I personally see your line of work as being best suited for an excavator but there are a lot of videos I’ve seen of your work where a skid steer would be way more efficient and a few where a combo of the 4 ton and a skid steer would be amazing. The skid steer has a lot of other attachments that could be very beneficial also.
How does the mulcher attachment handle smaller stuff like grass, weeds, and small brush? We do a lot of work around ponds and stormwater systems and it is more overgrown brush and not so much large woody vegetation. Trying to decide on a mulcher or a rotary cutter. Can you say from your experience with the mulcher? Thanks.
Great video and content, my old stomping ground and house is on Old Halifax Road, St Margrets Bay...An old friend of mine Nick Victor, is an owner operator in that area as well.
How much throttle do you run the mulcher 100%? also do you find any overheating issues in your engin or hydraulic system.. I'm looking at putting one on my kohmatsu pc88..
@@nickthrane4940 I made a really good niche down in Massachusetts with logging with many equipment and conservation areas that they would not allow big stuff. I first considered skid steers and then looked around and realized no one in the logging industry used that. So I did mulching with a mini excavator and then bought a feller buncher. I know you can do both with a skid steer but again Massachusetts is very similar to rain as this guy in between the rocks and the swampy ledge Terrain a skid steer just can't handle it. And excavator can reach up and around Stonewall. I got more work that the one guy in my area 11 ASV rc100 just couldn't do. I use a 50 horse John Deere farm tractor with a log grapple on the front that I realize and track skid steer has a much higher breakout Force. But I also run a three-point hitch logging winch with 165 ft of reach if it is very good terrain I have a 3-point hitch log grapple. Neither of which you can run efficiently with a skid steer. I also have a rotating fix grapple for the excavator that I use for moving and building stone walls and handling logs which it does infinitely better than a skid steer. Yes they are not as mobile as a skid steer but they make up for it in so many other ways. Unless I was doing grading work everyday it is just not worth it. For the little bit of traveling I need the farm tractor is plenty and it was a third of the cost. And there is so many attachments for the farm tractor that makes up for the lack of loader strength
I personally see your line of work as being best suited for an excavator but there are a lot of videos I’ve seen of your work where a skid steer would be way more efficient and a few where a combo of the 4 ton and a skid steer would be amazing. The skid steer has a lot of other attachments that could be very beneficial also.
You do what fits your job at the moment.
Thanks for sharing.
Makes complete sense, skidsteers are great when you can use them. Keep up the great content!
It would be nice to see what kind of results you get.
Totally agree with you 100%..I've got both, use the kubota kx057-4 85 percent of the time. Enjoy your work..
U made a great decision... so much better for your line of work...
Excavator is absolutely the way to go in your situation for sure ! 👍
How does the mulcher attachment handle smaller stuff like grass, weeds, and small brush? We do a lot of work around ponds and stormwater systems and it is more overgrown brush and not so much large woody vegetation. Trying to decide on a mulcher or a rotary cutter. Can you say from your experience with the mulcher? Thanks.
Love the engagement with the comments. Keep up the great content
Great video and content, my old stomping ground and house is on Old Halifax Road, St Margrets Bay...An old friend of mine Nick Victor, is an owner operator in that area as well.
I know nick hrs got a 2020 lariat sport. Good guy
@@workplaytv Cool, yeah way way back in the day we both used to work for Steve Whitman, greater home dev. good old days...
Good explanation. Now I understand
Great video
Great explanation
How did you choose your drum head?
What about a mecalac 10mrc? Best of both worlds
Just checked those out after your comment. Seems like a Versatile piece of equipment
How much throttle do you run the mulcher 100%?
also do you find any overheating issues in your engin or hydraulic system..
I'm looking at putting one on my kohmatsu pc88..
Overall track loader way more utilitarian but for certain jobs excavator is king 🤴
I honestly have to disagree I can go way more with my excavator than I can with a skid. I guess it depends
@@workplaytv yeah for line of work but for logging, lumber, etc excavator too slow 🐌
@@nickthrane4940 I made a really good niche down in Massachusetts with logging with many equipment and conservation areas that they would not allow big stuff. I first considered skid steers and then looked around and realized no one in the logging industry used that. So I did mulching with a mini excavator and then bought a feller buncher. I know you can do both with a skid steer but again Massachusetts is very similar to rain as this guy in between the rocks and the swampy ledge Terrain a skid steer just can't handle it. And excavator can reach up and around Stonewall. I got more work that the one guy in my area 11 ASV rc100 just couldn't do. I use a 50 horse John Deere farm tractor with a log grapple on the front that I realize and track skid steer has a much higher breakout Force. But I also run a three-point hitch logging winch with 165 ft of reach if it is very good terrain I have a 3-point hitch log grapple. Neither of which you can run efficiently with a skid steer. I also have a rotating fix grapple for the excavator that I use for moving and building stone walls and handling logs which it does infinitely better than a skid steer. Yes they are not as mobile as a skid steer but they make up for it in so many other ways. Unless I was doing grading work everyday it is just not worth it. For the little bit of traveling I need the farm tractor is plenty and it was a third of the cost. And there is so many attachments for the farm tractor that makes up for the lack of loader strength
Makes sense. 👍🏼
I'm going to get a tigercat lx830 buncher with a mulching head as well
Row a boom is king.....especially ditch wise.......
How do you get on your tower contracts?
You think a fisherman is going to tell you his good spots 😂
hey if I want to contact you for video creation how do I contact you ? because there is no contact that you leave here thanks before
Workplaytv12@gmail.com
If you used a skidsteer instead of the excavator you’d be chaining up to your 450 all the time yanking that skidsteer out of the mud