MONSTER MODE ACTIVATED! MTL XC8T Clearing On A Cattle Ranch! 

Yeah its definitely does. It spins slower but maintains spin much better when contacting material than the XCT because of all the weight. All the extra mulching teeth make it much more efficient at processing the material. I also noticed (and I forgot to mention this in the vid) is that because it spins slower it is much quieter so I have a little bit harder time knowing when its back up to full speed. On the XCT it spins so fast and loud you can easily hear it and know when its back up to speed. Just something I've got to get used to but definitely not a problem.

I get alot of people telling me that my content is addictive and relaxing which is super cool to hear! Hey, compared to some of the bigger machines my skid steer is just a little thing LOL! Thank you for watching and commenting!

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed, thank you for watching Adam!

Yeah thats always fun LOL

How thick or those blades?

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Thanks Arthur!

No doubt. Amazes me every time.

That's a pretty good name, thanks Gloria!

Thank you Jeff! Yes it does love to eat LOL!

Yes sir!

Yeah I am really happy with it! Thank you!

Yes it is! It doesn't spin very fast, the blades underneath don't spin at a high RPM, only like 1300 RPM but the torque this thing has is unreal. It goes through 7-8" material easily.

Good to know! I definitely figured that the mower would operate way more efficiently with that 7 extra gallons of flow and 15 more hp behind it.

Glad you liked it! Thank you!

My pleasure 😊

do not think the machine went at full throttle, these must be run at full throttle

No, the motor is a high torque motor that is optimized for power to be able to turn all the weight that the flywheel has. If you gave it more speed it would take forever to get up to speed or recover after cutting something. It would be like a car trying to take off from a dead stop in 12th gear with a transmission that has 12 gears. High speed yes but no low end power to get you up to speed.

The machine was at full throttle, I explained that at the end in my review.

@@idigit4967 Ah, I see said the blind man.

Thank you Tracy!

@@idigit4967 your welcome

🤣🤣🤣 Yeah that's me for sure, the tree tearer down guy LOL! Thank you for watching and commenting!

Me too Terry! This has been a good machine for me! Thank you for watching and commenting!

A rotary mulching head would not necessarily work better at ground level for this size material. For bigger material, like 7" and up yes.

Rotary cutters operate at peak efficiency in any material when driving straight into the material. You also get your best finish when you keep the deck as close to ground as possible only lifting enough to allow clumps to be pulled into the deck. The more material that you contain under the deck at one time, the more contact you get with material which leaves a finer product. Same concept as a mulching kit on a commercial lawn mower. Baffles build up and contain material so that it can be processed several times before leaving the deck. The only time that pan caking is necessary is for cutting vines. Otherwise it's much less efficient and hard on the output shaft because you are side loading the blades when you drop it. Everytime you hear the blades clanking on material as it lowers, that's power that you're consuming with little returns. Nice video though.

Thanks Matthew!

Thank you much!

For sure!

Yeah, the other one is a better mower for doing like bush hogging but it will do larger stuff too.

Yeah I agree. Having to clean that off at the end of the day is a pain LOL

@@idigit4967 All you need to do is go back to the field that has all the dry scrub brush... it'll clean the underside off in no time. lol

Thank you Andy! Cheers!

Thanks Ross!

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Yeah that's a tough task to keep up a track with just hand tools!

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Unfortunately due to the bush hog attachment on the back there was no good place to hook up a chain without possibly damaging something. We went over the back end for about 10 minutes trying to figure out a way to pull him that way and just didn't see a way to do it. I probably should have explained that, my bad.

Thank you Mike! Cheers!

Hey, thanks for the sub Sonnie! Glad you found the channel! There are 4 blades plus mulching teeth under the deck. If you got any other questions please let me know! Thank you for watching and commenting!

@@idigit4967 did i mention that i did too?🤨

I did not have it when this was filmed

That's a good idea for a video Chris! As far as how RU-vid pays on views if you watch and pick back up later I have no clue.

