Billy Goat DL3701VE Debris Loader Making Quick Work of Fall Clean Ups
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- We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to have you along for the ride! We have big dreams and have hardly scratched the surface of where we want to be.
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Those leftover leaves, you're killin' me Smalls...
That does a good job;. Thanks
A few suggestions from someone who has been in this business over 24 years.
1. Don't buy the largest unit ... I use the 13 hp model .. if you are charging by the hour ... you don't want to get done too fast or do you?
2. Take that flap off the inlet which damages the hose but, leave the safety cut-off switch in place.
3. Mount the unit to the front of the dump trailer - fabricate a bracket mount to the trailer frame. That way you can simply dump it quickly without removing the heavy leaf vac each time.
Wish you would have showed wet leaves with matted down grass clippings, that's what you'll probably run into in an imperfect world.
Wet leaves no problem, I can’t speak for matted grass. We don’t bag any lawns.
Holy shit that is some leaves you guys are dealing with!!
Ohhhh yeah. We handle a ton throughout the fall and a decent amount come spring.
Having a handle on there like that one so you don't have to stoop down or bend over makes it well worth it. Those finished yards in the back ground look gorgeous.
11.06/10 I love how the guy stamps the rock back in place he dislodged 😂
Looks like it’s definitely efficient. The signs on the dump trailer are great too.
Efficient it is! Glad you like the signs!
I love your setup, thank you for sharing
Am I the only one to imagine that thing with like big puppets eyes on it?🤣 2:59
I picked up a 29HP little wonder lead loader this year. This was our first year with a loader, figured go big. Thing sucks up wet and frozen leaves
Great video!! Totally get what your saying about leaves being packed with a plow and plugging up the hose on the smaller ones. Wasn’t sure if the big ones did that or not!! 👍🏼
Thank you! packed leaves will still clog from time to time but no where near as much as the smaller loaders.
Awesome video Alex! Thanks! 😎👍
Great machine. You can kinda tell the guy running the vacuum is on edge. I’d steer clear of him on a side note. Great video
Haha, yeah that machine will wear you out!
Thank you for sharing!
I have the same set up with 22hp Gravely .
I also have to bring a 2nd truck and trailer for 52”Stander with leaf plow .
Finished 75 clean ups in 15 days 2man crew in Massachusetts.
Keep up the good work
Nice! That sounds about right. Your properties must be similar to ours.
Love the nickens crew- some good dudes; happy new holidays happy new year
Thank you Andy! Happy holidays and New Year to you as well!
Excelente trabajo 👍 👏
Billy Goats rock
Thanks for the great videos:)
Glad you enjoy them!
🤣🤣 "the leaf monster" cute. i bet that gets some attention. sweet setup; let's see if there's any dump footage in here. don't be afraid to drive over some of the piles to get better reach with the hose. i *love* doing leaves, i'm almost sad to see the season ending....i definitely have to step up my leafup promotion next year; we have some extra leafy areas around here 🤔🤔 🤣🤣 just looked up and caught that blooper.
Attention was our aim with this advertisement. It worked out great! Its going to be our clean up staple and will be on our leaf vacuum rig for many years to come. To dump we simply open the doors and press the button. We strategically mounted the loader so we could still dump.
Wow that is unbelievable
I am in Rockford, and my sister used to live in New Athens.
I've watched this 6 times
Haha yes! They are that awesome! 🐐
That Briggs is amazing that same engine pushes my 16’ aluminum all welded boat 32mph
You got video of that?
@@jimbo5635 share.icloud.com/photos/0fTMNg2m8CM2eFmsteZuNbzHw#Gospel_Island But mine is actually the 35hp but it is almost identical, except the 37hp is fuel injected. That was only about 29mph I had a heavy load.
Love the set up get that flap at the beginning of the tube tied up so you dont prematurely wear the hose. 🤙
I agree.
Will do, honestly i haven't noticed it but multiple people have mentioned it in the comments. Apparently i need to look closer! Thank you for pointing that out!
Cool trailer sign " The Leaf Monster " nice rig for sure
Thank you Larry. Our goal with the sign was to have something people would remember year after year. We have a lot of customers we only do clean ups for, they handle everything else.
Nice rig !
