I agree with Jim McKnight, use a chipper to clean up what you cut and put the chips on the trail. The chips will hold down the weeds and reduce the mud as the trail is used.
That works pretty handy, and the flexibility of the arm makes it much more versatile. I’m sure the farmer appreciates you doing that. It is a real pain farming next to woods, or overgrown fence rows with limbs hitting the equipment etc. Enjoyed the video and blessings to you both.
One other thing on your trail, on our property in Western Arkansas we bought a wood Max chipper and all the brush we cut we just take the chipper down the trail and put wood chips on our trail. It helps cut down on the mud during the rainy season and that way we don't have to burn so much brush in our fire pit and it naturally works its way back into the soil.
I've maintained trails for nearly a 1/2 century, including multiple rail trails. From that experience I believe you will find that the areas where you removed branches to the branch collar with the chainsaw will remain clear far longer than those "whacked off" with the mower... The ones cut with the mower will tend to explode with growth and will need to be trimmed again rather quickly. The same goes for woody brush -- cutting it back to the stump vs. cutting it off mid-stem will give better long term results. These days my trail maintenance work primarily involves removing fallen and other hazard trees with chainsaws. The routine brush removal is typically handled by volunteer crews using hand tools. We try to keep the two activities separate as the tree felling is too dangerous to have a bunch of untrained people around... We sometimes do have volunteers remove the debris after we are done cutting with chainsaws. Anyhow, regarding development of the rail trail you mentioned. For overhead branches: If you have some kind of man lift attachment for one of your machines that would be really useful. Combined with with a pole saw chainsaw (and a volunteer operator) taking the overhead branches off to the branch collar or to where small branches attach to larger branches will give the best long term results. For brush along the sides: Use what ever equipment you have that will allow you to cut the woody brush off at the stump (whether that stump is a foot or six feet from the trail). BTW, that mower you showed today would be great for mowing the banked shoulders of the trails!
We have a similar issue. The neighbor's land butts up right beside our backyard and we have little to no barrier to provide privacy. I am not looking forward to that land being purchased by new owners. Enjoyed a full-watch. Have a fine week.
So sorry about your Dad. He seemed to be a wonderful person. My son and I love watching your videos. We hope we continue. Our plan is to purchase a 1025R.
So if several of we TTWTers were to buy those houses then we could have you az a neighbor and FREE grass cutting. Fantastic a double blessing for us. Maybe not you, but we TTWTers. 🤠
If you get a stihl kombi you can use it for weed wacking brush cutting, and even more importantly a gas powered pole pruner. Perfect to work like this that would be faster for big tall branch’s that pole saws would take forever to do
It's amazing how fast things get grown over. 350 feet of my back property adjoins the neighboring edition park/heavily over grown jungle. I am constantly cutting, trimming, and pushing back the jungle. Some of your equipment looks very useful but not justifiable in my case. It's nice to know what is available.
The little stuff that you are cutting, run over with your bush hog instead of throwing in the wood line. And cut the stubs at the tree so you don’t run into them. The little sickle bar does a clean job. Unlike a bush hog on the side of a tractor the leaves everything splintered.
c wolf88 OSHA and ANSI standards for chainsaw use frown on cutting above your head with a chainsaw. In the event it does anti-kickback you don’t have a chance of escaping skeletal injury even with a hard hat. It is much wiser to switch implements to a pole saw. Safety first. Thanks for this video. The sickle mower on the Ventrac is quite the setup.
The chiggers and ticks must not be too bad in your area. Crossed an 50' wide area of beans to get to some ROW clearing we were doing on the pipeline. Went and talked to the farmer and told him what we had to do to get the area mowed and cleared. Willing to pay for the bean damage and he didn't want anything. Said the beans don't ever do any good in that area and just appreciated that I stopped by and told him about it. This was near Flora. Christy's Ventrac can do anything with all those attachments.
