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Right-Sizing Equipment for Projects

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Excavators - One of the Top 4 tools a landscaping company NEEDS

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The video discusses the importance of choosing the right size equipment for your projects. Having a machine that is too large can be more detrimental than one that is too small, as oversized equipment may not fit into confined spaces, making it entirely useless. A smaller machine, while potentially slower, can still complete the job. For most landscaping companies, an 18,000-pound excavator is presented as an ideal 'happy medium.' This size is capable of handling a wide range of tasks, including demolishing houses and swimming pools, building boulder retaining walls, and digging footings. It's versatile enough for most common jobs without being too cumbersome for typical residential or commercial sites.

Goal: Determine the optimal size of heavy equipment for a variety of landscaping and excavation projects.

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  • Bobcat 325 Mini Excavator Bobcat — Illustrating a smaller excavator working on a project
  • Daewoo Solar 75V Excavator Daewoo — Demonstrating a mid-sized excavator for various tasks
  • Volvo EC750EL Excavator Volvo — Illustrating a large excavator being 'too big' for certain tasks

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[music] One of the things I've learned over the years, guys, it's easy to get stuck in a machine that's too big. A machine that's too big is actually worse than a machine that's too small for a job. What I mean is you can't get a a big machine into a tight site, meaning it's absolutely useless when the machine is sitting down in your yard and not working. But now, if you buy something that's too small for most of your projects, you can usually still work it. It may take you longer to complete that project, but at least you're still working. A lot of times you get a big machine and it just won't fit onto a project. So, I'm going to caution you to heir on the size of being too small instead of being too big. But there is a happy medium. And what I consider to be a happy medium for most landscape companies is about an 18,000 lb excavator. That's just about the right site that you can actually go in and demolish a house. You can demolish a swimming pool. You can build a boulder retaining wall. You can dig footings. You can do most of the work you need to with an 18,000lb excavator. It's not going to be the right size to get into bigger projects. But if you occasionally get into those bigger jobs and you want to stretch yourself, an 18,000lb machine will allow you to go ahead and do that. And if you do have to get into a bigger machine, well, there is always the option of renting them.

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