A Little Snow And Story Time

[@warringwarthog]

when we have a customer screwing us around by going with someone else then calling us to fix their mess we go to the F.U pricing list

[@godsdozer]

me too.

[@rogerofrhodri]

Every time, but then some never learn.

[@larrywalker7759]

Happy Thanksgiving Jeff (and all). Below is a "story" told to me many years ago. Your tale of how you were treated by the gubmint made me think I should tell the story again. An old barber in Washington D.C. woke up one morning and felt very generous. He decided he would give his first customer of the day a free haircut. His first customer was a florist and when finished he told the florist "It's free for you today". The next morning when the barber arrived at his shop there was a vase filled with beautiful flowers on his doorstep. The barber felt so good that he decided to repeat his offer again. His first customer was a baker. Once again he told his customer "It's free for you today". The next morning there was a box with a big cake sitting on the barber's doorstep when he arrived. He decided that he was doing a good thing for the world so he decided to continue with his new found generosity. His first customer was a congressman. When he finished he told the congressman "It's free for you today". The next morning when the barber arrived at his shop there were 4 congressmen waiting for a free haircut.

[@Jpaydirt]

no good deed goes unpunished

[@robertravens4232]

He's lucky all 435 didn't show up!

[@MaxHengstenberg-nw5qe]

Lol. That’s true for sure.

[@ivanetherton8514]

Sounds like a democrat More free shit !

[@MaxHengstenberg-nw5qe]

The best heavy equipment videos on the net. Outstanding.

[@Jpaydirt]

Wow, thanks!

[@robertash883]

the old saying “sit by the river long enough and you’ll see the bodies of your enemies float by”.

[@davestuart6593]

I applaud your integrity,these days it’s very hard to find! I hope your sons can fill your shoes and continue your legacy. Have a blessed Thanksgiving

[@richardlincoln8438]

It's always a treat when You take time to share stories of" The Delights of being a Contractor ". Thanks again Jeff and Best Wishes to You, Your Family and Friends. #HappyThanksgiving

[@Jpaydirt]

Your stickers are on the CAT door, thanks

[@richardlincoln8438]

@Jpaydirt You're welcome, enjoy !

[@shawnthomas314]

Unfortunately this kind d of thing happens way to often. Jeff your integrity and your honesty are to be commended. Keep up the great work and videoes

[@Sircraig7963]

G'day Jeff, Woo hoo, "STORY TIME" Yup, we sure do love story time , It's not as much fun as Jeff on a spare parts bent , but a great bed time story any day . Bring it on Jeff. Respect....!

[@grandpajim329]

AWESOME "RIDEALONG" AND NARRATION !!!!!! THANK YOU JEFF. HAPPY THANKSGIVING to YOU and the FAMILY !!!! 🦃🦃🦃🦃🦃 😍😍😍😍😍

[@richardhoneywell7411]

Great video Jeff always enjoy watching you work dirt with your scrapers. Like story time too some people just never learn but in the end Jeff wins!

[@malcolmyarnold6172]

Hi mate love watching your videos thanks for sharing keep em coming

[@lucmarchand617]

Thank you jeff about great story.Yes, we got same bs up north alberta about county or city and town whining all time about bids too high.I know a contractor in peace river alberta redone a job was twice because they want cheap and local built new highway.Jeff thanks keep your gear good shape and video.😊

[@tonymidkiff2108]

As I watch these videos I listen to the hum of those engines work there’s nothing better than to hear a big cat just lumbering along , those county bean counters just don’t care about how you did the job in the past. Running a open cab scraper in the winter is a bare minimum

[@Dennis379c16]

Being retired now, when bidding jobs, I knew who would and wouldn't. I always had three price lists. 1. I want the job no BS 2. The B S is going to cost them. 3. I don't want to do the job price. Every now and then I would get my third price because nobody else would put with their bullshit. Time is money. Most people don't understand that. Then you have that group that want you to do something for nothing.

[@Jpaydirt]

I think on this one it's because your dealing with elected people, I've seen a lot of them come and go but not one can see the value I've provided since 94 so it's time after this one for them to find someone else as I'll be gone, thing is I'm thinking about the taxpayer, punishing them only hurts the public

[@Dennis379c16]

@Jpaydirt I dealt with the private sector. I learned early on that I didn't like waiting 120 days for my money. Had a guy short me on milage one time and paid me only what he wanted to. Called him up and politically informed him about the shortage. He said that was what the Google milage was. I told him that I didn't driver a fucking computer please pay me everything thing he owned me. He asked if I didn't pay. I said it's a small world we live in and words travel fast. Got my money, and I never hauled anything for him again. I was always too busy. Enjoy your channel, sir.