Love my PTO chipper usually just blow back into the line if not worried about chips. I do like the reduction of product from the chipper you can get a lot more into a trailer load if you have to move to get rid of. VS Cutting, trying to haul full branches on trailer for removal. Guess it really depends on how much & how far you have to move branches down trail for method of disposal.
Seems like, with all the grass and weeds in the area, following behind vinnie with a small bush hog would be a good idea. May also help on your "Rails and Trails" project! Thanks for the video and have a great one!!
Tim ,not too make trouble but did you read in the comments that the developer just bulldozers at the edge trees and make a waterway on the property line ,hope you don,t get that 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🥇
Good Morning Tim and Family, absolutely love the videos. My wife and I watch them so much she goes around humming the theme music. Lol love the ventrac. Would have gotten one if you could put the grapple on the loader arms. I purchased the bobcat ct 1025. Love it!
Tim if you don't want the trails on your property something to mow put the landscape fabric down and stake it in place then place wood chips down no dust to worry about and it is low impact for walking on
I'd like to see Randall or Tom run the 1025 (or their tractor) and the Bucketeer while you do the trail work. The other could use the smaller Baumalight to take care of the clippings. One or both will have to ask their finance committee for a Bucketeer.
Tim wise crack!! Your not even watching me work your ignoring me work!! 🤣😂🤣 pretty great tool to use for that job! Yes absolutely never get into so someone fields!! That work reminds me of fencing Tim!! Spend lots of hrs trimming off fence !!! I could see that being very handy tool for that job!!!
Make sure to mark your property line. We were in a similar situation and the neighborhood tends to think your woods is their dump... some neighbors are grate, others not so much. Also watch out that they don’t send all the water back to your property.
Tim, you need to look at a SABRE SAMURAI CUTTER that mounts on your loader bucket. I cut my trails with a flail mower and its cut is close to a finish mower. It eats any small brush, even the stuff you were trimming with Vinny. Use the Baumalight to mulch up your brush and de-stump.
@@TractorTimewithTim Hi Tim, perhaps you should start planting Thuja Green Giant trees (or something similar) along your property lines to give you privacy from the housing development which will be here before you know it. Be safe. Stanley in Md.
I love it, my last house at the lake in the back and I could’ve use that at least twice a month. You could just get some duct tape and a few machetes and tape them to the side of the gator and just drive through there really fast. 😜
Can I borrow that thing for about an hour? 😁 Very cool. We have a "rails to trails" bike trail very near our house and the amount of brush that grows over that trail is unbelievable. I swear some of those vines grow a foot per day!
When the houses get built. Your going to find alot more trash in your woods. Might want to plant some bushes with Thorns by the edge. This will help keep people out.
You’d be surprised. They have a 60’ planter...2 of them, actually. They don’t sweat the details of the field edges as you can see. Also, they have to get the combine under it too.
Hello Tim, I seem to recall seeing a Priefert made Limbinator saw in a box in a past episode, but haven't seen you try it out yet. I think you may find it very useful on your rails to trails project. Just a thought.
Tom ask the rails and trails personnel if you could chip the debris into the edge of the trail off to the sides. This way you would not have to move the debris away and the chips would return to the soil.
Tim, enjoyed the video wih you and Christy. Do you think it feasible that Ventrac could modify the boom to operate both a sickle cutter as it does now and a chainsaw such as found on end of a power pole saw? It would be nice to reach those thicker higher limbs with a boom, operating from a safe distance.
Hi Tim, have you seen the McConnel swingtrim? Great piece of kit for compact tractors, able to cut both sides & can be mounted on the front or back 3 point linkage.
Do Ventrac have a dozer blade that could mount to the TPL on the rear? That way you could have the blade available while trimming by doing a 180 and reversing. As discussed in the video and comments, hauling a chipper is another option as it dragging trash away with a grapple.
I really like that Ventrac, I have probably several miles of trails on our property that I maintain, and as I get older, I'm trying to work smarter not harder. Have you ever demonstrated a Lane Shark or Trailblazer mower that attaches to the FEL? I'm really looking at the Trailblazer simply because it can offset and you can use a self contained PTO pump and hydraulic fluid reservoir rather than the tractors 3rd function. Keeping the limbs trimmed back by hand is a pain, very time consuming, and labor intensive.
