$600 was pretty cheap without knowing more about the job i suppose. Pretty flat ground with just a few decent sized trees was an easy job but its location would be a major price factor. If Andrew only had to drive a pretty short distance, that could also be considered in his price. If someone had to load up and drive an hour away , then it was not worth that. If he just had a few miles to drive, maybe it was an easy $600 for him to make. Not to mention the guy will call him back to do other jobs since he wasnt gouged by Andrew.
So basically you and the machine were getting paid very little per hr. Not worth getting out of bed for $600 especially with moving equipment to the job site.
I'm with you at $1,500. I left land work 17 years ago and we were $125 to haul equipment to the jobsite, then $75/hr for equipment time with 8hr minimum. So that would be a $725 day rate many years ago. Given the passage of time and everything has doubled since covid, I'd say a $1,500 day rate would honestly be low. At face value, that sounds like a lot to me as an individual who works hard for my paycheck. But as a business man who needs to turn a profit, this equipment isn't cheap to purchase & maintain. So, I'd bet $1,500 is actually a low day rate when you run the numbers.
You inspired me to start my own business. After years of working for companies. I usually stick to a minimum daily price of $1200 unless it's a multiple day job that is hard to pin down how much time,then I charge hourly. Most jobs I bid a straight price for like septic systems, underground gutter drainage, utilities or footings.
As far as you sad you want to build another shed at the castle, you could add solar panels, also a couple of trickle chargers for the machines so you don't have to deal with dead batteries so often.
Solar is going to do a whole lot more than that - DIY solar means your payback would likely be 4-6 years. On my smaller array the payback is going to be under 5 years, in Michigan. Highly recommend for anyone who likes to DIY and has a new roof / is building a new roof as that's half the battle already.
@@whattheschmidt My array is not massive - couldnt tell you the specs but it was about 15k and brings in 23kwh on a bad day. It's only been 18 months and I havent had to pay for utilities for over a year - infact on my last statment i was in credit with the utilities board by thousands. It will have payed itself off within 3 years and thats running a large household
oh solar panels for keeping big 12v batteries charged is *chefs kiss* it doesn't have to be thousands of dollars worth of panels or connected to the larger grid either, I've kept ATV's and motorcycles charged with a little 12" panel chilling on the seat just fine. but yeah if he went ahead and installed 12v DC in conduit within his dozer barn then like, game over on ever needing to replace dead batteries on huge pieces of equipment and that alone would probably pay for itself quickly because those huge ones are the prices of used cars sometimes...per battery and they'll need two or four of em.
Brush cutting is one application where it's really nice to have a closed cab with air filtration and A/C. It's cooler, quieter, and it's a whole lot less scary when running over and really pissing off wasp's nests. Great video as always Andrew.
I think you're referring to those in-ground yellow jackets, those are a pain, I had them attack my kitchen window because I turned on the kitchen light at 3AM, I used a fence post and about a quart of gasoline poured it into the hole, problem solved, surprised they attack at night
@@tedmitchell226 In ground yellow jackets suck, they're very easily set off. Vibrations will drive them them crazy. I remember as a kid, grandma got stung mowing the back 40 and grandpa was pissed, as she came across a really active and large nest. We waited until evening and he poured 5 gallons of unleaded in that hole and dropped in a road flare, and lit it up. It burned for hours, but no more yellow jackets. Problem solved.
Most brush cutters have a catch for wire now. Mine hasn't let anything past it after about 300 hours. It's just a few hooks on top of the stump jumper to catch wire if you run over it. Works great. You could probably buy or fab some up to weld on to what you have.
I agree ! I watched a handful of excavating and land clearing channels because it's what I do for work everyday and I love it ! But I notice all the channels on here that got huge no longer go on jobsites anymore because of the youtube money I guess and m going on different jobsites and homes in different parts of the country is what made me like the channels to begin with . Don't get me wrong still love the videos it's just they all go a different direction once they get youtube money and can just pick and choose and work on their own stuff at home
@@rirebel6029 I agree and started watching years ago for the land clearing and job site work. But now most of the videos are not about getting work as a business which is less interesting to me.
He's such a responsible man, who is capable of just about everything, I'm very impressed with his life of achievements, watching him these few months, I'm glad he's on TH-cam, gives me something to watch, retirement is boring at times, thanks Andrew great job as always.
The problem with pricing up a job like this is that if everything went acording to plan, $600-$800 is good money, but if he was to snap a hose off, damage a blade to the point where it required replacement and a track fell off and got chewed up, then all of a suden its an immediate loss.
@@jonathancook4022 With the inflation your profit is burned down quickly!parts price almost double up !you cross your fingers for not too big surprises!
The brush hog does a good job most of the disk mulchers claim to be high or low flow but are pretty useless without high flow. Rates for doing equipment work seems to have went through the roof and he probably was getting quotes to have it mulched and was probably getting numbers in the 1500-2500 range so 600 probably was a great deal for him
Around my area for a cat 299 with an actual high flo forestry mulcher it's 250 an hour and normally a 2 or 4 hour minimum . The machine is 120k and a good mulcher is 30 to 50k so its not a cheap setup . If it's just small stuff and a brush hog can handle it there are all kinds of guys with compact tractors for 50 an hour
@@rirebel6029 You forgot to figure in purchasing the truck and trailer. Add in travel time and other associated delivery costs. Getting equipment to the job site can cost as much as running the equipment on a small job.
