Would you, your business, or trade association be interested first hand how DirtPail.com can work for you? am currently taking requests from interested parties within the state of Wisconsin (soon to be in other parts of this great land) on the benefits of being a DirtPail.com member! will show you how to easily navigate throught the site to find dirt/dump site listings, place classified ads with photos, use our unique tools, write an article, and more! There is no obligation to join, membership is free, and the presentation is at no cost to you! If interested, email me. Remember.

The pressures of competition, environmental regulations and the need to make a profit require a streamlined, cost-effective company. Equipment such as trucks, backhoes, and riding mowers are capital investments and an important component in cost-effective management. large portion of business profits may be invested or designated toward major equipment purchase. Before a decision is made to acquire new equipment, there must be careful consideration of the allocation of present and future cash assets to cover equipment costs.

It may not be worth purchasing machines that a business uses only occasionally. In this situation, the options are equipment rental or subcontracting the work. Either way, any work that requires use of that machine (possibly on more than one job) should be coordinated so it can be accomplished at the same time. Rental rates from contractors may be substantially lower than those of equipment dealers, depending on economic conditions. Contractor rentals can include the skilled operator of the machine and its transportation.

Before you purchase any major unit of equipment, you will probably want to determine whether it is more cost efficient than continuing to get by with old equipment. To perform this analysis you need to collect and compare information on the old machine versus a new one. Factors to be considered include: Price of new vs. resale value of old. Projected loss of value in the next year from use and depreciation. Operating costs per hour, based on the projected life cycle (or hours of use). Other factors, such as projected repairs and down time.

I have to tell you people, this summer has been quite a roller-coaster ride. and yes, I know that my input into "The Blog" has been minimal at best, and for that, I apologize. have done a poor job of updating our members with information and news,but I promise I'll make it up to you! Starting next week will begin a new journey on the DirtPail Information Highway. Check often to updates and news on equipment, law changes, current projects, and general construction related information. ON LINE HERE! So again, stay posted. Thanx.

A website like DirtPail is a great tool that allows member contractors and homeowners to network free dirt exchanges. Getting the proper amount and type of materials means that listing members need to be proactive and keep their posted request(s) current to avoid any potential problems down the road. DirtPail will now enact a policy that every listing will be posted for no more that ninety (90) days, which may be renewed as many times as necessary until the desired results are obtained. This will eliminate invalid or fulfilled listings, and keep the site current.

Start and maintaining a business nowadays in a very volatile construction industry can be compared to a salmon swimming up stream. Occasionally there are those pockets of calm waters allowing your company to press forward with minimal effort, but like every river, there are always those obstacles that can and will bring your progress to a screeching halt, and the walls you need to scale at these times may seem insurmountable. But with a little help, your business, like the salmon, eventually make it to their ultimate destination. You can pay $3-$5/hr less, but are really making or saving money?

When an artist creates their next piece-de-resistance, each endeavour begins with with a blank canvas. then an idea. and finally, a vision. And after a little time, the right choice of colors, and proper textures, that once blank canvas evolves into a masterpiece. As a contractor or a homeowner, whether it's your newly awarded landscape project, or barren and blank back yard, what lies before you IS your canvas. Your completed portrait is not just your ideas and sweat equity rolled up into one, but your creation is you. direct reflection of who you are and how you roll.

Times are tough, and there are more do-it-yourselfers out there trying to save a buck or two wherever and whenever they can. Hiring a qualified contractor to put those final finishing touches are often needed to close a project up. Being loyal to your wallet with this decision understandable, but also understand that sometimes reputable businesses have problems with money, especially when the industry has been on hard times for an extended period. Materials like aggregate and stone need to be paid for up front by the contractor, as well other related costs, and paid for upon completion.

One of the benefits of having a construction website with a blog is being able to share your knowledge and insight with those that may be, well. interested in what you have to say. Some consider themselves experts, while others just consider. suppose anyone can proclaim their information to be "dead on", but what one offers is only as good what one gets out of it. Pooling resources is one place is great idea, but when that great idea gets teamed with someone who not only understands the industry, but is also a visible and respected by those same individuals, that is an unbeatable combination.

I gotta tall you, I have some pretty impressive news about a new venture that is being formed with DirtPail.com. We are about to become a partner in a new platform with someone who is a very visible and respected representative of the construction industry, and the skilled trades that fuel it and keep it viable. DirtPail is teaming up with multiple other construction based businesses and individuals, bringing you an even wider array of news, useful information, and tools to keep you informed, teach new ideas, and make your job easier.

With a new construction season at hand, many contractors are eager to get the rust off other shovels, lube in the gears, and money flowing through their books. The planning stages are many, and the details need to be verified that everything is a "Green Light", or good-to-go so to speak. An when a diamond-in-the-rough like a free fill dump site is found, one of the most important details that tends to be overlooked is making sure that any road postings affecting productivity have been lifted.

