We found a good machine from EZ Screen and our next savings will be for buying from this company.
I know it is still a long way to go to make a niche in the construction industry. We are fully aware about the economic problems today but for us, having our business is better than getting stuck working for somebody else. At least if we have our business, there will be limitless room for growth and income generation.
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Posted by Mel on October 29, 2008
Traffic cones, road barriers, and construction signs. They appear along the miles and miles of highways, no matter how far you travel. I often asked when I was younger about where they all come from. They must all come from somewhere. There are many companies that sell traffic safety equipment and even have online stores for them. Some construction companies have sites that will allow visitors to request a quote for their requirements. They even use an e-commerce setup on their site to get all their equipment out to buyers who need it.
Whether it is the need for an order of jersey barriers to get set up for the next road project, or the need for temporary fencing to keep motorists safe during the next road repair or festival, there is a company out there that can help. Every single cone or barrier is manufactured and sold by somebody, just as any other commercial, industrial, or consumer product on the market. After coming across this online, I think the next time I am stuck in a traffic jam and pass a series of construction barriers on the road, I’m pretty sure I’ll remember thinking about the companies that buy and sell them.
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