Harold Kilgore maneuvers the excavator expertly behind a home under construction in Flowery Branch’s Misty Harbor subdivision, near Lake Lanier, digging deep into the Georgia-brown earth where a septic tank will be placed. The job is a lifestyle as much as a paycheck. “This is all I do,” Kilgore, the owner of Gravelator Systems in Talmo, later said.
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