@@alanbierhoff6831 yeah 💯 percent , fuel and insurance are a huge bill! Thats why they figure 4 hours then you can actually make a buck doing it anything less than that it's not worth hauling my machine there..... NORMALLY ! however if toy go check out the job and figure this is just the doorway to a lot more work on the property or if you can catch a neighbor that wants some work done too then you can make the small jobs ( 2 hours or whatever ) work for you .
@@alanbierhoff6831 thats why the skid steers are so wildly popular all you need is a 1 ton and a equipment trailer to move it and if you're In a pinch you can call a local tow company to move your machine for you pretty cheap especially if you worked with the company b4 they give you a deal knowing you will call them again in the future
He makes money with ads doubtless, but then again good for him! He is a hard worker, shares a lot of knowledge and makes enjoyable videos. He merits a financial gain from it!
That clearing job was right up your alley. Rip, tear, bust. I think that solar is well worth installing where I live, as I only have a basic home installation and it more that supplies my home needs. The best aspect is that when you use Solar with a battery system, you don't have to worry about loss of mains power at all, ad if tied back into the grid, you can make a reasonable profit.
Great episode, Andrew! Consider establishing base daily rates for all of your equipment, transportation and labor. For example: Takeuchi $500; brush cutter $150; labor $300; transportation (truck, trailer, fuel) either mileage .75+ or a zone Like UPS $100, $150, $200. Look at rental rates from local equip and they always have a delivery fee, etc for comparison. Your $600 was about half of other comments and probably close to a tractor/brush hog rental and I doubt he could have buzzed down those cedar/junipers.
@@markborishkevich587 oh, so you're that guy with a overgrown yard full of equipment. Whats up! always wanted to meet you in person, would love to buy some of that equipment, but i know you'll overcharge for it. xD
Most youtubers do not make money making content for a youtube episode. Besides he has already made $600 in YT revenue from 150K views, plus the $600 for doing the job so that is $1200 already.
Solar Panels are what you need on the Mountain. 1 or 2 rows like he had would give you power. Cloudy days would be the only draw back.Seamed like a fairly easy set up and if you made them higher you could get a few things out of the weather. Throw some sides around how ever many and you'll have small sheds with power. Take a bit to recoup the costs, but offset the fuel for generators and it might make it reasonable. Would be way less costly than running a mainline for electricity, at least for now.
Hi Andrew. Having your brother to help you with the trailer was a nice touch. If you had told us the size of the area, it would have been over $1500 for your next-door neighbor. Have good days!
That would be the right way to do it too. That machine is not made to "mulch" 8" pine logs. Yeah, it worked here. For now. That mulcher is not going to last at that rate and it won't pay for itself. I would have left the larger caliper pines and price the job stating that. If there were above 5" or so caliper trees, those would get left or cost more to take out and stack up somewhere.
Problem with that is nowadays most utility companies don't pay diddly squat for power being sold back, it is typically not worth creating more power than you personally use. Not sure about in New York where this guy is located though.
@@ShuhDonk No, the real problem with that is today the utility maybe pays a reasonable amount, but at any time without warning, some bean counter will change their mind and start paying nothing for power exported back to the grid - and now you have the capitol investment of the panels and associated equipment, and can't get a return on it again. Not smart to put some much faith in rando corporate types to continue doing something reasonable.
Your right Andrew about using the space under the panels as a shed or any kind of space. We have tons of Solar Rooves, Car Ports, Sheds here in Arizona with all the sun we get. I would definitely grab a few panels and also make a battery array to store energy when the sun isn't out(or for an emergerncy). Would love to see you put your own system together on the channel.
@@UserName92149Goats are better than sheep for this application. If you have neighbors with either, contract with their owners to “borrow or rent” their flock for weed eradication.
I appreciate hearing the mower chop all that stuff down without the music, or the fastforwarding. I love the sound of the machinery, and watching the machine work. G-d bless.
Thanks for sharing Andrew, it’s good to see you working on customers projects again my friend and doing maintenance on your equipment! Sending prayers and good vibes to you and your family and those two boys! Cody and Blue, ole Blue has grown so be a big boy and he’s gotten faster and keeps up pretty good with Cody now! lol 😂 Y’all stay safe and healthy brother! Kirk from Louisiana! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👋🏼👋🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hi Andrew, I am an 80 yearold wheel chair jock and just love the careful way you handle your machinery.I worked in a similar manner and loved getting the adrenaline of the job. I remember one night back in the day one of my trucks broke down so I jumped in a truck with a few tools on a rescue mission. Unfortunately my driver and I could not fix the problem and all we had was 5 yards of rope, but we got home quite quickly. A few days later I broke down and my driver turned up without tools and the same 5 yards of rope. His revenge was sweet, driving with a less than 5 yard gap at crazy speed. We got home safely and laughed about it for many years. Enjoy what you do and stay safe.
Great vid! The wire getting wrapped around the blades reminds me of my time in the Army driving Bradley's. We used to have to cut out hundred foot sections of concertina wire from the road wheels haha!
Depending on your area, I'd say one to one and a half thousand is about for something of that size. I mean, you're clearing about a quarter acre of solid brush and small trees. That guy got a very good deal.