I just bought the 18 HP Billy Goat vac., ( I wanted to get a larger unit ) but due to California's smog laws, that's the largest Billy Goat unit that can be purchased here.
Thank you! Gotta work with what you can. Im sure those are powerful as well!
CA Is such a joke.
check out Bonnell Titan Leaf Units FYI!
Good music choice with "accidents will happen"
Found out it does shred. You should probably find a place that sells natural fertilizer. I’m pretty sure they would pay or at least let you dump for free at their place. If I had more land I would get me one of these and and some cow poop and coffee grounds and sell high end organic fertilizer. Seems like you could do it if you had a little bit of land.
That is probably true! We plan to start a pile and let them compost for a couple of years then mix in with dirt to have very rich topsoil.
This is awesome but what drives me nuts is the leaves you leave behind. My OCD would kill me if I paid for this.
He didn't leave it behind in real life just in the video
You don’t have OCD lol
@@jamesbizs yes he does
Drive me nuts too
That thing is a beast, looks like a something going forward that will only pay you back many times over
My thoughts exactly! Not cheap up front but will last forever and makes things so easy and fast!
Impressive. The motor was sufficient music.
Thank you!
8:32 i think I would cut the trees down before I would rake all them leaves into a pail !!! that's a lot...wow
Going to do an updated shop tour? Can’t wait to see it all set up.
Yes sir, we still have a lot of organizing to do. Its most of the way there just have the finishing touches and that seems to take the longest. My goal is to have everything 100% set up by February 1st.
Looks like a hungry Caterpillar to me Ty for vid
Sick Rig! Gotta quick question: When you do curbside pickups for people, and when they put the leaves on the grass, do you rake it all off and blow off grass with blower? Or do you strictly just suck it up with the vac? I always blow it off and then grab the extra debris, just wondering what other people do.
you might want to lift the cover at the vacuum it looks like its gona put a hole in the flex hose
I will look into that! Thank you
I hold mine up with a bungee cord cuz it was starting to wear a hole
We've got the trailer mounted unit, but similar setup. Problem we have is that the leaves get somewhat chewed up to dust and the dust then just flies thru the truck tarp and goes everywhere. Any suggestions to keep the dust down? These units push ALOT of air.
Hey, I remember you guys..... Did't you use to make TH-cam videos? Haha... Hope all is well at the Nickens house
NICE! Would have liked to see the shredded stuff!
Nice setup, If you had a walker mower the 2 large piles you are sucking up would be cut down to about 2-3 yards, much smaller amount of leaves and easier to suck up
Wow! If you could compost all those leaves for one year, gardener like my self would love to buy leaf compost.
Agree, I would buy some. He would need around 5 acres of flat ground to mix them with a little screened top soil, cow manure, lime and lookout, you'll have some serious cash laying on the ground !
I forgot to ask, does your town pick up leaves ? If so, you may be able to get some from them ? Our town does.
Have you looked into the Ventrac with turbo leaf blower?- looks like it would be a nice addition to your business. Anyway awesome rig and quality work.
Good job wish we could hav seen u finish it tho
I would love to see a video of you dumping the leaves out. I want to see how wide does that door the unit is mounted to open up ? Does it clear the ground pretty good ? What do you use to hold that barn door open when dumping ?
The leaves dump out really smooth in our setup. Shoutout to Nickens for getting this video uploaded. Definitely made my purchase decision on the 🐐.
im a new sub
when you dump
it so you have to take off the the vaccum or able to swing door
out and dump ?
That is amazing! Can you explain how you rigged that in the back?
Super helpful video! At first I was wondering how you mounted it in the rear because the hanger kit billy goat sells isn’t compatible with the 37hp, but now I know I need to custom fabricate one.
I will be getting a 16 foot load trail dump trailer with 48” sides and 24“ solid side extensions, did you have to get any extensions on the debris loader to fit over your walls?
You said that this is a 12 inch hose, but on the website it says 14.
Glad the video helped! We did not have to get an extension. Our mount is custom made and so far it is working out great!
I just got a billy goat loader with honda motor not a monster but probably enough for 2 person crew , have it mounted on back of a 14 ft dump trailer
best haircut evahhh
That’s a huge leaf pile!
Watch ou for small animals... Once saw a cat in a shipyard building make the mistake of chasing a large rat along a wall. The rat ran right across the opening of the vacume waste duct and... Then it was gone! The cat followed in the same way.