@@TractorTimewithTim thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear that, but I think I know what you mean. I reached out to Trailblazer with some questions, and I never received a response at all. That kind of raises a red flag to me.
The problem with those FEL cutters is that you need a heavy tractor to counter weight the offset weight of the cutter. Even with the self contained PTO pump and reservoir the compact tractors are just not stable enough to handle that off set load on your FEL, especially if the terrain is not level. I needed one but it was going to cost me approx $33000 for a Kubota MX5200 and $5000. for the cutter and plumbing. I ended up just purchasing 2 weeks ago a Ventrac with 3 attachments for less money. Now I have a Kubota L2501 for sale that I have had for. 3 yrs. And yes to reach those high limbs, I would have to use a chain saw. However in my situation I am cutting down the side of a mountain just a few feet from the top to keep Kudzu from climbing into my yard/property which is about 2000 ft. There is a third company for FEL cutters named Limb Ninja. I talked with Trailblazer and Limb Ninja companies and both admitted when I pushed for answers that you actually need the weight and Hydraulic pump capacity of an approx 50HP plus tractor do use their equipment safely.
Maybe when doing the trail take your mulcher and go behind the Ventrac so you don't have to deal with the limbs as much. I can see not using it where you are behind the house because of old fencing.
It is unfortunate that they are planning to build houses so close to your property. I am going to guess that you can not buy lots close to your land to help push the houses away from you. For my idea you will need to know precisely where the property line is so that you can build a split rail fence with three rails. It would be nice if you and the current owners and the surveyor all agree where the line is! Then cut all the trees back 40 feet all round and plant Blue Spruce trees 20 feet from the fence about 10 feet apart. (other trees will work also: I like Blue Spruce) The goal is to make a year round solid tree wall so that you can't see your new neighbors and they can't see you. To that end do not cut the lower branches off as some people do! At that spacing from the fence you should be able to drive on ether side of the trees depending on if you want to see what your new neighbors are doing or if you want more privacy. Keep clearing out the junk trees and plant good ones so that the quality of your woods increases and fill in where that big tree came down with some good trees. Clear and kill all poison ivy. The big stuff you have to cut out but the little stuff might be killed by roundup for poison ivy. If it turns out that you need to keep the neighbor's dog in his yard you can staple wire fence with 2X4 rectangles to the back side of the fence or other modifications. I would plant grass in that 40 feet making sure the grass does not over shoot the tree in the first year or so: the question is which grass? that will take some thinking. Part of the idea is that it will look like the neighbor's lawn extends to the trees and it is likely OK to drive on once a day or so with out making a trail.
Out of curiosity... When the sickle stalls on the Ventrac, is it a belt slipping, or a slip clutch, or is it a hydraulic motor bypassing? Never heard anything squealing. The sickle just seemed to stop reciprocating.
I really like the Ventrac from what I have seen on Yours & other UA-cam Channels. I would like your opinion on a first tractor for our 5 & 1/2 acre property which we plan on developing as a retirement homestead. We have a large area of steep brush to manage. Should I even consider a compact tractor such as the JD 2038.
Tim hello, Have you seen the new pruning saw from Stihl. The bar is only 4 in. Long and it's battery powered. It's the GTA 26. Check it out. Also check out Lane Shark, they have a brush cutter that hooks up to the front of a tractor with a loader. It's like having a brush hog on the front of the tractor. Sorry Kristy Tim might need the approval from the finance committee. Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.
Hi Tim - enjoyed the video. As a person who enjoys closure, curious so is the tower project considered complete? I see there was some more brush in your brief picture but perhaps you or other the neighbors want to leave some to screen the building it a bit.
Not yet complete. Just took a break for awhile. We’ll get back to it soon, hopefully. LOTS of stuff going on. It may be winter before we get back to it!