I'd say 600 is way too cheap. You pushed that mower hard! What an impressive unit. I'd have said a 3k min with all those trees. I'm honestly surprised the mower mulched up all those big trees. I say 3k aud, maybe 2k usd
Would really like to be able to go and do this mowing while Andrew sits back and makes comments about how great of a job I’m doing! Great video Sir!👍👍👍👍
Hi Andrew, hope you're well. I'm a big tree fan so don't like to see felling, but I reckon some folk call it progress. Great job on the clearance though. Lots of farms have started to combine solar arrays with crops, where the ground maintenance gear, like your skidsteer and other farming machinery, can operate under the panels without any problem. Sounds good. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍✌
Great job, Andrew. That brush cutter is a beast. Looks like it is well made, and you've proven it can handle just about anything. I think you under priced the job given all that you did. $1000 -1,200.
Yeah, if I were on the customer end of that transaction, I would expect it to cost in the neighborhood of $1000.00. That was a lot of trees and area. Not having to cut the trees with a chain saw was a huge time/labor saver.
I was thinking that this was going to be a $1000 job when you started. Solar panels are pretty good. We installed just 2 of them on a shipping container workshop. It is enough to power the lights , fans and battery chargers. I think they paid for themselves already.
My sister has solar panels on one side of her roof. She said in ten years it will have paid for itself. Plus she has a plug-in hybrid hook up in the garage. She loves it!!
My hometown put in a solar array years ago. Its been a great investment for the community. They even hire a farmer to bring goats in to mow around them so they dont have to worry about damages from thrown debris.
Excellent job Andrew! Thanks for your videos. I think it was a cheap job, but you have made a great video for us, your fans, and I would think it would be faster if the blades could be sharpened more. Thanks again!
Nice rig. We wanted to clear some land like that and we rented a Bobcat with a mulching head made by a company called Fecon. It was a drum style head with carbide inserts. The head was the width of the Bobcat and had 9 cutters mounted vertically with maybe 8 inserts per drum. It was a BEAST. The guy at the rental shop said that it's his best machine for clearing land because it throws the mulch straight down into the soil and continuously recuts until it's so small and lays on the ground. And it doesn't matter what size tree you hit. You just keep grinding at it until it's sawdust. Amazing piece of kit
That machine is awesome! The first time I saw one used was on some land that Lee and Tiffany had purchased to enhance for deer hunting and then resale the land. The operator went up to a big cedar tree, started from the top and ate it down to the ground! I knew right then that was a tough piece of equipment and the way to get it done!
Hi Andrew, great video again! Am a German viewer who has been watching your videos for years. You said $600 for the entire area! Just compared to where I live here, you have to get a permit from the city for EVERY tree that needs to be felled. Each permit costs €60 for each tree. Clearing this area would cost an additional €4,000 - €5,000 ... yup! here in Germany something is going wrong...
Thats the way this world sadly has turned out. Everything is so highly priced so that ppl will soon have to stop ordering things done. Andrew was cheap tho...I live in Norway and it´s crazy prices here too. A standard car is priced almost double in Norway compared to Sweden, and it´s all just taxes.
@@AndrewCamarata It is excessive force (Government>/ City counsil) telling you that you need a permit. No permit, no license to do the job. Next fase is Police and hefty fines...
Das stimmt so nicht ganz, Forst, Industrie und Außengebiete sind anders als Wohngebiete, zudem kann man eine Genehmigung für ein ganzes Flurgrundstück beantragen
This guy is crazy to be running these attachments with an open cab machine , love the videos man dont want to see you get taken out by a stick or some barbed wire that you didnt see and come into the cab !!! I do this everyday and they launch some wild stuff out
Hey for the air cleaner on the tl10 and tl12 there is a little yellow lever on the bottom right of the housing if you put it up the filter housing will fold up to make it easier to replace the filters
8/6/23;..ahh yes..another great Andrew video...now including 'double screening' (twin👀 Andrew's👀 on both sides of trailor simultaneously)..+ verbal torque wrench when tightening 'click click' !💪👍. Pricing for this ?x,000 sqft ararea.. $600 was too low..considering both machines, Travel, fuel & man & insurance & maintenaince/overhead..$800-1000 would have been a reasonable/solid offer. Also, confirm that machine, T10, is a low flow unit. Thought (from earlier video) your T12 was the high flow unit. This combo used 2day did just fine! Glad you had those red Bolt cutters on hand, good planning. Stay safe & carry on !👍👏💪⚙️🛠🍺😊
Here in Twin Waters Queensland Australia, the government subsidies homeowners to have solar power installed, with either battery storage or feed back into the grid. Whatever excess power you generate and don’t use, is feed back to the grid and you get paid a set tariff. On our four bedroom home with four adults, our twenty four panels on a six kilowatt system has us around six hundred dollars per quarter in credit, definitely worth it.
Yes, Andrew, $600 seems pretty low, considering how much time you spent shredding down the trees, and running your machine. How much diesel did it consume? Thanks for your productions and showing your unique ways of dealing with mechanical obstacles!
It's hard to say if it's too much or not b/c we don't know the total number of hours that it took him to complete it. In my area, skid steer work is $100/hour. So as long as he was under 5 or 6 hours, then it would be a fair price around here.
Some brushed cutters come with a wire and vine cutter near the shaft. I have one from Rut mfg that has the wire cutter. You could probably look up a few pictures and weld one on.