Great video Alex. Would you do a video on how your vac is mounted to the trailer? Did you buy the Billy Goat swing mount? Thanks.
In our previous video where we built the box we show the mount before we installed the loader. We do not have a swing mount. We welded our own mount onto the door.
I would want to tie up that green flap to stop it wearing a hole in the tube.
That’s a good idea 👍🏼 Thanks for sharing
Do you have a video and how you mounted it to the back of your trailer do you have to take it off every time you dump
Looks like a solid workout, I'd love to do this for pay. Beats gym time anytime.
18:23 - Hey, watch where ya point that thing!
It is definitely a workout but you feel good at the end of the day 👍🏼😂
Barry said "you didn't build that!"
5:00 this music has so much Cody's Lab vibes
Do you use a tow strap to fasten the hose to the impeller housing or is that a clamp? I have the 18hp Billy Goat. I don’t feel like there’s much room for the hose to slide onto the housing before you hit the safety switch. I wonder if a shortened tow strap would hold the hose on better than a clamp.
Awesome set up! So how much of the leaves that was in the video fit in your dump trailer with the sides setup? Did it all fit or did you have to make more than one trip to landfill? Thanks!
We can fit 5-10 houses in this trailer before dumping. Depends on how many leaves each house has.
Is it weird that I'm thinking of a shovel attachment to the end of that hose to guide the leaves in better?
the billy goat is awesome i have other friends that have a billy goat too ....what kind of blade does yurs have hopefully its steel and not plastic
Where the lid of the hose hole is....an idea for y’all.... may want to put a small chain or something on it to hold it up off of the hose.... or put a piece of garden hose sliced lengthwise along the edge of it so it doesn’t cut through the hose... I’d imagine it’d be a bit expensive to replace that hose....
Can the flow be reversed from a vacuum to a blower for spreading mulch?
Just out of curiosity, what do you guys do with all those leaves at the end of the day? Very satisfying video to watch!
We have a contact with a farmer that recycles them as compost.
You guys run backpack blowers and mowers with push plows to get all those piles together? I have my own company and next year i would like to get a smaller setup like that going.
Yes we do. You say smaller.. What are you running?
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating I have the 8010t...i have a 36 walk behind I might buy the push blow for leaves for. Im debating getting a dump trailer and debris loader. Of course the dump trailer would be used for more then leaves.
We're looking to get into leaf clean ups this year. How do you price the jobs out?
Do you just list off the unit with two guys when you are going to dump the leaves?
I like the attachment on the front of the standon mower to push the leaves. Is that something you guys made or is it an attachment that you can buy? If so who makes it? Thanks
That is a JRCO leaf plow. I would go with a dttach leaf plow if I were buying again.
Well, I was wondering which one I should move up to from my 13Hp billy goat.
Definitely go with the 37!!!! It’s a MONSTER!
Do the leaves get shredded using the Billy Goat? It seems like you could sell all that to a company instead of taking it to a dump of somewhere. Landfills give off crazy amount of CO2.
Once holes get into the tubing , it’s hard keeping the holes closed or mended.
Use flex tape 😜
the round steel cap is rubbing on your pipe. it needs holding up with something. good machine, get more warning lights on back, o well I should of looked down the comments as loads of people have mentioned the hose. o well have a good day
I would have liked to see how you emptied it? Does the vac swing away from the trailer?
the leaf vac is bolted to the right back gate. the gate unlocks in the middle and folds to outsides. Then just lift and dump and shut the gates back.
The gate is barn style, splits in the middle and latches on both sides. We use a ratchet strap to hold the hose while dumping.
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating what if you have one of the hybrid folding ramp back doors.
Do you know if that 37 or 28hp fits on the swing away hitch option? I have that setup with a 18hp unit
It doesn’t fit the 28 or 37. You have to custom fab something to hold this bigger unit. It is very heavy - around 500 lbs. Hope that helps.
How do you charge? By the load or by the yard size ? How much would you charge for those huge pile yards you did. That was a crapload of leaves.
So does it shred them before the truck. So it will hold more
U may have said it and I may have missed it but did all of these jobs in this video fit in your trailer or did u have to dump?
