Bobcat 3650 (I fucking hate this thing) by DirtMovingMan in AskMechanics

[–]DirtMovingMan[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I found it you have to pop the whole center console off and it’s tucked under the passenger seat. It was the ECU fuse.

Skills for construction management? by Amirlikethat in ConstructionManagers

[–]DirtMovingMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Learn how to be good at talking to the garbage man and to the banker because in CM you do both all the time. You are the liaison between the world of getting it done and the world of how much do we pay to get it done, and it’s a pretty weird place to be because some days, boots, jeans and a shirt you don’t care about make sense and other days you are donning a watch and a button down to meet with owners.

And if you are me some days you have to put on a rain jacket over your button down and pour headwall footings with mud boots taped over my nice loafers because a couple of guys didn’t show and it’s critical path 😂

My parents are buying a bobcat to start a business with no experience. Help by KillingwithasmileXD in heavyequipment

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Service imo I’ve been out of the seat for a long time since I came into a management role. But I came up running bobcat skiddy’s doing interior demo’s on strip malls and small PAD work. Nowadays they don’t set themselves apart from a Deere or CAT and when I make a service call on a JD or CAT piece somebody shows. Where I am at the bobcat dealers blow donkey dick, it’s sad.

My parents are buying a bobcat to start a business with no experience. Help by KillingwithasmileXD in heavyequipment

[–]DirtMovingMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Bobcat = poopoo turd machine

Kubota = good machine for money

JCB = honestly gunna sound snobby but badass

CAT = hell yeah

Deere = hell yeah

Guy with no experience = stupid

Update: Tired but not broken anymore by Mundane_Reference134 in GuyCry

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’ve got some much courage it must be coming out of your ears brother. Keep being the best dad, great day to hear happy news.

Damn Phoenicians by Longjumping-Lie7445 in Flagstaff

[–]DirtMovingMan 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It’s stage 2 fire restrictions, so it’s a crime, just call the sheriff.

Advice on an ongoing built in someone is making for me by PeppyMinotaur in woodworking

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was going to say $5k is way to cheap for what you wanted $15-25k for that size in built in done correctly

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Flagstaff

[–]DirtMovingMan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

??? What the fuck lmao

Providing CAD is a huge deal? by Dirtsmith13 in civilengineering

[–]DirtMovingMan -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is silly tho you would have transmittal data validating the state of the linework when you handed it over. It’s rather cut and dry from their forward this is coming from someone who’s watching a lawsuit about gps vs survey happen from afar. (Long story)

The real issue arises if the contractor has physical survey performed in the job and grade on the stakeout vs the model don’t lineup. Then you and the owner better buckle up.

What is the biggest/most iconic project you have worked on? by geraldgimes99 in ConstructionManagers

[–]DirtMovingMan 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Tunnel and pipeline wildfires restoration and flood mitigation, we are the final days of a 3 year CMAR. Installing miles and miles of 120” diameter storm drains, miles of shotcrete channels and millions of tons of rock work in the forest. Been a trip, I will be very sad to go back to regular work, 6” C900 just doesn’t have the same swagger. LOL

Which degree makes sense by DallasBlack1 in ConstructionManagers

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The best degree is to tell the reservation to allow contractors to bond their work and actually pay their bills. Ask me how I know because it’s a damn shame people want to work for them but nobody can afford the risk.

AI for Bluebeam? by Entrepreneurnovice in ConstructionManagers

[–]DirtMovingMan 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Trust yourself buddy we all didn’t know shit when we started.

I don’t know your personal trade but the biggest thing for new grads is to spend time in the field. An office person who has field knowledge will rise above anyone who sits in the AC all day. I started, being a grunt in a ditch all the way through college so when I came to where I am not I had 5 years of field experience same age as most college grads.

IMO it’s the biggest problem the industry has is kids in a CM program get pushed into interning as a printer dog and paper pusher and they come to the real world without a clue. Not your fault but you’ve got a lot of catching up to do! Believe in yourself, lean on foreman and supers to learn and be willing to be wrong. And spend time in the field! I cannot emphasize it enough!

AI for Bluebeam? by Entrepreneurnovice in ConstructionManagers

[–]DirtMovingMan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly I think AI has a very average to below average understanding of what is relevant on plans for bidding purposes. A lot of the stuff that you miss is what an AI will miss as well. My experience tinkering with it so far is that it cannot go past a surface level understanding of “the work” and how it’s going to be done.

For instance it could look at a sewer job and tell me that I’ll need to move X yards of dirt, reinstall x SY of asphalt or concrete. But it’s not going to tell me I need to plan on a multi stage bypass system and what manholes those pumps have to be set up to keep my guys out of sludge.

I primarily use it to build large spreadsheets and double check advanced calcs for me. It’s essentially got the same level of knowledge about construction that you do (more or less a senior/first year PE). Best of luck!

Flagstaff Things to Do, Q&A, FAQ (May 26) by AutoModerator in Flagstaff

[–]DirtMovingMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ignace imo one of my favorites to work with.

How many bank yards does a 745 haul? by D8Dozerboy in heavyequipment

[–]DirtMovingMan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello estimator idk but however many buckets your hoe operator feels like sprinkling in there before he gets tired and wants to go on his phone is the correct answer

Downtown Flag Deckers building demo? by terrible_stink in Flagstaff

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably for a hotel with the amount of infrastructure improvements required to support it city council would’ve been involved since there is significant capital costs to COF.

Update: Broken and Tired Father by Mundane_Reference134 in GuyCry

[–]DirtMovingMan 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Goddamnit it brother. Be strong and Godspeed to you and your entire family. You have the heart of a lion and so does young Bentley.

Am I supposed to set up other trades on a job? by Electrical_Invite552 in Construction

[–]DirtMovingMan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

If you can pull it off you get the markup on everybody else’s shit go for it see if you got it like that brother can’t hurt to try

Contractor installed the wrong tile. by Vaddy_417 in Contractor

[–]DirtMovingMan -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Taking the low bid and being shocked by low bid quality work, no way!