Hi Andrew great to see another video, as to the solar its around 25 years you get out of them basically no maintenance , you need to balance your battery storage with the panels you have, its an investment for sure but if you get a half decent amount of sun 🌞 it's probably worth it ,its definitely worth looking into.
yep , this brush hog you have is a 'beast , i remember a few years ago when you got it and this thing iv watched you use it many times and it still amazes me .. i had a 6 ft on back of my tractor and it would take down 3in saplings but not like yours .. thanks for the entertaining video , steve
I was contemplating what you would charge and I thought, "600 bucks I would guess". Turns out I was spot on. Nice work, that cutter is a beast! Man Blue can pour on the speed when he wants to!
That double screening of the ramp fold was spot on! Nice little surprise edit there👌
i was thinking: look his twin brother 😆
I had to stop the video and replay twice, talk about a double take , I did it twice
Now we know how he gets so much done , there are 2 of him !
@@philnorris3507 So is that 2, 3, 4, or 8 takes?🤔
I honestly HATE that crap. and every where I look I see everyone doing it. even sites one might clear his browser history of
$600 was a hell of a deal! Time and equipment would have easily been closer to $1,500 around here.
$600 was pretty cheap without knowing more about the job i suppose. Pretty flat ground with just a few decent sized trees was an easy job but its location would be a major price factor. If Andrew only had to drive a pretty short distance, that could also be considered in his price. If someone had to load up and drive an hour away , then it was not worth that. If he just had a few miles to drive, maybe it was an easy $600 for him to make. Not to mention the guy will call him back to do other jobs since he wasnt gouged by Andrew.
I was thinking 750 myself qoth that set up but my experience is mainly construction and framing lol
So basically you and the machine were getting paid very little per hr. Not worth getting out of bed for $600 especially with moving equipment to the job site.
I'm with you at $1,500. I left land work 17 years ago and we were $125 to haul equipment to the jobsite, then $75/hr for equipment time with 8hr minimum. So that would be a $725 day rate many years ago. Given the passage of time and everything has doubled since covid, I'd say a $1,500 day rate would honestly be low. At face value, that sounds like a lot to me as an individual who works hard for my paycheck. But as a business man who needs to turn a profit, this equipment isn't cheap to purchase & maintain. So, I'd bet $1,500 is actually a low day rate when you run the numbers.
You inspired me to start my own business. After years of working for companies. I usually stick to a minimum daily price of $1200 unless it's a multiple day job that is hard to pin down how much time,then I charge hourly. Most jobs I bid a straight price for like septic systems, underground gutter drainage, utilities or footings.
As far as you sad you want to build another shed at the castle, you could add solar panels, also a couple of trickle chargers for the machines so you don't have to deal with dead batteries so often.
Solar is going to do a whole lot more than that - DIY solar means your payback would likely be 4-6 years. On my smaller array the payback is going to be under 5 years, in Michigan. Highly recommend for anyone who likes to DIY and has a new roof / is building a new roof as that's half the battle already.
@@whattheschmidt My array is not massive - couldnt tell you the specs but it was about 15k and brings in 23kwh on a bad day. It's only been 18 months and I havent had to pay for utilities for over a year - infact on my last statment i was in credit with the utilities board by thousands. It will have payed itself off within 3 years and thats running a large household
oh solar panels for keeping big 12v batteries charged is *chefs kiss*
it doesn't have to be thousands of dollars worth of panels or connected to the larger grid either, I've kept ATV's and motorcycles charged with a little 12" panel chilling on the seat just fine.
but yeah if he went ahead and installed 12v DC in conduit within his dozer barn then like, game over on ever needing to replace dead batteries on huge pieces of equipment and that alone would probably pay for itself quickly because those huge ones are the prices of used cars sometimes...per battery and they'll need two or four of em.
What about having those solar panel’s and hail storms? Here in Oklahoma we can get baseball, softball and grapefruit size hail storms in the spring.
@@mp5kfisher241 worth thinking about it, where I live there is very rare hailstorm, last year there were 2 showers with pea size.
Brush cutting is one application where it's really nice to have a closed cab with air filtration and A/C. It's cooler, quieter, and it's a whole lot less scary when running over and really pissing off wasp's nests. Great video as always Andrew.
Yup Wasps can make it a very bad day.
@@guytech7310 Yep, I once got stung in the forehead 3 times at once while brush cutting. They used to like to build nests in my tractor.
I think you're referring to those in-ground yellow jackets, those are a pain, I had them attack my kitchen window because I turned on the kitchen light at 3AM, I used a fence post and about a quart of gasoline poured it into the hole, problem solved, surprised they attack at night
@@tedmitchell226 In ground yellow jackets suck, they're very easily set off. Vibrations will drive them them crazy. I remember as a kid, grandma got stung mowing the back 40 and grandpa was pissed, as she came across a really active and large nest. We waited until evening and he poured 5 gallons of unleaded in that hole and dropped in a road flare, and lit it up. It burned for hours, but no more yellow jackets. Problem solved.
indeed, comfort is not frivolous, it is PRACTICAL. doing work in air conditioned comfort means you can do more work.
Lol when he drifted the corner with the machine on the back of the trailer 😂
I thought I saw that drift! Thx for the confirmation! LOL 🤣
@@MrNobodyAkaCraft haha same!!
4:30 Love the reference to the absence of a torque wrench.... "Click Click"
6:21 in the video there is a yellow lever under the air filter. Push that and the filter housing will tilt up making it easier to install new filters
That's a pro tip for sure!