It's kinda weird; does your neighbor mind you cutting a Gator "trail" through his property? The machine is cool. I have three columnar cedars 20', one boxwood about twelve feet tall, and a perimeter trail around a five acre woodlot. that implement wood make shorter work each year, but I bet it's pricey.
@@TractorTimewithTim I guess I should have been more specific in that statement. I was thinking fuel economics driving back and forth to a pile versus sitting right at the spot to chip. You are probably thinking price of grapple vs price of chipper.
I actually made one with a Sabre Samurai cutter (www.cutthat.com/product/sabre-samurai-cutter-2/). I made a skid steer frame on which I built an arm that can be extended 30 inches with a hydraulic cylinder. The sickle bar is mounted at the end of that arm. The bracket that comes with the sickle bar allows to adjust the angle. So I added another cylinder to adjust the angle while mowing. The downside is that it needs 3 hydraulics on the tractor to run it. I use the third function on the loader for the sickle bar mower and the two rear hydraulics for the extension and angle cylinders. Works great to quickly and effortlessly clean and maintain trails. I have a 35 hp Kubota tractor and it's more than sufficiant for that kind of job.
@@danielniquette5187 That sounds perfect! Maybe you should get with those guys at Sabre! I loaded my tractor with all the hydraulics possible for just such an implement...
Nice video, but how high vertical can you cut with the Maschio flail mower. From your previous video I see that it likes to be on on that roller, when mowing out to the side; however, I was wondering if it could be raised and used in the vertical position or does it have to just tipped up but kept near the ground?
I agree with Jim McKnight, use a chipper to clean up what you cut and put the chips on the trail. The chips will hold down the weeds and reduce the mud as the trail is used.
That works pretty handy, and the flexibility of the arm makes it much more versatile. I’m sure the farmer appreciates you doing that. It is a real pain farming next to woods, or overgrown fence rows with limbs hitting the equipment etc. Enjoyed the video and blessings to you both.
I like seeing all the versatility with all the different attachments. Great video!
One other thing on your trail, on our property in Western Arkansas we bought a wood Max chipper and all the brush we cut we just take the chipper down the trail and put wood chips on our trail. It helps cut down on the mud during the rainy season and that way we don't have to burn so much brush in our fire pit and it naturally works its way back into the soil.
I love my Woodmax chipper. It EATS anything five inches or under!
I've maintained trails for nearly a 1/2 century, including multiple rail trails. From that experience I believe you will find that the areas where you removed branches to the branch collar with the chainsaw will remain clear far longer than those "whacked off" with the mower... The ones cut with the mower will tend to explode with growth and will need to be trimmed again rather quickly. The same goes for woody brush -- cutting it back to the stump vs. cutting it off mid-stem will give better long term results.
These days my trail maintenance work primarily involves removing fallen and other hazard trees with chainsaws. The routine brush removal is typically handled by volunteer crews using hand tools. We try to keep the two activities separate as the tree felling is too dangerous to have a bunch of untrained people around... We sometimes do have volunteers remove the debris after we are done cutting with chainsaws.
Anyhow, regarding development of the rail trail you mentioned. For overhead branches: If you have some kind of man lift attachment for one of your machines that would be really useful. Combined with with a pole saw chainsaw (and a volunteer operator) taking the overhead branches off to the branch collar or to where small branches attach to larger branches will give the best long term results. For brush along the sides: Use what ever equipment you have that will allow you to cut the woody brush off at the stump (whether that stump is a foot or six feet from the trail). BTW, that mower you showed today would be great for mowing the banked shoulders of the trails!
John Grossbohlin You are so right John! Cuts made at the branch collar or branch bark ridge have a longer lasting effect.
Yeah!!!! Another TTWT after 10 hours of work I get to come home to this. Yeah!!!!!.
I never realized the tower property was yours. You learn something new everyday......
It is not ours. I would like it to be so... we have a contract to maintain / mow it.
Nice to have a forest,nice video tim and kristie and good job .
Tim, what you need for your rails and trails project is a LaneShark.
Well. Done! Im impressed!
