First Run - Bobcat T770 with Forestry Mulcher
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 พ.ย. 2019
- Finally taking the new Bobcat out for a spin! And introducing our new line of business: Southwest Virginia Land Clearing. If you are subscribed here, please check out and subscribe to the new TH-cam channel at / @swvalandclearing
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Hi handsome the 1st cut at 3:23 I'm in love. Yes. Safety 1st. Yes , I'm excited a year later. I just clicked on your video 1 year after it was posted and I love that bobcat n head.
Congratulations man glad to see you doing so well hope to see more videos soon! 🇺🇸😇🖖🏻💯😎
Very cool mike! Looking forward to more vids!
Very Nice setup!
I need one for a few days. Good luck to you in your endeavor.
This is awesome!
ian hensley - Thanks! Good to see someone I know in here! 😁
I just noticed your building going up the other day and wanted to stop by but I was rushing off somewhere. I’ll definitely drop by next time I see you over there. Looks great!
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I would love to get into forestry mulching here in arkansas but not sure i'm ready to take that plunge. Great video.
Toby Gangluff Thanks! What do you do now? I started with a general skid steer business and worked my way up to the forestry mulching. When I took the plunge to get the machine, I didn’t have a bunch of jobs lined up for it, but I did have a fairly healthy business already that has been able to cover the ramp-up of the new line of business. Now it is really starting to pick up. Good luck to you!
Just found you. Nicely done
Thanks, Tony! This video just started blowing up about four days ago. I plan to get more videos out here from time to time, but lately I've been putting the time in at my other channel. Please check it out if you're interested. Link in the description. Thanks again!
I checked it out and am watching back to back. Keep up the good work
where might you look to become informed on equipment setups vs cost vs performance? looking at used ro try to build knowledge base, great tool, want to learn more
Molokai great. What’s the next tool/attachment/implement for the Bobcat to remove all the debris you’ve ground up to clear the land down to the top soil? Do you have a video of that next step or can you recommend?
John
Hi John. The best move is *almost* always to leave the debris in place. In the longer term, it is good for the soil as it decays. In the shorter term, it prevents erosion. In the rare case that we need to move it, we can just scrape it up with the grapple bucket and put it wherever we want it to go.
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What did this setup cost you and what are you charging, is it per acre or depend on how bad it is?
Might get me one of these for my S770
But I want to pay my loader off first
I thing I would be handy here in Nebraska
Kirk Niles - If you do, definitely add the forestry package to your machine. It is expensive, but absolutely necessary. Good luck!
Any idea how those would hold up in rocky soil? I'm near a mountain and glacier left nasty rocky soil. Its very difficult to dig by hand, need an excavator.
How do you feel this machine has done now with the mulching head
What’s the machine like on a slope or hill side
Is forestry mulcher good against rocks and stones?
What about Large rocks ?
Would be better if you put camera in cab so we can see what you are doing
I'm a woman over 50 something, Is this something I can use or achive relatively easy? Or are there factors I should seriously consider before trying to do a DIY? I'm considering renting one to clear some heavy brush. Thank you in advance for any input or advice.
Hi Dana. Running a forestry mulcher is normally not something that people DIY, though it is sometimes possible if you have experience operating a loader. For one, it is fairly dangerous and destructive, and the learning curve is when it will be most dangerous for you and anyone or anything nearby. Second, it is expensive to rent, but I guess less expensive than hiring someone to do it. The problem for people where I live is that, in order to rent a machine and mulcher, you need to self insure it for $100k, and individuals don’t normally carry that kind of insurance. When I got into mulching I rented a machine for a while, and it was worth it to me to increase my rental insurance that I already had, but wouldn’t have been possible if I wanted to get it as an individual. There may be places that don’t require that, but that’s what we have here.
In general, most people are better off hiring an experienced operator than doing it DIY, unless you’re planning on getting into the business. Hope this helps!
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Your information was very detailed 👌
Thank you so much
It does help. Issue is
I had separate areas I was planning or hoping to do that so I could put our RV in a small patch approx 1 acre till spring
The front of area is small and the back area is over a large creek flood zone with no culvert yet we did reach out to a local guy. But his initial recommendation with installation of the culvert was to wait till it dries up near or after spring. But time is of the essence for us to get out in property. We're all for hiring out the thicker back portion which will def be a big job.
The minimum we found for clearing was 1900.00 plus possible trip charges for 8 hrs. My fear is if there us only a few hours of work then I'd have wasted alot of money too.
But I guess its a trade off.
Thanks again for help
You 🎸 rock. I enjoyed your videos.
Is bobcat mulcher single speed or two speed looking at buying a bobcat mulcher but they on have the single speed one in stock
It is the two speed. Unfortunately I don't know much about the difference between them, so I don't know if you'd be sacrificing much (or anything) by going with the single speed.
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Can you do steep terrain? I need one of these. How much was it if you don't mind me asking?
I have been a little surprised at how steep I've been able to go. The job I just finished yesterday might be the steepest I've done, or at least top three, and it was no problem. Keep in mind that it was no problem after I have spent two years running these. Getting steeper is definitely a learning curve, so don't rush it. Turning one of these over on a hillside would be a very bad day.
Price was low six figures.
@@MerrittSkidSteerServices Thank you. I have one being delivered Monday to clear the areas around some springs have on the ranch. I am hiring the it out not doing it myself.
Price?
How well does that 770 handle the mulching head with the boom lifted all the way up??
It does great. The rated operating capacity is somewhere in the ballpark of 3500 lbs for the T770, and the head is around 2200 lbs. Of course your stability generally decreases as your boom height increases, so I take it easy on the slopes, but I haven't had any problems at all. Except for the time I nosed over a ditch I couldn't see and tipped over forward, but that wasn't the machine's fault. 😉
Good deal, I’ve been on the fence with either a cat 299 or the 770, the specs on the 770 are better than the 299. I just haven’t ran a 770 with a mulching head yet, have been renting a 299 and man is it eating up my profits!!
Mike Drake - Renting is expensive for sure. I did it once and decided that was enough of that. People kept suggesting that I rent for a while before committing, but that is problematic for so many reasons, including the expense. For one, I found it really difficult to advertise and market a service that I wasn’t really properly equipped to offer.
I haven’t run the Cat. People like them, I guess, so I’m sure they’re good. Bobcat isn’t the least expensive in the market, but I expect it will be significantly less than the Cat. Otherwise, about 60% of the burned out machines that I’ve seen around the Internet have been Cats, so there’s that. 😬
Best of luck!
Cat is definitely on the higher end, I’m thinking it’s 2nd in line with asv being the most expensive, pretty sure the cost of the bobcat and head is as much as just the 299. What kind of warranty did the bobcat come with if you don’t mind me asking
Mike Drake - If I recall correctly, it came with two years, and they added a third year to help seal the deal.
I didn’t price the ASV, but the RT120 is a pretty significant step-up from what we’re talking about, so I expect it to be pretty high. I didn’t look at it because I didn’t have the truck, trailer, or CDL that I would need to operate one. Whenever it is time to upgrade, I’ll be ready with all that.
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5:00 almost destroyed your camera...live & learn.
They’re tough and cheap, so I was happy to let it get beat up a little to get the shot. Now I’m running a far more expensive GoPro, so I’m a little more careful with it. 😁
Thanks for watching!
Dude, please just hush and let us see and hear the machine. Way, way too much talking.
Get rid of the buckthorn Dude .