[@hankhazen]

Thanks for the great video. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family

[@Jpaydirt]

I hope I'm done with this job by TG

[@kevingilbert9695]

Great video on push pulling scrapers. The Andersons are taking care of business as usual 🤘.

[@thomaspetroff9117]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family Jeff, and Of course Mr. Griffy. Thanks for the Story. Don't you love those types of people. Back in the 70's when I was struggling, bid a excavation job and got outbid . The guy had no equipment nothing. Then had the gall to ask me If I would Do the work for a few bucks under his prices so he could make a little $$$ No need to tell you what I said to him. The job got rebid and someone else won it. TGP

[@davidvarga8990]

Great story Jeff ! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

[@OnGrade1]

Happy Thanksgiving Jeff! When I was younger and worked with my dad we had four Terex TS-14’s with a D9 and excavator doing cell closures in Oregon…love landfill work…anyhow I would have doubled my price or did a cost plus price at that point knowing they back doored you twice on sending it out to bid. I feel like both parties would have been mutually happy at that point and everyone wins! Just my two cents …😂.

[@JD-zm4eh]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and family Mr. Anderson. Your integrity is commendable. I may have told them the price just went up, with the cost of fuel and everything else involved. Hopefully our dollars will have a little more value starting soon.

[@dandolence2472]

Another awesome video thanks Jeff. I hope the weather cooperates for you. Happy scraper ride

[@RB-cz5jn]

Equipment looks sharp. Happy thanksgiving

[@richwielechowski5191]

Have a great Thanksgiving, Jeff. Be safe and hope the weather holds for you.

[@neils7221]

Matt I give you mad props running the FW . I remember running a 633 and loading according to the wind .❤

[@Machines.In.Action]

Snow on a CAT - looks like it’s ready for some frosty adventures! ❄

[@philstreeter9703]

Great video Jeff. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

[@elwinshepard3804]

Happy Thanksgiving have a good one. Love your videos.

[@andyrecalde494]

I’m surprised that you haven’t found a cab to put on the FW, that white stuff on the ground looks like motivation for a heated cab.

[@edmeyers4418]

Jeff the best part of your video is when your talking anybody can video equipment run its your life experience and know how that impress me ( Jeff wins )

[@joshuameaders4169]

Atleast you got brakes on yours. We always had to put tires in between the apron and bowl to stop.

[@mischef18]

Enjoyed this video bro, story time was good too. Safe travels to y'all. Ken.

[@andrewjoyce7789]

what a story. Wish i was there to operate the 9er

[@clydeacor1911]

Always like story time with Jeff. Definitely sucks seeing this cold weather moving in.

[@Jpaydirt]

did you get any rock hauling down there

[@hangman396]

Jeff, always remember to bill accordingly... The weather doesn't help much either, but you are still able to work, so in a way Jeff Still Wins... It's all good, Great content as usual, and I'll keep watching...

[@cadewey6181]

You need to charge more in the cold. Its so much harder in the winter months and your powershifts wear more with cold oil. My old mechanical D7 froze in high gear until It got its cup of antifreeze. Pushing snow does not lube the track like dirt does. I would find a little pile of metal shavings on the frame under the track.

[@nickrandol9133]

I’ve had similar bidding issues in Wyoming…. I’d be pricing that stuff considerably higher.

[@briangarland9883]

Performance doesn't seem to matter anymore. These guys seem to want to beat you out of every cent.

[@johnwenzel9252]

Thanks for sharing Jeff

[@BartComeau-h6b]

I wonder what the lifetime accumulation of yards for those scrapers is? Love your videos Jeff!

[@frankryder9325]

Hey Jeff great video and story its a dog eat dog world and your teeth are still sharp otherwise you would have starved by now !!!

[@thegreenerthemeaner]

Gotta be a nusiance charge hidden somewhere for dealing with the Gubmint. It's for the past, present and future pain they cause. If it's painless and without those fishing buddies involved, then fine. If not, it's on. NEVER bail them out.

[@amberrasnick716]

If someone done that to me I would add a 10.000 dollar bull crap fee.

[@Tay651]

Snow! I'm sure Griff is unimpressed 😄.

[@danielginther4879]

I respect your integrity and spirit

[@chadgronsten9023]

Hammer down….Cold eats into the bottom line!!

[@65Lynchy]

Have a good 'un 👍from 🇬🇧

[@robertmichel4924]

Too cold for me. Happy thanksgiving Jeff.