They all fit. The last ones (two neighbors) was where i had to pack it down but we made it work!
How does it handle wet leaves and debris?
I like that Billygoat loader. I want one for my dump trailer. I have other Billygoat products and I like their quality. Any idea what the retail is? I need to get one soon.
It was $8,500 when I purchased it. Well worth it.
Looks like an awesome machine. And I’m glad to see it handle pine needles so well. Is there any issues with pine cones? I didn’t see any pine cones in your pile. Did you separate them before piling them up or can the machine mulch up pine cones?
We don’t get to many pine cones around here but the ones we have come across it sucks them up no problem. It sucks up full piles of gumball’s if that gives you an idea of what it can do.
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating
You mean the liquidambar seed pods? That’s incredible! I’ve been wanting to buy a machine like this. Hey thanks for the quick reply.
Have you used it on super wet leaf piles? How does it handle? We have the 18hp unit and it clogs bad with wet leaves.
That is why we upgraded as well. We had a new 18 hp unit prior and it would clog. This one is pretty much impossible to clog unless sticks get stuck in the suction tube
Great video. You guys really need to either throw some vests on or get some hi viz clothing when working in the public right of way though. OSHA does NOT like anyone being in the roadway without some sort of hi viz/reflective clothing on. And obviously above all you want to be safe and come home at the end of the day. Be safe out there!
Thank you for pointing that out! We have talked multiple times about having vests made and its one of those things i just haven't followed through with.. I need to do so asap! Thanks again! Safety first.
Great footage! Great setup! What size dump trailer?
Thank you Deven! It is a 7x14, brand is Rice
What kind of tarp is on top mesh or solid? And from where? Can you show how you mounted the machine to trailer also
I'd assume it's mesh. I have been running one on my 7 X 14 trailer from harbor freight for two seasons and it's holding up great.
We run a Mesh tarp as Johann commented below. We ordered ours from Amazon. In our previous video when we built our box we show the mount prior to installing the loader.
Nickens Lawn & Landscape LLC thanks I’ll check it out !
How does it do with wet debris and wondering if the larger diameter hose effects any suction? I'm debating between an 18HP or this model
It will suck up leaves while it’s raining. This vac is a beast. Don’t waste your time with the 18hp model. It will leave you frustrated. We upgraded from the 18hp to this
What is your return on investment time for the whole setup?
We are in the market. We have a new 6x12 standard duty sure trac dump trailer. We are deciding between 18 hp Billy goat and 37 hp but we are worried about weight. We mostly do residential, what is your opinion?
do you find it heavy for the back of the trailer...was thinking of mounting it to the front
No it works great. Get a good welder to beef up your gate and build your bracket and you’re good. This vac only weighs about 500 lbs. when it comes to weld strength that is extremely light
How do you have it mounted to the back of the trailer ? Is it mounted to the door? I have my 18hp on my door but its half the weight of the 37hp
Yes it’s on the door. This unit weighs 500 lbs. When it comes to weld strength that is very light
Awesome job! I have never seen this method before... I'm right outside of Atlanta, Ga... I have my guys continuously blow the leaves into open areas...while I continuously mulch the leaves up with my zero turn. When we leave there isn't hardly a trace of a leaf left...while also not having to worry about dumping leaves once the job is done. The mower also gives the yard that freshly vacuumed look.
Does it mulch the leaves also so you can load more on trailer.
Yes it does! Chips them up good as they are blown into the trailer.
I am looking to get the 18hp with the 10" hose. What is your opinion on that? If you said I wasn't paying attention lol
I do not do leaves everyday all day. I have about 6 yards I clean and do not want to take on more then 10 or 12. I do alot of other work but blowing leafs and packing up by hand just sucks.
I would get the bigger vac. This vac (14” hose) will suck up a pile 3x as fast as a 10” hose. A lot of time savings with larger vacs. We have had a couple 10” vas with 16-18 hp engines.
Where do you dispose of leaves? All city disposal sites around here don’t let contractors dump.
What size is the suction hose? Thabks for the vid!!!
It is a 14” hose
Did you have to get it custom fabricated ? Did you buy billy goats mounts?
It was all custom fabricated
On the website it says the 37hp has a 14 inch hose ? Is there an option between 12 and 14 ?
This is the 14” hose.