It may be just me and a vivid imagination, but I believe I can hear a difference between the old and new 220 when operating, even though they are the same model machine, the old one just has a definite hum or drone sound to it when running operating speed, nothing wrong, its just a sweet running excavator, still fun to watch and listen to. The way you take care of equipment it does not surprise me you didn’t have to replace rollers, or any track pads, thanks for the video sir, enjoyed it.
Chris and the 220 are a clearing team. You probably saved Zach several weeks in a few days on his house lot. Nice looking property, when you can see it.
Good to know you had minimal wear on your original V 220. You took care of it and it paid you back with less rebuild on UC. I remember when Zach was helping you on the farm a few years back. No one can cut as fast as you take down trees. Looks dry and sandy like near Cameron N.C. and Sand Hill country. Nice chipper set up like Cottontop3.
Maintenance is a constant in earth moving. You are so clear about it, so many guys whine. Saying that, a tree chipper set up must need a lot of servicing, sharpening and parts too. I hope Zach has no trouble clearing his own trees!
Had some trees felled a few years back and the chips dumped at the top of my garden, 3 Ton maybe, which I forgot about.. Six months later it bloomed mushrooms. last year I finally decided to sort out the big overgrown hump and was blessed with some of the finest topsoil you could wish for.
I haven't seen Justin in such a long time. He was a great sidekick of yours. I have never laughed so hard as I did when Mike Simons was down and you were helping Justin excavate a car lift from an old garage! #TakeTwo
That's going to be a really nice house lot with lots of space and end up with a beautiful front yard. I wonder if he's going to build himself a barn workshop. He's definitely got enough room for one.
Hello Chris for the amount of clearing that you do have you ever thought of getting a chipper for yourself? Then sell the wood chips to places that can use the wood chips for paths or to put in gardens. Just a thought.
Yall definitely got a lot done working together! Looking at Zack's mini cleaing up it made me think of a guy close to where i live that has the same size kubota and had a root rake made to hook up to the blade on the front and seems to get the job done.
nice video, as always. I am amazed how much work that mini chipper can do, i ve never seen on of that size arround here, beacuse there are so man quite bigger tractor powerd with crane, or truck mounted ones (Biomass heating with wood chips is a big thing here), i always thought that smaller ones are more of a hobby thing, but its still very capable.
Zach and I have the same mini. I could sure use his chipper this winter when I clear up a few more trees too close to the house. I'll just have to cut them up into small enough bites to haul over to the burn pile with the tractor and grapple.
I have the older version of your 057..(161-3) 5600+ hours on the original set of rubber tracks and a few undercarriage upgrades new top and bottom rollers... Bought it brand new in 2008. 16 years old and looks and runs like new... Stay on top of all your PM'S and grease it often. It'll last you a really long time. Good luck with everything, Tom Del Casale Excavating
Love the old 220 as well as all the machines you own. You take so good care of your machines and thats what i do with mine. Preventative maintenance. Zach has a nice house lot there.
Hi Chris - I'm impressed by the way you maintain your machinery - too many companies skimp on maintenance - usually costing them more in the long run. Please could you explain/show the difference between a "Progressive Link" and a non-progressive link thumb at some stage - I'd really like to know.
So just another watcher here, but Non-progressive stays in the exact same position relative to the boom no matter how you move the bucket meaning you can drop whatever you grab if you open the bucket and don't at the same time move the thumb out. With the progressive as you move the bucket , the thumb will now stay relative to it, and not the boom meaning you do not have to manipulate the thumb to keep whatever you have grabbed...um...grabbed :)
@@FSEAirbossincorrect. Both thumbs need controlled the entire time, progressive link just has full range of motion with the bucket via a extra link in the thumb.
@@Jdizzlemynizzle Well, I stand corrected. I should have taken the 2 minutes to look up the thumb on the AMI site to verify before posting how I THOUGHT it worked vs. how it REALLY works. Exactly like you stated. I really thought it was the other, so I learned something today. ✌
Well, Zach is one lucky man to have Chris show up with his refurbished 220 to help clear his house lot. Now it just needs a good root raking and leveling.
Hi Chris . I thought I should let you know , I am 58yo and live with chronic pain, the very first 2 things I do every morning is put a coffee on then watch your video without fail, it’s been like that for a few years now. So keep up the great content , regards Andy Perth Australia.
Bless you. You are pulling up trees at a record pace? That chipper is hanging it there. Bam then you get slapped upside the head. Just for another job on the resume Chris feeds the chipper. Nope way to slow paced for Chris. Lot looks good. Good team to work with. Thanks Chris.
Chris .. I know its your business but there is one major cost I can see and that's the cost of moving that heavy equipment from place to place and any permits etc required. Could you talk about that aspect of doing business?
ha, no, that the last thing he'd buy. too much time, too much fuel, and too much maintenance. He doesnt have the patients for chipping. At best, he'd hire a chipping company, only if the client wanted to pay for it
If you have income, you have expenses, I usually think about that when I'm sitting in the shit house. I hope you include the maintenance costs in your quotations.
Could the new mulcher head for the TL12 have been used to mulch the stumps too? If so that might be handy for jobs where the timeline is more important to the customer than the extra cost and/or the weather doesn't allow for burning.
Chris You help Zach while You a Wood to root. A Work what You Perfect to rule. The clear from Branch and Roots not Problem, You make Fire!! The Helping very good make. The House can to build up. 💪👌
With all the trees you pull out of the ground, it's a wonder that you don"t sell or give them away for fire wood to the less fortunate people, but it"s just a thought
Timber the old 220 is doing it's job keeping Zack real busy Chris you never told us which 220 you like better number 1 or 2 I'm betting on number 1 great video thanks Chris and Zack
0:34 On an episode of a car show called Bitchin' Rides, they took their Semi to Wheeler Machinery Co. in Utah, for an engine repair, since it was a Caterpillar Engine. Wheeler handles "the Caterpillar big stuff", and not the highway machines (but they made an exception for TV).
It’s funny how much difference there is watching him take trees down and then other people do it. Some of them will make your eyes bleed watching. I did tree service for 30 years but I would say 80 percent of my work was removing dead trees and most chippers don’t like dead wood. It makes more of a mess