Ha he will just pry on it and break it so he can make a video
Most brush cutters have a catch for wire now. Mine hasn't let anything past it after about 300 hours. It's just a few hooks on top of the stump jumper to catch wire if you run over it. Works great. You could probably buy or fab some up to weld on to what you have.
Cody always amazes me at just how far he can run and run wide open too.
Blue is catching up but Cody is a marathon dog lol.
100% correct!
A rare treat! Andrew took us out on an actual job. We're all wondering what that guy's going to do with all that solar power.
I agree ! I watched a handful of excavating and land clearing channels because it's what I do for work everyday and I love it ! But I notice all the channels on here that got huge no longer go on jobsites anymore because of the youtube money I guess and m going on different jobsites and homes in different parts of the country is what made me like the channels to begin with . Don't get me wrong still love the videos it's just they all go a different direction once they get youtube money and can just pick and choose and work on their own stuff at home
@@rirebel6029try upstate brush control. He still does tons of land clearing vids.
@@313soldier313 love those dudes they are the real deal it's amazing how much they have grown over the past couple years
@@313soldier313 workplaytv is the real deal too ! He's in Canada but same deal , diesel trucks and land clearing seeing what works and what doesn't
@@rirebel6029 I agree and started watching years ago for the land clearing and job site work. But now most of the videos are not about getting work as a business which is less interesting to me.
Under the air filter housing you'll find a latch. It lets the filter housing hinge upwards and gives better access to replace the filters.
He's such a responsible man, who is capable of just about everything, I'm very impressed with his life of achievements, watching him these few months, I'm glad he's on TH-cam, gives me something to watch, retirement is boring at times, thanks Andrew great job as always.
Thanks
Retirement is one thing. It can be fun. It has its ups and downs. But get old is most definitely not for wussies.
@@garlandremingtoniii1338 The Golden years sometimes feel like lead .
Nice job Andrew! 600 seemed low considering all the trees you took down in the process.
The problem with pricing up a job like this is that if everything went acording to plan, $600-$800 is good money, but if he was to snap a hose off, damage a blade to the point where it required replacement and a track fell off and got chewed up, then all of a suden its an immediate loss.
1.27 million subscribers helps
@lesliehouston5949 I agree this,man's a millionaire who cares what it costs, lol
@@jonathancook4022 With the inflation your profit is burned down quickly!parts price almost double up !you cross your fingers for not too big surprises!
@@sadqqwwqeq4175 Not even that, equipment is expensive to run and inflation is getting crazy. Some would charge $1500-$2000 for a job like that.
Tool better be rock solid when Andrew uses them
They’d better be able to do every bit of what they are rated for, because he’s going to push them far beyond that haha.
That editing folding up trailer ramps seeing 2 Andrew’s was great! Happy seeing Yamaha TW200 is alive and well
I'm impressed with that cutter. I had no idea it would cut 8" trees as good as it was doing.
It is always a joy to see your dogs run.........they are amazing!
codi so fassst
The brush hog does a good job most of the disk mulchers claim to be high or low flow but are pretty useless without high flow. Rates for doing equipment work seems to have went through the roof and he probably was getting quotes to have it mulched and was probably getting numbers in the 1500-2500 range so 600 probably was a great deal for him
Around my area for a cat 299 with an actual high flo forestry mulcher it's 250 an hour and normally a 2 or 4 hour minimum . The machine is 120k and a good mulcher is 30 to 50k so its not a cheap setup . If it's just small stuff and a brush hog can handle it there are all kinds of guys with compact tractors for 50 an hour
@@rirebel6029
You forgot to figure in purchasing the truck and trailer. Add in travel time and other associated delivery costs. Getting equipment to the job site can cost as much as running the equipment on a small job.
I was watching and thought that would be a $1,500 job, minimum.
@@alanbierhoff6831 yeah 💯 percent , fuel and insurance are a huge bill! Thats why they figure 4 hours then you can actually make a buck doing it anything less than that it's not worth hauling my machine there..... NORMALLY ! however if toy go check out the job and figure this is just the doorway to a lot more work on the property or if you can catch a neighbor that wants some work done too then you can make the small jobs ( 2 hours or whatever ) work for you .
@@alanbierhoff6831 thats why the skid steers are so wildly popular all you need is a 1 ton and a equipment trailer to move it and if you're In a pinch you can call a local tow company to move your machine for you pretty cheap especially if you worked with the company b4 they give you a deal knowing you will call them again in the future
Andrews videos are awesome because we as viewers are never bombarded by commercials. He isn't greedy just genuine.
Andrews channel is the one channel on TH-cam that gives me the most ads per minute by FAR.
He makes money with ads doubtless, but then again good for him! He is a hard worker, shares a lot of knowledge and makes enjoyable videos. He merits a financial gain from it!
thats what adblocker is for
@@geraldwilkinson Can't use adbocker on Apple tv/iPhone
and not afraid to show his mistakes ,same as all of us .cheers
That clearing job was right up your alley. Rip, tear, bust.
I think that solar is well worth installing where I live, as I only have a basic home installation and it more that supplies my home needs. The best aspect is that when you use Solar with a battery system, you don't have to worry about loss of mains power at all, ad if tied back into the grid, you can make a reasonable profit.
