RDM Mulchers

fishfactor · Mar 31, 2011

Alright guys, it's a rainy day again and I'm stuck in the office while the equipment is being auto washed by mother nature. My bobcat dealer asked me what I thought about these mulchers from Advance Forest. I'm skeptical but that could be just because they are different. He is thinking about putting one on a E80 excavator and trying to sell it to me or my local competitor.

Anyone ever operated one or seen it in person?

Advanced Forest Equipment | excavator attachments

Robbie Hegwood · Mar 31, 2011

I sent you a PM.

QwikDraw · Mar 31, 2011

I talked to John Moffet a couple years ago... I feel you'd never get a good finished product with that type of mower.

Pro-Mac make one, I think they were around first. And Slash Buster.

DIRTROAD · Mar 31, 2011

I like the fact that you can do minimal work with it (pick up logs and stuff) as well as grinding. They seem to be more versatile than the other style. I think the price for the bobcat would be close to $25k. My thinking is that it would be better suited for a large machine and not a mini type though.

fishfactor · Mar 31, 2011

I knew I would raise Robbie's blood pressure

DIRTROAD · Mar 31, 2011

fishfactor said:
I knew I would raise Robbie's blood pressure

I'm sure you did!! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Hallertau · Apr 1, 2011

I operated the new Cat 320D with Johns new gen 3 disk. Very impressive. The finished product was as good as my Fecons.

tift104 · Apr 1, 2011

I've been Talking with John Moffet also. He tells me that he runs an entire fleet of them in Ca. The thing that appeals to me is that they use Quadco teeth that can be picked up at any forestry equipment dealership. Hallertau, what do m you think has better production the fecon or the AFE machine? I have run one of the older Fecon heads on a Super Trak excavator and was not very impressed.

mulching consultant · Apr 4, 2011

I am a Fecon rep just so anyone who reads this knows. If you are running on an E80 you would do yourself a favor by looking at the Fecon CEM36. The old carbide argument is gone. The CEM36 is built for 7-15 ton excavators and can use carbide or knife tools. I have the CEM36 running on the Bobcat E80 in Colorado it is FANTASTIC! Of course this contractor uses the carbide tools due to the considerable rocky environment, but where you can run them knives will cut faster and fecon's knife tools is extremely fast. But that is one big advantage with fecon since we came out with knife tools. tailor you cutting tools to your application. Fecon offers 4 diffrent style of tools and you can mix and match or change as often as you like. Put the knives on where there are no rock worries, change to the double carbides where there is rock concerns, heck, even put on the single carbides or stone tools if you have the need. Check out the You Tube videos for the Fecon CEM36. It is the best cutter out there for an E80 or similar machine and the most durable by far!:thumbsup: