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It is pretty wild man

Might find one cheaper than you think! Haha

Good for you buddy haha

More weight hahah

Yes but some people don't have the luxury of buying a 100k track loader and 40k mulching head or they might not want to go into extreme debt doing so.

@@hollowaysgarage9332 I hired a professional for $1400/day who cleared most of 20 acres in two days. Money well spent. He even shredded honey locust trees up to 12 inches and thirty feet tall in just a few minutes.

Thanks, yes 6.0 . I have a playlist with the build if you want to check it out. Hoping to have it on the road before spring

Cool sounds good

Thanks, I put thick lexan on it. It's supposed to be shatter proof. I typically try not to lift it too high though, I don't like things flying back towards the cab.

It's good 10k miles later. It sat for months without running so I'm sure it took a second for it to build pressure.

Some people don't want to deal with stuff. Lift pump was wired backwards so it had a parasitic drain. Guy got tired of jumping/replacing batteries I guess haha

Idk everything is easily replaced. At this price point you cant lose really and I'm not a fan of Chinese shit

I sold it. I'll try to do one if I get another. I can do one on my ramrod 3300

No the electric fan on it. Definitely handy machines. Plenty of mods you can do to keep them running a long time too.

It did stop on me a few times but I'm not sure if the hydraulic motor was even able to spin it once it stopped.

@@hollowaysgarage9332 My concern was the cogged belt, when it stops would be destroyed but I guess not, have you looked at the belt again, if you do please let me know. Thanks for the reply!

Yeah I had a lot of people say that on the last video. I haven't had a chance to switch it around but I will soon. Thanks a lot for the feedback and checking out the video!

That’s awesome! I was talking to someone on marketplace but I couldn't find the listing again, maybe it was you ? Haha

@ my cousin gave you my number a couple weeks ago

@@JohnnyKetterman oh yea sweet. I'll give you a shout when I get it back from being blasted

@@hollowaysgarage9332 cool sounds good, I’ve got a whole 2wd 2500 parts truck that’s super solid so I’ll have a good amount that you may need

Ya I can't complain that's forsure! Hopefully I'll make some modifications to make it work a little better too

Sure thing buddy! I don't have a list off hand but if you look at my other videos I think it was 3 before this one I do a case drain on the 873.

@hollowaysgarage9332 I watched the case drain vid also. It was very helpful and I will probably order a little over the 14' you did. I'm just terrible with fittings parts and that's why I was wondering if you could share the parts list for the case drain. Mainly for the fittings and I'd like to probably use the same company you ordered from. Keep up the good vids man, I'm mainly interested in your 873 stuff but I'm a 2nd Gen Dodge Cummins 24v guy also. I've got 2 of the beasts. You got content that I'm into anyways.

If I remember right I just put it on the stick and tightened it until it was in a neutral area then tighter the bolt on the rod. It's a pain in the butt and I have to do one side again because it will want to drift a little

That's the plan. I'll probably throw 4 more in the center of it if I can find someone locally to balance it. Thanks for checking it out I'll have better footage of it next time I use it with the chest mount go pro.

Yea I'm not sure how to translate that into the volume of the flow though.

Glad I could help. I'll have another video up soon after using it for a small job.

@@hollowaysgarage9332 Tighten up

🤣 it's the one I'm wearing in the video... Just kidding that was some geotextile fabric haha

What's it typically run to have them balanced ? I'm really considering welding a few more teeth to the center of the drum. I used it the other day and I found it's easiest with the way it's setup now to just ease in and move side to side like you're running a stump grinder to cut through the trunk. I tried a GoPro mount on my head for this next video but the footage sucks lol there's a before and after though that gives you a good idea of how it worked out.

@@hollowaysgarage9332 sorry for the delay, this got buried in the feed. Price is reasonable, seemed to cost more at smaller equipped shops, assume a “pain in the ass surcharge “ if their equipment is a bit on small side. The cheapest was 375.00 at a shop that was equipped to handle small to industrial sized balancing needs. 650.00 was at a smaller car/truck driveline shop. Yeah, it sounds like it’s a lack of cutters/to sparse of a tooth placement pattern that has it seemingly cutting better when moving side to side. vee type patterns that spiral wrap around the drum have been what I’ve tried to shoot for if adding teeth (again prioritizing balancing the pattern)

Thank you! Cheers buddy!