Great episode, Andrew! Consider establishing base daily rates for all of your equipment, transportation and labor. For example: Takeuchi $500; brush cutter $150; labor $300; transportation (truck, trailer, fuel) either mileage .75+ or a zone Like UPS $100, $150, $200. Look at rental rates from local equip and they always have a delivery fee, etc for comparison. Your $600 was about half of other comments and probably close to a tractor/brush hog rental and I doubt he could have buzzed down those cedar/junipers.
except he has to bid on contracts and sometimes low balling is better than being flat broke because you're always asking to much for a job.
Cost of fuel and equipment maintenance and wear and tear ain't worth the cost of a low bid
@@markborishkevich587 oh, so you're that guy with a overgrown yard full of equipment.
Whats up! always wanted to meet you in person, would love to buy some of that equipment, but i know you'll overcharge for it. xD
You’re forgetting to add the TH-cam revenue…
Most youtubers do not make money making content for a youtube episode. Besides he has already made $600 in YT revenue from 150K views, plus the $600 for doing the job so that is $1200 already.
Andrew, looks like you have found a machine as tough as you are. Enjoyed your video.
Solar Panels are what you need on the Mountain. 1 or 2 rows like he had would give you power. Cloudy days would be the only draw back.Seamed like a fairly easy set up and if you made them higher you could get a few things out of the weather. Throw some sides around how ever many and you'll have small sheds with power. Take a bit to recoup the costs, but offset the fuel for generators and it might make it reasonable. Would be way less costly than running a mainline for electricity, at least for now.
Hi Andrew. Having your brother to help you with the trailer was a nice touch. If you had told us the size of the area, it would have been over $1500 for your next-door neighbor. Have good days!
Most people would have looked at that job and been like “well I’m gonna need to chainsaw down and process these trees” Andrew just rips through them😂
I laughed pretty good at that big pine, and kept saying 'thats not what that's meant for' lol
What trees lol just big weeds 😂
True 😂
That would be the right way to do it too. That machine is not made to "mulch" 8" pine logs. Yeah, it worked here. For now. That mulcher is not going to last at that rate and it won't pay for itself. I would have left the larger caliper pines and price the job stating that. If there were above 5" or so caliper trees, those would get left or cost more to take out and stack up somewhere.
Every time he came to a tree, I was like, "ain't no way he's gonna... oh shit he did it"!
That's a nice feature, with the hinged radiator.
He sells the power to the utility.
Problem with that is nowadays most utility companies don't pay diddly squat for power being sold back, it is typically not worth creating more power than you personally use. Not sure about in New York where this guy is located though.
@@ShuhDonk No, the real problem with that is today the utility maybe pays a reasonable amount, but at any time without warning, some bean counter will change their mind and start paying nothing for power exported back to the grid - and now you have the capitol investment of the panels and associated equipment, and can't get a return on it again. Not smart to put some much faith in rando corporate types to continue doing something reasonable.
@@gorak9000 You can also supply to your neighbours.
@@galdessa1 How do you do that? Run your own power lines?
That mower is a beast !!!
More great viewing from Andrew.
Repair / fixing / problem solving always enjoyable !
That's the best use of a brush mower I've seen so far, awesome! That thing can really cut.👍👍
Your right Andrew about using the space under the panels as a shed or any kind of space. We have tons of Solar Rooves, Car Ports, Sheds here in Arizona with all the sun we get. I would definitely grab a few panels and also make a battery array to store energy when the sun isn't out(or for an emergerncy). Would love to see you put your own system together on the channel.
I'd get some sheep. No more mowing.
@@UserName92149 Shear sheep
@@UserName92149 You don't have to shear sheep, although there are likely people that will do it for you.
I've seen some places make parking lots under them.
@@UserName92149Goats are better than sheep for this application. If you have neighbors with either, contract with their owners to “borrow or rent” their flock for weed eradication.
I could watch andrew 24/7 because his content is so enjoyable, keep up the good work😊
Maybe Andrew should do the same thing that Linustechtips is doing where big collection of old videos play on loop as a live stream. 😂😂
@@purgiaali yeah I agree
The MOST honest out there ! NO BS !!
I think people in this world who have no sense should watch Andrew work and maybe they will get a piece of mind from it.
I appreciate hearing the mower chop all that stuff down without the music, or the fastforwarding. I love the sound of the machinery, and watching the machine work. G-d bless.
Thanks for sharing Andrew, it’s good to see you working on customers projects again my friend and doing maintenance on your equipment! Sending prayers and good vibes to you and your family and those two boys! Cody and Blue, ole Blue has grown so be a big boy and he’s gotten faster and keeps up pretty good with Cody now! lol 😂 Y’all stay safe and healthy brother! Kirk from Louisiana! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👋🏼👋🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Hi Andrew, I am an 80 yearold wheel chair jock and just love the careful way you handle your machinery.I worked in a similar manner and loved getting the adrenaline of the job. I remember one night back in the day one of my trucks broke down so I jumped in a truck with a few tools on a rescue mission. Unfortunately my driver and I could not fix the problem and all we had was 5 yards of rope, but we got home quite quickly. A few days later I broke down and my driver turned up without tools and the same 5 yards of rope. His revenge was sweet, driving with a less than 5 yard gap at crazy speed. We got home safely and laughed about it for many years. Enjoy what you do and stay safe.
Yup. I'm 79 and miss my construction work days.
@jacksak
The tools to day are unbelievable.
Ever since we went to the moon are world has changed.
Hello from Siesta Key Florida
That brush cutter attachment is amazing. Great job Andrew.
