Well, I got it......

ALMLLC · May 26, 2015

I'v enjoyed lurking on here for while now. Really appreciated learning from everyone and tried to stay with the listen and learn idea of things. I might have something folks will be interested in now. I'v increased my fleet and bought the second Raptor 800 to jump onto the North American Continent. Looks like I'll get to vet it. I guess now we'll see if I sink or swim but I thought i'd let ya'll see if it all goes down in a blaze of glory or not.

http://youtu.be/yKi_AdRZzWc

RDrancher · May 26, 2015

Nice machine! What teeth do you use for rock grinding?

GreensForestryMulching · May 26, 2015

Beast of a machine any reason you chose this over the Large (550hp+) Fecon, Gyrotrac, Bron, Nokamic or others? Did you demo anything else before taking the dive?

ALMLLC · May 27, 2015

RDrancher said:
Nice machine! What teeth do you use for rock grinding?

They have alot of different teeth. Im using a really heavy carbide right now for the rock. It wasnt designed for it so its still a work in progress and a lot of trial and error. I will say AWHI Prinoth knows how to make some tuff tooling IMHO. There is alot of wear in a short amount of time so its a matter of figuring out the exact costs vs. output. It could be good it could be bad. So far its been interesting

Nothing like gambling with thousands and thousands of $..............

RDrancher · May 27, 2015

Well, hopefully there's a nice payoff for the gamble in your future.

mactrade · May 27, 2015

Really nice youtube video.

ArtMech · May 27, 2015

Mount Everest from now is in danger :shocked:.

ALMLLC · May 27, 2015

GreensForestryMulching said:
Beast of a machine any reason you chose this over the Large (550hp+) Fecon, Gyrotrac, Bron, Nokamic or others? Did you demo anything else before taking the dive?

Well i'll admit I never even thought I would be close to getting into a machine of this size in the next 15 years. But, I"v watched the industry and the machines for a long time cause i'm in the small mulching industry already and i'm just an equipment nut in general. I never saw a machine, even the big ones, that satisfied me on the effeiceny levels of the power transfer from the motor to the rotor. The heat generated and the power used to get rid of that heat also always concerned me. I was contacted about this machine and at first ignored it as another sales speech but my curiosity got to strong and against my better judgement I listened to a redneck mechanic that decided he wanted to sell this brand. Trust me, he is very unconventional to say the least, enough that he would even take this statement as a compliment. He owns CMX Industries in Mollala, OR. So long story short i looked at it, then ran it, alot. They were willing to let me let it prove it's self. I was impressed, alot of innovative stuff that seems to work well. Hopefully it has longevity as well. They really did an incredible job of packing alot of HP and good ideas into a nicely sized package while still being easy to work on. Thats a long answer probably, in short. Time will tell if I made a good decision or not. SO far they have been awesome to work with, a few hiccups like parts supply in these early days, but they are doing their best to mitigate that as fast as they can. I'm kind of a test dummy, but i'm a happy dummy. I'm making it do things like rock crushing that it wasn't designed to do but I'm modifying as I go and I guess we'll see

I just feel blessed to have an opportunity like this at my age. Sorry if this is not written or proof read well, just catching this real quick while i'm waiting to look at a job.

ALMLLC · May 27, 2015

saracenas said:
Mount Everest from now is in danger :shocked:.

LOL, To many earthquakes lately, i'll stay on this continent.

ALMLLC · May 27, 2015

mactrade said:
Really nice youtube video.

Thanks, for a non tech guy like me that made for some late nights.

prs · Jun 18, 2015

ALMLLC said:
They have alot of different teeth. Im using a really heavy carbide right now for the rock. It wasnt designed for it so its still a work in progress and a lot of trial and error. I will say AWHI Prinoth knows how to make some tuff tooling IMHO. There is alot of wear in a short amount of time so its a matter of figuring out the exact costs vs. output. It could be good it could be bad. So far its been interesting Nothing like gambling with thousands and thousands of $..............

Oh well, money don't spend itself.

I watched the video and "think" it would be better to replant right through the old waste, but what the heck do I know?

The road grading project really needs a water mist device added to it to keep the machine's air filters in good shape and to keep the operator from getting silicosis/pneumoconiosis.

Can I borrow that beast the next time my neighbors give me any guff?

prs

deezler · Jun 18, 2015

HOLY... wow, I must not be paying attention.

They make forestry mulchers that can mulch ROCKS now?

That's nuts. Congrats on your machine!

cbturf · Jun 18, 2015

prs said:
Oh well, money don't spend itself.

I watched the video and "think" it would be better to replant right through the old waste, but what the heck do I know?

The road grading project really needs a water mist device added to it to keep the machine's air filters in good shape and to keep the operator from getting silicosis/pneumoconiosis.

Can I borrow that beast the next time my neighbors give me any guff?

prs

the heavy fuel on the ground makes for a bad place to grow saplings.

The machines filters are two layers and are made to operate where the dust is so bad you can barely see where your working.

The operator cab is pressurized with filtered air, he is not breathing any of that dust.

ArtMech · Jun 29, 2015

ALMLLC said:
LOL, To many earthquakes lately, i'll stay on this continent.

I think the earthquakes will help to do your job even better. I'm not sure you'll stay on your continent with this machine.

yellowdogsvc · Jul 5, 2015

Iron Wolf and Tushhogg have been able to mulch rocks for a long time. You can get heavier rock teeth, too, that are blunt for the FAE and they will pulverize just about anything.

deezler said:
HOLY... wow, I must not be paying attention.

They make forestry mulchers that can mulch ROCKS now?

That's nuts. Congrats on your machine!

murphm7 · Oct 25, 2015

Here's an option for what you do - don't know much about it, but it looks pretty serious. They have 2 different heads, one for forestry (but can handle rocks) and one for just rock crushing.

700B | IronWolf | Construction Equipment and Attachments

murphm7 · Oct 25, 2015

Here's an option for what you do - don't know much about it, but it looks pretty serious. They have 2 different heads, one for forestry (but can handle rocks) and one for just rock crushing.

700B | IronWolf | Construction Equipment and Attachments

Bill Stecik · Oct 25, 2015

https://youtu.be/tMVODCvV66QAt this time the 800 is the most productive mulcher out there https://youtu.be/tip1QLkWdEU And for the iron wolf guys , the 2 machines in the links work just as well in rock and they are easy to move.

ALMLLC · Oct 29, 2015

prs said:
Oh well, money don't spend itself.

I watched the video and "think" it would be better to replant right through the old waste, but what the heck do I know?

The road grading project really needs a water mist device added to it to keep the machine's air filters in good shape and to keep the operator from getting silicosis/pneumoconiosis.

Can I borrow that beast the next time my neighbors give me any guff?

prs

Welcome to it

It would be fun to see what it could do to an old house in an hour.

Sometimes it is fine to plant through the waste but alot of times it gets so deep it is very difficult. They also worry about the fuel loading, we get so many fires out here that with all the debris and loft if you got a fire in there before those trees were atleast 20yo it would take the stand out. Typically we have always piled when ground needed treated, this is just a different way. Thats not worded great but ill let yall figure it out.

ALMLLC · Oct 29, 2015

murphm7 said:
Here's an option for what you do - don't know much about it, but it looks pretty serious. They have 2 different heads, one for forestry (but can handle rocks) and one for just rock crushing.

700B | IronWolf | Construction Equipment and Attachments

We have looked a bit at those but the raptor seems to eats the wolf alive. The capabilities in such a slick unit are incredible.