I've been checking out my website, and for the most part, I really like it. It has multiple tools to help customers in with dirt related issues, advertising, classifieds, and so on and so on. It looks good, and functions well, and the monetary and logistical benefits make it even more attractive, let alone it being free of charge. What I'm getting at is that I'm certainly not the only option when it comes to this using a dirt moving service, but I have to ask. What brought you to DirtPail? And more importantly, what can I do to serve you, the customer, better? what else? Just Diggin' Life.

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Whether you are a multi-million dollar excavating contractor, or just a homeowner looking for a little help, the process of finding, or disposing of dirt fill can be a very costly endeavour. Costly? These two words in the same sentence may seem like an oxy-moron to most. you know, two words that don't make much sense in unison, like "jumbo" and "shrimp". Now, add one the most favorite words in the English language. and you get an equation that seems at times, almost impossible to solve. Maybe posting your request in the grocery store when exiting may get you a nibble or two.

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There is no doubt that the hype generated for this years Super Bowl has been like no other in the past couple of years. Last year EVERYONE picked the Colts to take care ot the Saints, and a couple years prior, only a drunken sailor would have picked the NY Giants to have even a pulse against the undefeated and power house New England Patriots. But as we all know fate is a funny thing, and when adversity is staring you right in the face, sometimes you just have to punch it square in the teeth. By the end of the night, all will be good and both teams fans part in good will. the Seahawks.

Hello DirtPail Members. Our new DirtPail email campaign is off and running! Of course helping our members save time and money is our main goal, but keeping our members informed is just as vital! It's important to keep you up to date with the latest from the construction industry, from Equipment News, Contractor and Associate Members of the Month, Tip of the Month to help our members navigate through our website, to ideas on getting more visibility for your business. DirtPail is there to be a partner with your business! Thank you for your patronage!

If you are in the heavy equipment industry in one form or another, then you understand what the association of these names and their place within the world. They are synonymous with anything that needs to be moved, whether that is dirt, coal, salt, limestone, and the list goes on. In one fluid and seemingly effortless motion, a machine standing stories tall can take one scoop weighing about 40,000 pounds, and place it on the back of another corporate giant. What took Mother Nature millions of years to produce and place, is now relocated within seconds for distribution around the world.

Let's be honest. dirt has never ranked among the elites of commodities world. Gold, silver, platinum. all traded by brokers worldwide on a daily basis, unlike dirt, which is basically looked at as. The exception to this train of thought would of course be the farmer, who depends on "Mother Earth" to supply nutrients to his crops year after year. In a monetary sense, you could probably compare dirt to something just as abundant, like salt. The difference being that during ancient times, it is commonly believed that Roman soldiers were at certain times paid with salt. Let's put it this way.

In less than 2 weeks, this great land will again be holding it's breath as it's people vote to move forward to a rebirth in how the US economy is meant to be. or step back and continue to play second fiddle to the rest of the world. With the first two years of the Obama Adminstration now under our belts, a shift in power could and should mean new opportunities for construction related businesses, namely the small businesses, by staying in the eye of the storm, and riding out this economic hurricane.

Well, a great service for the construction industry just got even better. Now the homeowner and contractor have the ability so network and save BIG $$$ using DirtPail.com to help solve all of their dirt moving needs, and best of all, done at NO CHARGE! There is no better site on the web to help those that want to help themselves, and their wallets at the same time! DirtPail.com will operate with out charging a fee to its members as long as people and businesses sign up every day. SPREAD THE WORD! Thanx

Downward revisions for this sector in recent months and in the annual comprehensive revision suggest that the Census Bureau is missing more post start project shutdowns than it is missing project starts. In turn, this suggests that nonresidential construction is still weakening. The near term spending trend is at best unchanged until the end of the year. With activity near the bottom for this building cycle, expect brief month-to-month expansion spurts for some types of projects through the summer but no sustained expansion until yearend. Institutional construction spending fell 0.9% in May.

Single family construction spending rose 0.8% in May but this was more than offset by a large fall in multi family construction spending and a small drop in residential remodeling. Expect the trends to reverse in the next few months. The end of the homebuyer tax credit will trim single family homebuilding for several months. Already, there have been steep May declines in permits, starts and home purchase mortgage applications. While the multi family construction spending trend is still down into the fall, the large May drop was random and not a sustainable trend. Annual Figures. Actual. Apr-10.

I'll bet that you think you are doing everything in your power to get the word out to promote your business, no matter what business it is. You probably have ads in the yellow pages, support your local youth teams, pass out business cards everywhere, purchase ad space in the Val-Pak mailings, place ads in local newspapers and trade publications. Are you missing a very important venue that more and more people are turning to? The Internet. Now, I am not talking about just creating a website with your services and contact information, (even though, this is very important).

It seems quite evident that the situation at hand, finding free fill, free dirt, or even free dump sites, is a growing predicament that is expanding every day. The exodus of families, and businesses for that matter, relocating to remote locales to find their little piece of paradise is making the process of moving dirt an issue with fewer options. Finding dump sites years ago was at times as easy a a short drive to the country, maybe talking to a farmer who wanted to level out some planting acreage, or simply buying a piece of land for your own use. The Chicken or the Egg? like DIRT?

