Been binge watching all these videos from numerous companies as popped up on my feed. What I noticed in this video is a machine being used more aggressively, and with more speed, some of the other channels seem to baby their machines more, understandable as these things aren’t cheap, recently watched an idigit, vid doing similar work, very slow in comparison, I think this technique is more effective and cost efficient for the client. Very entertaining thx.
Great gadget. Have one on back of tractor. Always be sure to use in winter, when roots are fallow, and always BEFORE budding, flowering, seeding. My advice, from much experience, is to mulch ONLY down to 6" high. Don't disturb the soil and old seed stock. Mulching in one pass is better than lots of tyre/track ploughing. When spring regrowth shoots out of the short 6" stems, spray 9:1 Glyphosate 360. Leaves will yellow 1 -2 weeks. Repeat till no regrowth recurrs, proving all the roots are dead. Then over-sow pasture grasses WITHOUT TILLING. In 12 months, no weeds will ever come back again. Golden rule -- do not disturb soil to wake up old seed
Me too! There is frequently t stakes and bundles of fence. Concrete and rocks are usually worse than a little fencing. 20:13 is a vole. Willamette valley Oregon voles are quite huge
Grew up in Sweet Home and now live in the Philippines.. Love to see you work in the area I grew up.. No blackberries here, but I remember picking them there, every season for snacks.
Yes. Wildlife needs areas with dense thickets but it’s nice to have those set back and to keep neglected areas free of unintended refugee to more easily maintain a nice place. I love watching these videos.
Great work. I wish blackberries on our properties were so easy to access. We get them in gullies and along creeks where its almost impossible to get at with a machine.
Get a couple goats and stake them just outside the start of the patches and keep moving them in farther every couple days. In from Florida and moved to Washington state for a couple years and seen people do that and that impressed me more than that bobcat lol
OMG I just realised there's no wood line behind all of that. That whole 15 to 20 foot high mass of blackberry briars is the thicket. Amazing how dense those things get.
Terry from Christchurch New Zealand love ua thinking, but mulching works best when you go down to the roots, so best you take this machine to the D.C. swamp that is overflowing with gread and corruption that plague geopolitics globally, then the streets will clean themselves.
I'm just curious as to why you you didn't turn around after the bulk was gone and work down hill to use the weight of the machine to help you mulch, instead of dragging it uphill, good job, all the best, Al
It can go about 2 inches below grade if really angled hard. Gliding along on the skid shoes the knives work about 1" off the ground. If mulched well enough a lawn mower can take over afterwards. Or revisit with a brush hog for a year or two and whatever is left will be either soft/decomposed enough or squished down enough for the lawn mower from then on.
That thing looks just like my Terex PT70. Same horsepower and hydraulic flow too. But both models are really ASVs, just. painted black and white for a while until the brand came back as ASV again..
As expensive as bits are, I can't imagine why people insist on running their forestry mulchers into the ground... literally, every time I see one operated. Just knock the vegetation down and grind the stumps. If you want it buried, hit it with a soil conditioner (the piece of equipment DESIGNED for the application). Literally 1,500lbs, 3ft of trailer space, and a 5 minute tool swap to save a ton on maintenance.
Thanks for your view. Having tried a soil conditioner I would not take one to a mulching job. The mulcher lays it out very nicely if you know what you're doing, whereas the conditioner windrows out the big debris leaving a whole separate cleanup issue. The whole idea is to make the finished surface safe for the mower or hog or walking/whatnot. I'm not actually running the mulcher into the ground, only through the thick layers of mulch to make sure everything is processed and laid out nicely. In order to actually run it into the ground you have to tilt it way way forward which then runs the risk of throwing material at the operator. Normally it skims the ground just about 1.5" up. I think if you tried one you would come to understand. You don't just "knock it down and grind out the stumps." Instead you do a good quality and thorough job and the customer will call you back and refer you on.
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Mostly it just kicks them out of the way. It's worse on the knives if they're strongly embedded and don't want to move out of the ground easily because then they can dull the knives as it keeps whacking at the stone. One of the hardest things to deal with is concrete because it becomes one with the ground, does not break out, and just dulls the knives really fast.
What's your average rate... 600-900 per day + location? Average Rental for a skid steer here in Oahu is $350 per day without the mulcher (minus fuel too).
Great question! I know what the answer should be. Eliminate the diesel motors in heavy equipment and replace with electric ones. It would solve so many issues!!! Add as much battery mass as possible to increase the working weight (hence power). The result would be such a great benefit all around. More power and torque, lifetime longevity and resale value. less maintenance, noise, heat, vibration, toxic fumes, and fuel spillage.
After the mulching I would say yes. Goats love to eat the new growth which comes up fast on blackberries. But you should mulch the thicket first as goats do not do well against decades old brush and blackberries--they only get the edges. Best to clear it well once and then run the goats