Great vid! The wire getting wrapped around the blades reminds me of my time in the Army driving Bradley's. We used to have to cut out hundred foot sections of concertina wire from the road wheels haha!
Solar panels are so green, look at how many trees are getting wacked to make room for them.
Depending on your area, I'd say one to one and a half thousand is about for something of that size. I mean, you're clearing about a quarter acre of solid brush and small trees. That guy got a very good deal.
I'd say 600 is way too cheap. You pushed that mower hard! What an impressive unit.
I'd have said a 3k min with all those trees. I'm honestly surprised the mower mulched up all those big trees. I say 3k aud, maybe 2k usd
and he got steel wire prank by customer to as a bonus? maybe?
Would really like to be able to go and do this mowing while Andrew sits back and makes comments about how great of a job I’m doing! Great video Sir!👍👍👍👍
I knew there were two of you, no one man can do everything you do. Made me have to re-watch that part twice, nice.
Ah, Andrew working with his doppelganger. That's teamwork. 😉
It's going to be hard to get the new windshield in that truck now 😂
Bondo
it's funny how clean and decluttered it looks even though the amount of material on the field stays the same.
Hi Andrew, hope you're well. I'm a big tree fan so don't like to see felling, but I reckon some folk call it progress. Great job on the clearance though. Lots of farms have started to combine solar arrays with crops, where the ground maintenance gear, like your skidsteer and other farming machinery, can operate under the panels without any problem. Sounds good. Thanks for sharing. Stay safe and keep up the good work. 👍✌
Dang that mower left a mark on that old vehicle.
Great job, Andrew. That brush cutter is a beast. Looks like it is well made, and you've proven it can handle just about anything.
I think you under priced the job given all that you did. $1000 -1,200.
Yeah, if I were on the customer end of that transaction, I would expect it to cost in the neighborhood of $1000.00. That was a lot of trees and area. Not having to cut the trees with a chain saw was a huge time/labor saver.
Yeah but think of it in the long run, andrew may now have a repeat customer for future projects.
yeah definitely undercharged by half at least
cheapest I can get someone to clean up my quarter acre yard is roughly 800 bucks
All depends on the amount of time. Great job!
That seems like the easiest water pump removal iv'e ever seen !! Great job Andrew!!
I'm amazed that I'll happily sit and watch a guy fix a skid steer water pump and then mow a field... Why is this so relaxing?
Mower decks are wicked cool.
It is great how Andrew tests the limits if his equipment. You can really learn how much more you can get out of your equipment.
He needs to take more water with ever he's drinking. Stupid Stunts, will end in tears.
I love the videos but absolutely destroys his equipment
I was thinking that this was going to be a $1000 job when you started. Solar panels are pretty good. We installed just 2 of them on a shipping container workshop. It is enough to power the lights , fans and battery chargers. I think they paid for themselves already.
Andrew is probably going to need Solar for the Mountain build. Probably cost a small fortune to get power run to the home site.
What crops do they typically plant?
My sister has solar panels on one side of her roof. She said in ten years it will have paid for itself. Plus she has a plug-in hybrid hook up in the garage. She loves it!!
My hometown put in a solar array years ago. Its been a great investment for the community. They even hire a farmer to bring goats in to mow around them so they dont have to worry about damages from thrown debris.
The mulching tree mower is some craziness!
It's a beast Andrew, without doubt one of your best buys.
Excellent job Andrew! Thanks for your videos.
I think it was a cheap job, but you have made a great video for us, your fans, and I would think it would be faster if the blades could be sharpened more. Thanks again!
That is a beast of a mower, except for that heavy gage wire that got tangled in the cutters, she looked unbreakable.
That mower attachment has incredible power, wow
Nice rig. We wanted to clear some land like that and we rented a Bobcat with a mulching head made by a company called Fecon. It was a drum style head with carbide inserts. The head was the width of the Bobcat and had 9 cutters mounted vertically with maybe 8 inserts per drum. It was a BEAST. The guy at the rental shop said that it's his best machine for clearing land because it throws the mulch straight down into the soil and continuously recuts until it's so small and lays on the ground. And it doesn't matter what size tree you hit. You just keep grinding at it until it's sawdust. Amazing piece of kit
That machine is awesome! The first time I saw one used was on some land that Lee and Tiffany had purchased to enhance for deer hunting and then resale the land. The operator went up to a big cedar tree, started from the top and ate it down to the ground! I knew right then that was a tough piece of equipment and the way to get it done!
I love how you test your equipment, Andrew the brush cutter test ranks up there with your bumper testing. Great video.
Andrew, we want more videos. take it easy.good luck.
Make more videos but also take it easy…😂
That thing us frightenly powerful. I think it's one of the coolest attachments.
You make the best videos on Utube with equipment variety, job variety, dog running, and great editing. Enjoy every episode.
Hi Andrew, great video again! Am a German viewer who has been watching your videos for years. You said $600 for the entire area! Just compared to where I live here, you have to get a permit from the city for EVERY tree that needs to be felled. Each permit costs €60 for each tree. Clearing this area would cost an additional €4,000 - €5,000 ... yup! here in Germany something is going wrong...
Thats the way this world sadly has turned out. Everything is so highly priced so that ppl will soon have to stop ordering things done. Andrew was cheap tho...I live in Norway and it´s crazy prices here too. A standard car is priced almost double in Norway compared to Sweden, and it´s all just taxes.
