Equipment I work with...

[John H]

3428

3429

[John H]

I run this more than I want to. A rainy day

[rino1494]

Nice pics. We do lot/land clearing. Luckily, I am the guy opposite the chainsaw. :bouncegri

[Wolf]

That's a pretty big tree you cut down, John. How long did it take you with that chain saw? That you in the picture?

[John H]

Thats me in the picture. That was shot off my cell phone. It took about 3 minutes to put the tree on the ground and about 30 mins to clean it up.

[2004F550]

Nice pics, which of those track machines do you like better?

[Countryboy]

The local Ace Hardware has one of those mulchers mounted on a RC 100. I was going to rent it to clear some trails in the woods on my property. Turns out you rent it and an employee to run it :mad: . Who wants to rent a piece of equipment and watch someone else run it :nono . So the ol' JD and bush hog got the "contract".....like always :yup .

Thats some good looking equipment ya got John. If ya ever in Georgia and need someone to put a few hours on one of them mulchers just let me know. :bouncegri

[Dozerboy]

I always wanted to run a tree skidder. John now that a good name.:yup

[Lashlander]

Nice pics! :thumbsup

[John H]

Nice pics, which of those track machines do you like better?
The cat ex is the best to run. But out of the skids the Rayco will blow away any machine of that sizein the woods. They are made to run in the woods. There are no exposed hydro lines and everything is guarded. I like the Fecon mower head on the asv better then the Fae. The Fecon mowers are bulit proof.

[HeyUvaVT]

We have a RC100 with a Timber Ax and a forestry kit on it...its funny that country boy mentioned ace hardware because we own the local ace hardware here...we dont rent ours tho :bouncegri ...we do clearing on the side and use it around the farm

[Countryboy]

Aww ... aint you lucky. :rolleyes: :bouncegri

One of these days I'm gonna run one. :yup

[John H]

We have a RC100 with a Timber Ax and a forestry kit on it...its funny that country boy mentioned ace hardware because we own the local ace hardware here...we dont rent ours tho :bouncegri ...we do clearing on the side and use it around the farm

The RC100 is much better built machine than our 4810. The undercariage is a much better design. We had one but the drum blew appart on it.

[Ford LT-9000]

It took you that long to chop down that baby tree :bouncegri

Just giving you a bad time :yup

Trees like that a are a biatch to fall when they have that many off shoots growing on them they don't like to fall very well. I have done quite abit of falling and no I don't mean me falling :rolleyes:

Its rewarding when you have a tree fall exactly where you wanted it.

[HeyUvaVT]

John..here is the pic of our RC100 fresh off a job getting ready to get washed up...threw in a few before/after pics of a little job we did yesterday morning at the local school...

First is the RC100
Second and Third are before (duh :bouncegri )
Fourth and Fifth are after

Not tryin to Hi-jack or anything but you had asked for a pic of the machine a few days ago in another thread :wink2

[Lashlander]

Wow, what a difference. Does that thing grind everything to bits or do you have to haul a bunch of waste off.

[HeyUvaVT]

No hauling at all...(heck i never even had to get out of the machine :bouncegri ) That took about 2hrs to do...would have taken less time if I hadnt found a 55gallon drum filled with concrete burried 3/4 of the way in the dirt...the blades didnt fair too well on that...but no it leaves the ground just as you see it there...it will handle anything up to 8inches in diameter...very cool

[Lashlander]

Ok cool, does it mix it with the ground like a rototiller or leave it on top? Sorry for all the questions but I'm just curious.

[HeyUvaVT]

Ask away...:)

It depends on how you run it...you can keep the blades out of the dirt (longer life) or you can turn over the first few inches of dirt which I do if I am looking for a really smooth finish..in this case we went just barely into the dirt..mostly mulching the trees and underbrush (ALOT of briars) in the with fallen leaves and pine needles etc that were on the ground already...it really looks better that way but it is a bit harder on the blades so we charge accordingly (a new set of blades costs between $600-$1000 depending on what type you get) In this case since it was so close to the school we wanted the material mulched totally for the safety of any kids that may get into it...on a side note we also hauled out of that little bit of area 4 lawn and leaf bags full of trash and 3 55 gallon drums not counting the one that we encountered in the ground...people really need to clean up after themselves :nono ... :Cowboy

[Lashlander]

on a side note we also hauled out of that little bit of area 4 lawn and leaf bags full of trash and 3 55 gallon drums not counting the one that we encountered in the ground...people really need to clean up after themselves :nono ... :Cowboy

Thats a huge problem around here. Seems like the end of every road and ravine around here is full of washers, refrigerators, tires and other trash. Personally, I think if someone shot a couple of them the rest would knock it off. :mad: :mad:
Thanks for the answers.

[PSDF350]

That works nice:thumbsup How much that setup cost you roughly?

[Ford LT-9000]

I'am impressed that attachement does a nice job. If it wasn't so rough here they would work good there is too many big rocks hiding in the bush. I hate cutting black berry bushes and scrub brush by hand.

We have the same problem with people dumping junk where it shouldn't be its a real pizz off. Its people that are too d*mn cheap to pay disposal fees at the dump.

