Question:I am doing my year-end review and looking at some of my expenses. The big jump in fuel makes me wonder if I might be better off selling my big equipment and downsizing everything. I do new systems (ATUs, sand mounds and conventional stone and pipe) and a lot of repairs. I do most of it with a full-size rubber-tired backhoe, which I pull with a tandem dump truck. I spend a few thousand every year renting or hiring small equipment. It has always worked well for me, but I know that doing the same work with something I can