Wow... Sometimes I feel we should deregulate a bit in the EU.
Why do you tolerate letting anyone tell you you need a permit to take down trees? you should go shut that down immediately using excessive force.
@@AndrewCamarata It is excessive force (Government>/ City counsil) telling you that you need a permit. No permit, no license to do the job. Next fase is Police and hefty fines...
Das stimmt so nicht ganz, Forst, Industrie und Außengebiete sind anders als Wohngebiete, zudem kann man eine Genehmigung für ein ganzes Flurgrundstück beantragen
The footage of the dogs running together, oh my God amazing. Keep up the great work and thank you for the content
Love how how you take care of your equipment!
I look forward to each and every video you post. You are the greatest! I appreciate your work very much! Keep up the great work!
Andrew, that is one hell of a strong machine you got there. Sometimes one really good machine makes up for a couple junk ones…haha!
This guy is crazy to be running these attachments with an open cab machine , love the videos man dont want to see you get taken out by a stick or some barbed wire that you didnt see and come into the cab !!! I do this everyday and they launch some wild stuff out
What a treat to watch your pups run. Well photographed.
HAHA, loving the part , where theres 2 of you lifting up the ramps🤣
That was a small jungle! Thanks, Andrew for another great video!
Great video as always Andrew; I learned some stuff on this one. Nice to see your clone help you with those flip-up trailer ramps! That was clever.
Thanks AC for another great Monday morning!
Beautiful work! Beautiful machinery!
Hey for the air cleaner on the tl10 and tl12 there is a little yellow lever on the bottom right of the housing if you put it up the filter housing will fold up to make it easier to replace the filters
8/6/23;..ahh yes..another great Andrew video...now including 'double screening' (twin👀 Andrew's👀 on both sides of trailor simultaneously)..+ verbal torque wrench when tightening 'click click' !💪👍. Pricing for this ?x,000 sqft ararea.. $600 was too low..considering both machines, Travel, fuel & man & insurance & maintenaince/overhead..$800-1000 would have been a reasonable/solid offer. Also, confirm that machine, T10, is a low flow unit. Thought (from earlier video) your T12 was the high flow unit. This combo used 2day did just fine! Glad you had those red Bolt cutters on hand, good planning. Stay safe & carry on !👍👏💪⚙️🛠🍺😊
Andrew, I'm surprised that after the HF product, that you did not build your own unit. That is a awesome tool!
What a treat I love to see more of these kind of videos of Bushhogging excellent footage. Thank you.
Here in Twin Waters Queensland Australia, the government subsidies homeowners to have solar power installed, with either battery storage or feed back into the grid. Whatever excess power you generate and don’t use, is feed back to the grid and you get paid a set tariff. On our four bedroom home with four adults, our twenty four panels on a six kilowatt system has us around six hundred dollars per quarter in credit, definitely worth it.
This is freedom, u are always doing a great job. Looks so much fun and relaxing at the same time 🎉! Greetings from Sweden
Makalöst bra YT kanal. följt den från start. bästa avslappningen innan semestern är slut imorgon :S
Andrew, I would love to see you get a rotary brush mower to put to the test! They're perfect for jobs like this.
Love that thing. Nothing stops it. I could watch videos of this all day long!
😂
"Is solar worth it?" Is a long conversation that really depends on your situation. I used to sell and install solar.
Only Andrew can take something as seemingly mundane like mowing and unexpectedly turn it into auto demolition :)
There was no need to do that, shows a bad side of a person.
just shut up, you're making yourself look dumb...@@galdessa1
Yes, Andrew, $600 seems pretty low, considering how much time you spent shredding down the trees, and running your machine. How much diesel did it consume? Thanks for your productions and showing your unique ways of dealing with mechanical obstacles!
It's hard to say if it's too much or not b/c we don't know the total number of hours that it took him to complete it. In my area, skid steer work is $100/hour. So as long as he was under 5 or 6 hours, then it would be a fair price around here.
The double ramp was awesome
Love you're vids and edits
Some brushed cutters come with a wire and vine cutter near the shaft. I have one from Rut mfg that has the wire cutter. You could probably look up a few pictures and weld one on.
I could watch andrew 24/7 because his content is so enjoyable, keep up the good work
Hi Andrew great to see another video, as to the solar its around 25 years you get out of them basically no maintenance , you need to balance your battery storage with the panels you have, its an investment for sure but if you get a half decent amount of sun 🌞 it's probably worth it ,its definitely worth looking into.
Loved that editing on lifting the ramps up!
Good to know that water pump is torqued to spec! 😆
yep , this brush hog you have is a 'beast , i remember a few years ago when you got it and this thing iv watched you use it
many times and it still amazes me .. i had a 6 ft on back of my tractor and it would take down 3in saplings but not like yours .. thanks for the entertaining video , steve
Wow, that scrub clearing machine is a beast!
Great job Andrew ,mower did a greT job those were some big trees.
I was contemplating what you would charge and I thought, "600 bucks I would guess". Turns out I was spot on. Nice work, that cutter is a beast! Man Blue can pour on the speed when he wants to!
What a beast. It goes through almost anything.
Thumps up for the Subaru! Greetings from Germany. I like to watch your Videos, they are so calm and nice to watch.
Andrew is the guy to let the intrusive thoughts win and mow a truck for a second and I love to see it.