Yes definitely would rather blow belts than anything else haha

​@@hollowaysgarage9332my not so different mulcher went with 4 v belts instead of that toothed timing style belt. Like you said, if the head stalls... That belt is getting eaten. It'd be a simple switch to pulley and belt sheaves. I've stalled the head and lost a belt... Never all. Good luck with the mods

You can find them at alot of auctions. For 5-6k usually

I haven't looked at it yet I'm going to mulch up some cedar behind my shop tomorrow. I'll video it and do an update on the belt and all for ya

@@hollowaysgarage9332 Thank You

She's good for like 59 hours then haha guess I'll be doing a video on how to replace the seals next 😆

@ lol definitely.. hopefully the bearings arent sealed! .. They recommend us to use hand pumps to, so we bought their hand pump guns, cause they make sure to theor tubes are different then normal tubes of grease.. screw into the handpump lol It did not bad though, sounds like the machine has more pressure to give but the couplers maybe small. Just dont hit rocks, and make sure to have spare teeth, to replace the broken ones so it stays balanced

That's the truth. I looked into teeth holders and they're about $100 each not including the teeth. I may stick a few more on there but I'm worried about trying to get it balanced afterwards.

I thought about that, as long as I can flip the teeth without any problems I might do that. I also thought about welding more teeth on but the tooth holders are pretty dang expensive unless I just cut a bunch of 1"x" blocks and drill them out to take the teeth.

I'm going to send it in the woods and see how she does. Worse comes to worse I can swap pumps but I'm hoping to have a track machine with high flow this year at some point.

@hollowaysgarage9332 iv looked into that drum before and saw how the teeth where done on it was nuts. But what blows me away is that little belt like that thing is hanging on for dear life lol. Idk much about pullys but would changing the pully size do better to save money then a pump

@@dakotak8437 the fact the teeth are so spaced is probably the only reason it doesn't stop with standard flow. I'm going to try and get a belt from Napa to have on hand. That things waiting to break haha

@@hollowaysgarage9332 most definitely. And who ever welded that up you can tell either didn't care or was bad bc thos big blocks on the right side of the drum shows how out of balance it is they should be that big and should be smaller and at least some small ones on there side that's bad. And idk if it's just me but some of them teeth looked a little crooked on there placements

@dakotak8437 ya some of the teeth are cocked a bit but I think it's just from when they were tightened

Good call, I'll do that next time for sure. I was trying to get it done without spending much more money but can't have enough tools!

That's a great tip, thanks Dale! I'll have to keep that in mind for the next time I'm stuck.

Correct but you pay for a cheap drum that's what you get.

It's actually mounted the right way but I think I'm going to cut the rear bars so they're shorter and about flush with the entry of the teeth on the drum.

Agreed. It wouldn't let the drum engage the trees

@@hollowaysgarage9332 no, it’s technically on backwards. There designed to push the tree over as the drum engages the tree. I’ve always ran Fecon, FAE and what I’ve learned if you’re going into a big brush pile if you will tilt the head all the way back they won’t hang up so easy.

I agree .. the V shape is to direct the trees and brush towards the center of the mulching head.

​@@kalegorskey9192agreed you could clearly see in the video the bar keeping the drum from engaging the tree.

Sure thing ! I got it and at auction. They're typically $5-6k or so plus auction fees.

Yes this standard flow 74hp barely gets by with it. Just gotta use some finesse and she's alright I guess.

Yea not too shabby. I'll do a job with it and do a little video review on it and see how she holds up.

Thanks, I appreciate you checking it out! I was looking myself through forums and all over the web and couldn't find much on the 873 so I figured what the heck, it's simple but hopefully will help someone else!

Those are the wins we need haha

I paid 2x that for my 08 LMM dually recently. Owner mentioned that there is an issue with the fuel lines crimps on these but I put 20K on it and will take a look at the crimps when I get moved to new home. I would never buy a vehicle without a title

@@kenny6055 it was worth 10k in parts and I verified that it wasn't stolen.

I am happy it worked out for you and was not stolen. Really nice truck for cheap, well done

@kenny6055 definitely got lucky. Had to do the Waterpump recently and I'm going to have to rebuild the hydroboost and front end soon and now last week it started leaking a little diesel on the passenger side from the engine somewhere so it's never too easy it seems haha. If you run into any of those issues feel free to check back. I should have videos on all of it and hopefully they can help you.

Thanks a lot. Yea there actually a hose you can buy that should thread into the drain so you can direct it into a jug much like a zero turn.