@@idigit4967 cool man. Just didn't want to screw you out of a few bucks. I do watch the majority of your videos, just got to break some of them up on watching them. Lol.

I'll have to check him out, thanks!

Guess you can ask but don't think he's going to answer that. The price he charges by the hour is not something he's gonna just throw out on here I don't think. You might be a competitor in his area looking to beat his prices and take work away from him. Not saying you are but that's how he has to look at it. I'd imagine he probably gets between $75 to $125 an hour or he looks at the job to come up with a single price he'll do it for by guessing how many hours it will take and what he has to have by the hour to be profitable. So it's two ways of pricing by the hour or by the job which he has to figure how many hours it will take altogether which is harder to price that way because you can be too high and not get the job or be too low and screw yourself. It's better to work by the hour in some situations and better to give a set price in others.

I sharpen them with an angle grinder. I get about 150+ hours out of one side of the blades.

150 hrs and then do you flip or rotate them and get another 150 hrs or replace them? What’s the cost to replace all? Thank for the videos

Good guess! Close, Horry County, SC

The XCT, it is better suited for my machine but if I had a bogger machine the XC8T might be better. Let me know if you got other questions! Thank you for watching and commenting!

I used to run equipment years ago and I have several questions actually and would like to speak with you in person if I could. I'm looking at going into semi Retirement and would like to get into this as a semi Retirement gig. We're not close enough to be competitors, any chance we could talk for a few minutes?

@@Racecarresurection Sure, you can find me on FB, My name is Davin Jones, Myrtle Beach, SC. My company is also on FB, Advanced Terrain Solutions. Shoot me a message.

Well the path kinda got scuttled after we found the swamp where we wanted to cut a lane through, the rest of the areas I cut were just for the cows to lay in is all. Thank you for watching and commenting Dave!

It does mulch down to ground level and you can cut stumps below ground by dropping the nose of the cutter and driving the front end down into the ground. The blades will cut into the ground and cut the stump. It would probably do well for palmetto plants, I have cut several with my other cutter the XCT with no problem. The mulching teeth will make quick work of them typically.

It is a 20" Kaufman, 18' deck, 2' dovetail.

No its coupled to the machine I just chain down the machine.

@@idigit4967 the reason I asked u that is because I hauled it like that and got stopped by a dot officer and got a ticket. They told me u have to have a 4 corner tie down on the machine and any attachments have to have a strap or chain for it to be tied down legal.

U might want to ask Brandon or let's dig 18 about the dot.

My machine tops out at 33 gal/m with high flow and I run that amount of flow into the cutter.

Wait, which opening, I'm confused LOL...

I cleared the areas that the owner wanted, he's the expert on cows, I was just hired to clear it. Thank you for watching and commenting Larry!

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Sure. For bush hogging I typically price by the acre. For heavy brush cutting I typically price by the hour and sometimes I'll give "not to exceed", so for instance I might say for a job its $xxx per hour and I'll do the job with a not to exceed total of let's say, $2,500. I typically do this for medium sized jobs where I don't know exactly how long it will take but I can give the customer a number to know that no matter how long it takes even tho I am charging by the hour they won't be getting a bill with a price they weren't expecting.

@@idigit4967 Thanks! Mind if I ask how much an acre goes for in your area? I see a wide range of skid steer pricing in my area. Anywhere from $500-900/day for machine+operator (more for mulching). I don't think the guys on the low end are paying taxes though...

800 to 900 a day is rent cost for a smaller skid steer around here not counting the cost for the mulcher if you could even get one. I would think your seriously loosing money at that price.

LOL yeah I've hit a few yellowjacket nests before, thank goodness I was in that enclosed cab! They get pissed when you run over their nests LOL! Thank you for watching and commenting!

I don't know what to tell you Donald, I did what the owner wanted, he was happy with the end result so that's that I guess.

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You come back in 3 years it will all be regrown.