[@wayneboulier6107]

It's rough dealing with government bean counters any government they have their own way of thinking bordering on the irrational sometimes

[@scottweeks6633]

I’m pulling for ya we’re all in this together

[@Digginok]

Funny thing I’m finding is that the more my price goes up, the more work I’m getting. Spent way too many years trying to be the guy that was good and cheap. Sucks to have a conscious sometimes.

[@adriannettlefold9084]

Happy Thanks Giving or is that Grabbing? To you Franko🎉😅😂🍻

[@Digginok]

@ happy Thanksgiving

[@richardwalters1803]

That d9 just purring like a cat

[@graderman140m]

It’s a shame some people will forget about you coming in and saving there ass and staying at your original price only to look elsewhere the next go around i think anything government related it doesn’t make a difference but from my experience if you do private work and do the exact same thing they don’t forget that. Happy Thanksgiving Jeff and family keep that white stuff out your way. lol.

[@neiljordan5487]

No good deed goes unpunished, I liked to never learned that one 😢

[@localcrew]

I hope that the FW at least has a heater for your feet. It would make a big difference.

[@hrholden4262]

Hey mate awesome videos, wondering if you still have the 988 cat loader? Have only seen old videos of it 👍

[@Flatlanderexpress]

i ran a tx 14. loved it until we moved.i could not stay awake roading.in w/c sask the boss would have me follow him. more than once i woke up with both pedals to the metal in the ditch bottom.that ll wake a guy up. boss was up ahead in a cloud of dust.never saw a thing.

[@meirionevans5137]

Hate price wars. We had 2 days of snow here last wk. Now its 60deg and raining like heck for 3 days. Global warming? Discuss. Or just cuss lol.

[@two-strokesmoke7289]

You should give them the "special family discount" ; that is code for the worst possible deal!!!!

[@briansmith9720]

It's admirable that you held to your original bid but dealing with gov't types there'll always be a new guy taking the bids who doesn't know or care about what you did last time when you could've broke it off in them and didn't. Business is business but some times you just got to drop the hammer on them.

[@joebrosius6783]

Lov3 thee word give it

[@BFFtommy]

There were massive amounts of fence posts scattered about the earth when that big meteorite hit and killed off the dinosaurs. 😅😂

[@Jpaydirt]

strange isn't it lol

[@jeffbryda5789]

What are you plugging them into, looks like you are in the middle of know where

[@seancasey2444]

I definitely would have charged more for the hassle the guy caused.

[@pi1797]

Jeff next time you bid. Make it comparable to the other bidders. Don’t low ball it. If they don’t choose you. Tell them flat out you will charge double if they come back x months later asking you to finish up the original bidders job. Don’t put up with that bs ..

[@watchthe1369]

Time to charge a permanent "Tariff for bullcrap to fund Christmas" the way they are playing games. You already know wvery one else has to pay high for hauling in equipment compared to you so you should enjoy some extra cash there while still being competive when they are adding in their gouge the government prices.

[@mattwillson8280]

never cut your rate , it's cheaper to stay home than work for less than cost

[@billstoltz7203]

Have. A. Nice. Thanksgiving. Jeff... The. Misses. And. The boys

[@tomcander3669]

Doesn't the 9 have a reversible fan?

[@Majorbutthead]

Does the bail float with gravity down pressure?

[@Jpaydirt]

it has about 700 psi pressure on it so it moves up and down

[@paulpatenaude3208]

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

[@jasondillard8111]

I like stoy time

[@Dave_9547]

You're a good story teller Jeff. Sadly, your story is a microcosm about why a lot of people have a very jaundiced view of any elected official. Sad, but true.

[@digger1825]

Are talking about Sam Ore??

[@tonyozimek2116]

How hard would it be to add a cab to the FW

[@Jpaydirt]

bout as hard as my..............LOL

[@joebrosius6783]

Adams bank was still laying brinks x-mas day to get your bank in😢😢😢😅😅😅😅

[@joebrosius6783]

Yes I remember

[@joebrosius6783]

Right

[@joebrosius6783]

Banks Don pay

[@mrmiscast]

I had a lot to say about the even handed, fair to everyone, cost effective for taxpayers "Bid Process" having been around and involved in it for 30 years. But, I'm sure you've heard enough fairytales for this year... You're one of the good guys Jeff and you know it. To hell with the rest of them... Just keep being You...

[@hankclingingsmith8707]

You work way to cheap. The government will pay

[@richardrout5984]

Your too honest and too kind Jeff

[@normanhacker3588]

That's got too be hard on the body.