[HeyUvaVT]

The machine is around 50k give or take with all the bells and whistles and the forestry kit (the protection on the back end and top of it)...the cutter head was just under 20k....not the least expensive thing in the world...but its proved worth every penny so far :thumbsup

[PSDF350]

Thanks. Sweet setup. Does nice work. You keep it busy?

[HeyUvaVT]

We have about 1300hrs on it and the cutter is used 90% of the time..been very popular so far

[Noose]

Have you had many problems with the Deutz engine John. We run siesmic lines/and acreage landscapeing with 5 Rayco C87 FM and as many as 8 sub contract -C frame models. We've run the L87 FM but the electro hydraulics would stall out the head early,not utilizing the Duetz torque advantage. We can use the torque but need additional coolers to keep cool.
Enjoyed the diversity though, we have a 6 way blade option that pushes like a D3.
Rayco has a great machine I hope they can fine tune some of the kinks.
The carbide teeth on ours are supposed to crush rocks, similar to FAE 's design but service life drops off drastically not just teeth but the whole machine.
www.faeusa.com/content.asp?Subc=382&L=3&idMen=206
We switched to a crown tooth design for shearing instead of hammerin' saves us at least 4 hours a shift.

[JBL]

Just out of curiousity what would your hourly rate be for one of those machines.

[John H]

So far we have been pretty luckey with our machinne. we have had a few probs with it. We lost an injector and the AC xxxx the bed. And yesterday I went to adjust the tracks an the stupid flat faced grease fitting wouldn't hold grease after i took the gun off. I have never had one go bad in my life. I took it off and went back to the shop and drilled and tapped and put in a regurlar 90 dgree fitting. I never liked those flat faced fittings for track adjustes.

[John H]

Just out of curiousity what would your hourly rate be for one of those machines.
We get between 900-1200 a day. It depends on the terain. Rocks and stuff.

[JBL]

Thanks for the reply John. I was wondering if the price was comparable to using a small dozer to do the same work, looks like it is. Looks like in the small stuff you could get alot more done and not disturb the ground very much.
Those little saplings usually require dipping each one out with the dozer or you end up with the porcupine effect. Then you have to regrade/cleanup as you go along. Looks like a real time saver. Is it diffucult to get a good grass stand in the chippings or do they actually aid in vegation growth?

[Noose]

We've had a few slack adjusters do the same, but a quick poke with a screw driver pops the nipple out again. The problem you may have is the pressure on your smaller zirc? Who knows till you try, good idea though.
Up here in the oil industry we'll run about $175 -$225/hr. For the non comercial $175- $200. Usually $1500/day. It's growing quickly in the last year mulchers have doubled in population. We've just purchased a S300 with Bobcat's own brand of mulcher, it's simmiler to the Fecon design tub with an FAE drum. And is chain driven compared to the more popular belt. But almost $10 k cheaper. Plus Bobcat offers a forestry package.
http://www.bobcat.com/attachments/forestry_cutter

[RonG]

It happens every so often that you get dirt in a fitting and the ball will not seat when you remove the head of the grease gun from the fitting.
In the case of adjusting the tracks I always wipe the head clean as well as cleaning the zerk off properly and I pump the grease gun two or three times for insurance to make sure I am getting clean grease.
I have found that a trip to the stealer to buy a new fitting will gain you a great respect for maintaining the ones you have.They are a fairly complicated device in that they are designed to safely relieve the pressure and the zerk in them that one would think could be changed easily is usually pressed in.I imagine they could be drilled out and rethreaded although I have never done it.Ron G

[Trapper]

Some nice equipment to work with!

Best regards,

Trapper

[thejdman04]

great pics

[bigblueox]

has anybody had an experience with a Tushhog grinding head? We looked at one to run infront of our 963. i think the company makes smaller sized machines as well like for skid steers and such.

[driftless]

Have you had many problems with the Deutz engine John. We run siesmic lines/and acreage landscapeing with 5 Rayco C87 FM and as many as 8 sub contract -C frame models. We've run the L87 FM but the electro hydraulics would stall out the head early,not utilizing the Duetz torque advantage. We can use the torque but need additional coolers to keep cool.
Enjoyed the diversity though, we have a 6 way blade option that pushes like a D3.
Rayco has a great machine I hope they can fine tune some of the kinks.
The carbide teeth on ours are supposed to crush rocks, similar to FAE 's design but service life drops off drastically not just teeth but the whole machine.
www.faeusa.com/content.asp?Subc=382&L=3&idMen=206
We switched to a crown tooth design for shearing instead of hammerin' saves us at least 4 hours a shift.

We have a Fecon FTX90 (same as the Rayco C87) w/ Deutz engine. After having the engine blowup, I find out that it is a serial malfunction caused by improper fuel delivery. Two days out of warrenty and neither Fecon or Deutz will step up. Neither company contacted me to warn that this was an issue; buyer beware.

Anyone else out there that is/has dealt with this Fecon/Rayco Deutz issue, Please contact me...

Jesse Bennett
jesse@driftlesslandstewardship.com