These crews do an amazing job. They usually come through a week to a few days ahead of time and pick up all the trash. Then they come through and mow with the tractors followed by a crew with weed eaters and zero turns for the follow up finish work. You will see them use the Altoz tracked zero turns quite a bit of the time.
Impressive set up, cover some ground with those, remember in northern Texas in 99 an outfit going along the 287 highway with six or seven Ford 5610’s and 6610’s and one guy with a brushcuuter.
If I remember correctly Maverick Machinery is an independent contractor to the City of Tulsa as well as a dealership. At least that's what the guy over at Maverick machinery told me the last time I was there. They sell Altoz, Greenworks, Deutz, and a few other things. The building they are in used to be Speedway Chevrolet which was shut down in the early 2000's due to chevy changing their building regulations and it would've cost too much to redo.
Good capture Mike. I've seen these guys along the interstate before. ODOT is interesting in that they have quite a few of their own mowing crews, as well, usually running yellow John Deere tractors and some older New Holland tractors, but they also contract out some mowing. This is one crew that gets a lot of contracts, and the other crew is American Services, who runs a mix of New Holland tractors, and works in the OKC area. In Kansas, KDOT has some Massey mowing crews that are neat to see. They also do some roadside baling in Kansas. Can't roadside bale in Oklahoma though.
wondering.. to drive on steep slope and turning, what modification was to done to tractor? some of the slope are more than 45 deg., to drive across it on the sides.. it is just crazy to me!!!
Hey Mike on hwy 412 just east of Tulsa between Pryor and choutou Oklahoma they do some round haye bail down the highway something like 15 miles or more They haven't started yet this year so I'm sure they will be getting started soon .
Pretty cool to watch. So, who goes back and does all the cleanup where the machines can't reach, like along the highways where a culvert flows under and out onto a steep bank, or around the trees and poles etc?
Probably seeing state machines if they're yellow. The highway dept in OK does a lot of the mowing, and most of their tractors, regardless of make, are painted yellow
11:40 the section you see in the background was just cleared out of all the trees last year. From where he is standing you would have never known there was a drainage ditch there.
These crews do an amazing job. They usually come through a week to a few days ahead of time and pick up all the trash. Then they come through and mow with the tractors followed by a crew with weed eaters and zero turns for the follow up finish work. You will see them use the Altoz tracked zero turns quite a bit of the time.
Great video Mike! Good old Canadian made Schulte mowers out of Saskatchewan! 🇨🇦
This was a pleasant surprise...not many capturing this kind of tractor work out there. Serious terrain and those extra wide Schulte's....awesome!
FarmHand Mike I will be following. 😊
These guys need to be alert about their surroundings. Thanks Mike 👍🏻.
ever seen a cb antenna or a dead animal come out from underneath? stay alert, stay alive
great video,love these kind of content along with those harvest videos.
That was pretty cool too watch, thanks
That's a tough job to do, but I think the operators are pretty skilled😉👍 thanks for the video👍👍
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Impressive set up, cover some ground with those, remember in northern Texas in 99 an outfit going along the 287 highway with six or seven Ford 5610’s and 6610’s and one guy with a brushcuuter.
Nice fleet!
If I remember correctly Maverick Machinery is an independent contractor to the City of Tulsa as well as a dealership. At least that's what the guy over at Maverick machinery told me the last time I was there.
They sell Altoz, Greenworks, Deutz, and a few other things.
The building they are in used to be Speedway Chevrolet which was shut down in the early 2000's due to chevy changing their building regulations and it would've cost too much to redo.
Yes it’s quite a building they operate out of. I got a tour of it
Hello everyone great vidéo
Nice mower
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Good capture Mike. I've seen these guys along the interstate before. ODOT is interesting in that they have quite a few of their own mowing crews, as well, usually running yellow John Deere tractors and some older New Holland tractors, but they also contract out some mowing. This is one crew that gets a lot of contracts, and the other crew is American Services, who runs a mix of New Holland tractors, and works in the OKC area. In Kansas, KDOT has some Massey mowing crews that are neat to see. They also do some roadside baling in Kansas. Can't roadside bale in Oklahoma though.
Great Video
Enjoyed It
Kind of a historic shot in this video! At 8:30 you've got a tractor getting his kicks on route 66
I love watching these guys! They have some serious skills and big b@lls imo to work along those crazy busy roads
great video
Thanks Mike !
👍👍👍👍 A nice change.
Nice mower 👍👍
Good video.
German made machinery 👍
I like Mike less videos on TH-cam from the imperial county California 👍🇺🇲 weekend video yahoooo 🇺🇲
wondering.. to drive on steep slope and turning, what modification was to done to tractor? some of the slope are more than 45 deg., to drive across it on the sides.. it is just crazy to me!!!
There's some good hay there.
Dang it man.. wish I’d known you was in town would’ve loved to meet up with you
Hey Mike on hwy 412 just east of Tulsa between Pryor and choutou Oklahoma they do some round haye bail down the highway something like 15 miles or more
They haven't started yet this year so I'm sure they will be getting started soon .
They do quite a bit of roadside hay baling in the Dakotas and other states
I lived in Tulsa /Broken Arrow a few years
Pretty cool to watch. So, who goes back and does all the cleanup where the machines can't reach, like along the highways where a culvert flows under and out onto a steep bank, or around the trees and poles etc?
They have a weed eater crew
So it looks pretty treacherous on those hills.
How do you find the deutz for this kind of work?
A great video! A job I would love to do. Are they strict about wearing seat belts doing that job?
How fast is the road speed of those tractors
THANKS MIKE FOR THIS VIDEO SOMETHING VERY DIFFERENT HOW MANY MILES OF HIGHWAY DO THEY MOW?
Not sure but with the city and turnpike it has to be a bunch of miles
@farmhandmike yeah more than we can probably comprehend mike that's for sure 100 💯 hundreds of miles
How come that they have Deutz Fahr fleet?
I bet that this contrast of green is cheaper than the green n' yellow.
What cutting height are they using?
That seems to be a pretty common occurrence here in Florida (except for the fact the roadsides are pretty flat)
I believe they use challengers west of OKC (whatever they are, they're yellow on I-40).
Probably seeing state machines if they're yellow. The highway dept in OK does a lot of the mowing, and most of their tractors, regardless of make, are painted yellow
Mike, is there a particular reason they use Deutz tractors?
Also, are they still air cooled?
I always found it interesting/a bit weird you guys mow those interchanges. In Ontario we don't do that
Would grow up in trees and brush. Gotta mow to keep it cleaned out
The Johnson gras would be 10 feet tall if they didn't stay on top of it
11:40 the section you see in the background was just cleared out of all the trees last year. From where he is standing you would have never known there was a drainage ditch there.
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Mike, This is a contractor, not Oklahoma DOT? Looks a little wet, out there. Great video!👍 And by the way "Happy Father's Day"!
I never said it was Oklahoma DOT
It’s a contractor
Oi 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Wonder if they ever laid a tractor over?
Probably, there are some real sketchy slopes that they mow.
Yes they do. Especially if they have a flat while on the slope
My favorite green the deutz that there's only tractor my dad would have not the other fuckin green