Signsfast

I was on rt130 in willingboro a few weeks back and saw the truck go by. Vince, are you still a signarama? if so how does that work being a yesco franchise too?

we are doing service work for allen industries at family dollars

Pretty sweet, I need to sell more signs

Dave what is the weight of that once it rolls out f the factory?

I will also ad my two cents in. I have had quite a few. If i was to build my own it would be a 14' flat wood deck with 2x4" pockets around the perimeter for strapping and removable bed sides, boxes with rolling drawers mounted underneath the bed. alum tube basket and material handler. small generator/welder near headache rack and 10' lamp box. Since you are just looking to buy ones used I would find an f550 with 42' telecoping/knuckleboom with no outriggers and a large utlity body with plently of strorage. Transmission PTO

not really. I dont consider myself a quicky sign shop like the other fastsigns. Sure I do plenty of that stuff but also have 3 trucks running and do everything anyone else here does. And as far as what gary said its not me being biased its true. Dont think for a minute that there arent FS or SA doing 5 times the volume of a small shop like you or others.

That might be a stretch No, he's right

are you working off the side or back? I think it is fine for not lifting anything or a light lift. Always use outrigger blocking.

I have not been screwed by atlas with the jobs i did, it did take them 120 days to pay every bill but thats more then can be said for the rest of the shitheads on that list.

I thought they were only in PA but Bartush Signs build and installs most of them

# 15 fastsigns in the network. Not bad for 2 guys in their 20's

I can afford anything I want, thanks for your valuable opinion though!

nice thats quite a big "mini"! what kind of dump do you have? do you auger most of your holes? we do mostly square/rectangle holes unless the job is speced otherwise

not something i would consider, but please post some pictures, I have never seen it done in person or up close

hey Justin how are you man! the thing with the dump idea is that is great and all if you dont need to bring the dirt back with you. most of the time the client has no place on their property for me to dump their dirt so I need a trailer to haul the machine. i wouldnt even bother with the skidstreet, liek you said you hit one nice side rock and you are screwed. i would have the auger and a breaker mounted in a rack on the front of my trailer for the mini x. That way if the specs call for an augered hole i will be good. If/when we have augered holes engineered we also put in there that if we cant auger "so and so" size hole can be dug. i dont think the insurance on a mini x and a skidsteer is much different

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that particular job was for a foam monument, we did one big hole for the monument to sit flush on top to take a little of the load. besides we normally do direct burials unless the customer asks for anchor bolts and is willing to pay for the extra shop labor and materials. We do both though

We get into some decent size stuff. and i am tired of farming out the work and waiting on other people. besides its just another toy to have. It makes sense for me

they took to long to get back to me, Baker signs is going to get the job

I am starting to get some huge projects rolling in and its helping me justify a bigger dump truck and buying a machine. I currently have a f350 dump, looking at getting a single axle flatbed dump with a wood deck. I will build alum sides for it. it will be very univeral as i can use it as a dump and also transport signs around and lag the feet to the deck. looking for late 90's early 00's 33kgvw freightliners, internationals, top kicks ect... so if you see one give me a holler now onto digging machines. I am thinking i will be getting a 5-6k LB mini excavator. I would rig up an auger on it for drilling holes for smaller footers, as well as digging all my usual square holes for signs. So what do you guy have and what are your thoughts. P.s thanks to Erik for making this subforum

indeed, as my dad always says about when employees try to go at it on their own "I made it look too easy"

I need 2-3 monument signs installed in Houston. Footings,set steel, install sign. Anyone know of reputable shops in the area?

game,set,match /thread

My friend has the nicest fleet of trucks I Know of. I will snap some pics of his real setups next time I am on his truck. Give you guys some ideas

keep them in a lockable box is the obvious answer. if i wasnt darn near overweight I would have them on reels in the box so its easy to wind and unwind.