Here is some general information courtesy of the Better Business Bureau of Wisconisn, aimed at informing statewide Building Contractors of new regulations and requirements effective July 1, 2009. This wiil affect contractors in site prep, plumbing, and others. There may be new regulations within other states, and we we post them as we find them for our members. _. Effective July 1, state has new requirements for building contractors. Beginning July 1, 2009, building contractor businesses in Wisconsin need to be registered with the state Department of Commerce. Masonry and stone work. Plumbing.

Well, you've really done it. The first step of letting DirtPail.com help you and your business save you time and money is completed when you hit the "Submit" button on the bottom of the Registration Page. You think to yourself that you really have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Now you can sit back and wait for the savings to come rolling into your lap. This is easy, right? On to the next phase. So now you see how this site works and scan through it once or twice every other week to see if there are any new options that pop up. Here are a few more tips to keep getting positive results.

It is soon getting to be that time of the season where the urgency to get projects buttoned up, in this part of the country anyways, is becoming more prevalent. Even at this time of the year before the snow starts to fly and the frost starts to set into the ground, you can still drive around and occasionally see those ever present cardboard signs lining the rural and urban roadways of Americana. Free Clean Fill Wanted", "Dirt Fill Needed ", even "Dump Site Available". Even more so, the ability for the requester to acquire this at little or no cost is and even bigger bonus. Ask Questions.

You see it on search engines on the internet everyday. Searches by contractors and home owners for fill dirt, dirt fil, free dirt, free fill, dumpsites, etc. And some of those searches, and though I must admit I would like to see more, bring those inquires to DirtPail.com. Any business owner or homeowner who hits the "Submit" button on the registration page of DirtPail.com did so for any number of reasons. Those researching our site determine that indeed worth of an opportunity. to save you time and money. Here are just a few simple steps to get the most out of this service.

Greetings Everyone! There are now some exciting updates to our ever growing website! Some of these features include a new and improved My Accounts page, allowing for easier access and ability to keep track of your account(s), upgrade services, and so much more. Another improvement is our Dirt Listings page, allowing customers to view available dirt and dump sites within a specific state or area code, making it easier to find what you need to get your projects finished fast! And speaking of our Blog, very soon members will be able to write their own featured articles. Thanks! Max Tremmel

Dirtpail.com has donated 30 memberships to the Milwaukee based public television Channels 10/36 Auction, starting on April 25th. Each membership includes 6 months of unlimited service, and a DirtPail.com cap! We encourage you to bid early and often! What a great way to get a membership, and help a great cause like supporting public television. If you happen to be one of the lucky bidders, please email me through the Contact Us page to verify and send you your cap. DirtPail is also looking into donating to other public television station events throughout the country.

Are you looking to network with other professionals in the construction industry and don't know where to start? DirtPail. com has just created a new group just for this purpose on the networking giant website LinkedIn.com. It is free for you to join, and another great way to know and be known within the industry. Let other see who you are and what you do, ask questions for others to help resolve, and possibly find new business leads and contacts. Simply go to [link] to register, and then join the DirtPail Construction Network.

Hello DirtPail Members, Dirtpail.com is becoming a hot bed of opportunity for contractors and home owners alike looking for free material for thier spring startup projects. Dump site options are being listed from all over the country on the website, and this is a great opportunity for contractors to save $100's, even $1000's on tipping, or dumping fees and cartage on your current and future projects. It's easy to check the availability of these sites, and see if there is a request near your project(s) at this time. Simply go to the "Listings" page of the website and view the current postings.

Western Builder, part of the Reed Construction Data News featuring Wisconsin and Northern Illinois, has issed a release on the virtues of using DirtPail.com. Mike Larson wrote the article, and I want to personally thank him to taking the time to talk to me. If you would like to read it, copy and paste the following link into your brower: [link

The American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA) has awarded LaLonde Contractors Inc. of Milwaukee has been honored with the Gold Award, recognizing their work done at Wittman Regional Ariport in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, home of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) Fly-In. This story appears in Western Builder, a publication of Reed Construction Data News. To read more, copy and paste the followning link into your brower: [link

We've already come a long way since beginning on January 1st of 2009. What started out as a trickle, has now begun to turn into a stream. Although we are currently headquartered in Wisconsin, our objective is to make this site a nationwide voice for contractors and their vendors, ultimately having a presence in all 50 states. Contractors from across the country are becoming members of DirtPail.com, and everyday the site grows in numbers. As of today, Contractor Members are now represented in nine (9) different states. There are also homeowner listings, which include the state of Texas

As you may or may not know, DirtPail.com made its "debut" at the CONEX Show in Milwaukee in late January, and it was very well received. At the show, I was approached by Bruce Morton, a current Board Member for the Wisconsin Underground Contractors Association , and was extended an invitation to make a presentation of the DirtPail.com website to the general assembly last February 28th at the WUCA Headquarters in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. At the presentation, the attending members were very impressed with how easy it is to navigate through the site, as well as its content.