Trail Cleared (and More)
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OK, let's see if the video works now. I hope it looks better on your screen than it does on mine. I first tried to use iMovie on a Mac. The video looked great but could not get the YouTube website to accept it from the Mac. So, I re-did it (with alot less time invested) in Windows Movie maker. I think the compression is much more and the result is that there is alot less clarity. Then again, it may be my display.
Anyway, let's give this a shot.
Tree Mulcher
Anyway, let's give this a shot.
Tree Mulcher
EddieWalker
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bmac,
Thank you for loading the video!! It was the best 4 minutes and 28 seconds I've had online!!! Steph and i were both amazed while watching it. WOW!!!!!!!!!
Eddie
Thank you for loading the video!! It was the best 4 minutes and 28 seconds I've had online!!! Steph and i were both amazed while watching it. WOW!!!!!!!!!
Eddie
Eddie,
Glad you liked it. But I must say, watching that machine in person was unbelievable. I didn't get much work done myself Saturday because I was having so much fun following him around and watching the destruction take place.
And, again, thank you for staying after me to use the right equipment for the job. It worked out well.
One thing I haven't mentioned is collateral damage to the large trees. We have many trees whose trunks sustained alot of damage from this process. I suspect that over time, we will lose alot of these damaged trees. But, overall, we are pleased with the efficiency and quality of the job. I will have to go back and remove some frayed stumps that remain on the trail. But that will be much easier than disposing of all of the trees that would have been left behind had I employed the guy that was going to did the trees out (or if I had continued with my chainsaw/sawzall approach /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
How was the quality of the video on your computer? could you see things ok?
Glad you liked it. But I must say, watching that machine in person was unbelievable. I didn't get much work done myself Saturday because I was having so much fun following him around and watching the destruction take place.
And, again, thank you for staying after me to use the right equipment for the job. It worked out well.
One thing I haven't mentioned is collateral damage to the large trees. We have many trees whose trunks sustained alot of damage from this process. I suspect that over time, we will lose alot of these damaged trees. But, overall, we are pleased with the efficiency and quality of the job. I will have to go back and remove some frayed stumps that remain on the trail. But that will be much easier than disposing of all of the trees that would have been left behind had I employed the guy that was going to did the trees out (or if I had continued with my chainsaw/sawzall approach /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif)
How was the quality of the video on your computer? could you see things ok?
EddieWalker
Epic Contributor
bmac,
The video was very clear and easy to see.
Now we want to see some video of the finished house!!! Start from the front porch and take us inside. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
One thing that I liked about the method you chose is that it's easy for you to now go through the trails with your tractor and keep them clear. Even add to hem or open up an area.
Have the kids started to see who's faster riding the new race track? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Eddie
The video was very clear and easy to see.
Now we want to see some video of the finished house!!! Start from the front porch and take us inside. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
One thing that I liked about the method you chose is that it's easy for you to now go through the trails with your tractor and keep them clear. Even add to hem or open up an area.
Have the kids started to see who's faster riding the new race track? /forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
Eddie
RAW
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That machine is a Supertrak. They modify a CAT 287 (which is basically an ASV RC-100). They add hydraulic cooling and a winch and stuff like that.
I think the unit costs about $135,000 new.
Wish I could find a place near my place in NC to rent one.
I think the unit costs about $135,000 new.
Wish I could find a place near my place in NC to rent one.
Cottonhawk
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The brush cutter I hired look the same as in bmac's pic. It was fun and something to watch when it eats up piles of filbert brush, thick black berry, and trees in the way. It is a Takeuchi TL 150, http://www.takeuchi-us.com/
Awsome......I noticed he started high on some of the trees and worked down.. Did he do this on all the larger ones? Just wondering if it would do the same job just running the cutter close to the gound... Man, I'd have come over to give you some company while he was doing that...Pretty cool /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif Good way to kill a day /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif...
dubba
Gold Member
Noting that I have no experience with this type of attachment..
If he cut the trees off at ground level, they would tend to fall on the tractor, thus requiring him to back up excessively to chop them up.
If he cut the trees off at ground level, they would tend to fall on the tractor, thus requiring him to back up excessively to chop them up.
Eddie,
Glad to hear the video looked ok.
A video tour of the house is a good idea. Sadly, between the landscaping and working on the old place (combined with work and kid's activities) we are behind schedule in getting it "presentation ready". Don't worry, it will happen.
My son and I took a few laps around the trail Saturday after mulcher guy left. My daughter had a friend over so she did not ride. Yesterday was a bust. Rain all morning, my son spent the day at Six Flags, afternoon was spent working on the old place, so no riding yesterday.
The trail has one area that is probably too difficult for my daughter. I'll need to make her a "bypass" or build a bridge so she can complete the loop. For now, she can avoid the area but it makes for a much shorter ride.
Glad to hear the video looked ok.
A video tour of the house is a good idea. Sadly, between the landscaping and working on the old place (combined with work and kid's activities) we are behind schedule in getting it "presentation ready". Don't worry, it will happen.
My son and I took a few laps around the trail Saturday after mulcher guy left. My daughter had a friend over so she did not ride. Yesterday was a bust. Rain all morning, my son spent the day at Six Flags, afternoon was spent working on the old place, so no riding yesterday.
The trail has one area that is probably too difficult for my daughter. I'll need to make her a "bypass" or build a bridge so she can complete the loop. For now, she can avoid the area but it makes for a much shorter ride.
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Bmac,
That is one heck of a mower you brought in. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif Amazing what the right equipment can do.
MarkV
That is one heck of a mower you brought in. /forums/images/graemlins/ooo.gif Amazing what the right equipment can do.
MarkV
ronjhall
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Great Video. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
Sure could have used one of them a few years ago. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Sure could have used one of them a few years ago. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Jagmandave
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Wow!
I have never seen anything like that in action before - the right tool for the job, eh?
Definitely money well spent..........
I have never seen anything like that in action before - the right tool for the job, eh?
Definitely money well spent..........
Highbeam
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It's taking forever to load. Maybe I'll try later since I would love to see this thing rip. Do you think it would grind up piles of brush?
<font color="blue"> Do you think it would grind up piles of brush? </font>
I would think it would pulverize a brush pile. We had a lot of fallen trees (some quite large) in the woods that he cleared. Now, most were in varying stages of decay, but there were a lot of limbs and stuff too. Its all gone now. Well, not gone. But mulched. It should work for you.
I would think it would pulverize a brush pile. We had a lot of fallen trees (some quite large) in the woods that he cleared. Now, most were in varying stages of decay, but there were a lot of limbs and stuff too. Its all gone now. Well, not gone. But mulched. It should work for you.
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WOW...awesome video. That thing kicks butt. Beats the heck out of doing it any other way. You say you had a trail laid out for him to cut? Did he run across any obstacle that he had to change direction?
Farwell
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That thing is great, reminds me of the thing the military uses on the front of a tank to clear out mine fields.
Awesome! I want one!
Farwell
Awesome! I want one!
Farwell
JimMorrissey
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What happened(s) when the business end hits a rock or something under the leaves?....must be nasty. Also, how big a tree was it able to take down?
Awesome machine. I watched one on the end of of CAT 330 excavator on the side of Interstate 89 in NH last year. It was amazing. The thing was taking down whole tree that were like 50' tall.
Awesome machine. I watched one on the end of of CAT 330 excavator on the side of Interstate 89 in NH last year. It was amazing. The thing was taking down whole tree that were like 50' tall.