"We'll be in someone's backyard right here". Time to start looking for a new home.
You get some good projects Tim I like doing those kind of things. Thanks for sharing
This is such an awesome attachment... Makes me want one, but not much use on only a ¼ acre. Retirement can't come fast enough...
Get a chipper for all that small stuff and get mulch for all the trees you plant or give to your neighbors!
Hey Tim you should get the lane shark attachment. It would come in handy for this job!
Polesaws are wonderful to assist with that type of work! I think Stihl makes a nifty electric one now.
We have a similar issue. The neighbor's land butts up right beside our backyard and we have little to no barrier to provide privacy. I am not looking forward to that land being purchased by new owners. Enjoyed a full-watch. Have a fine week.
Vinnie is such a great little machine! Very versatile. Just like you and your better half, Tim! 😁
Great ep. Love to hear you talk about your Dad 👍❣️
So sorry about your Dad. He seemed to be a wonderful person. My son and I love watching your videos. We hope we continue. Our plan is to purchase a 1025R.
I love waking up early to see the new ttwt post!! Love the work, have a good day!!
So if several of we TTWTers were to buy those houses then we could have you az a neighbor and FREE grass cutting. Fantastic a double blessing for us. Maybe not you, but we TTWTers. 🤠
Sounds good, Lance!!
I have that Stihl saw also for small stuff. The best part is no fumes especially when there is no breeze!
If you get a stihl kombi you can use it for weed wacking brush cutting, and even more importantly a gas powered pole pruner. Perfect to work like this that would be faster for big tall branch’s that pole saws would take forever to do
Have one.
Roaming, hunting Kitties. Good Katz. nice cutting attachment, never would have thought, saves on the back.
Tim: "I don't think you've ever seen a tree or a bush that you didn't want taken down."
That gal's a keeper, Tim. LOL
Just bought the Still 16' pole saw. That works great for the high branches
Hey Tim 🇺🇸🚜 🚜 I love the ventrac I hope that I can afford one of those one day it looks like it'll do just about anything you want 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
It's amazing how fast things get grown over. 350 feet of my back property adjoins the neighboring edition park/heavily over grown jungle. I am constantly cutting, trimming, and pushing back the jungle. Some of your equipment looks very useful but not justifiable in my case. It's nice to know what is available.
The little stuff that you are cutting, run over with your bush hog instead of throwing in the wood line. And cut the stubs at the tree so you don’t run into them.
The little sickle bar does a clean job. Unlike a bush hog on the side of a tractor the leaves everything splintered.
So good having a genuine review on the battery chainsaw
Cordless chainsaws are light, quiet, and effective. I can easily cut an 8" log or more.
Pole saws can reach 18'.
c wolf88 OSHA and ANSI standards for chainsaw use frown on cutting above your head with a chainsaw. In the event it does anti-kickback you don’t have a chance of escaping skeletal injury even with a hard hat. It is much wiser to switch implements to a pole saw. Safety first. Thanks for this video. The sickle mower on the Ventrac is quite the setup.
The chiggers and ticks must not be too bad in your area.
Crossed an 50' wide area of beans to get to some ROW clearing we were doing on the pipeline. Went and talked to the farmer and told him what we had to do to get the area mowed and cleared. Willing to pay for the bean damage and he didn't want anything. Said the beans don't ever do any good in that area and just appreciated that I stopped by and told him about it. This was near Flora.
Christy's Ventrac can do anything with all those attachments.
The Ventrac comes through again to solve the problem.
You always find a Bible verse that has a reference to the subject matter of the video. Good job.
Bob
Love my PTO chipper usually just blow back into the line if not worried about chips.
I do like the reduction of product from the chipper you can get a lot more into a trailer load if you have to move to get rid of. VS Cutting, trying to haul full branches on trailer for removal.
Guess it really depends on how much & how far you have to move branches down trail for method of disposal.
I like your idea Tim take the gator with A/C on the trail but i guess we need to walk sometimes to
Seems like, with all the grass and weeds in the area, following behind vinnie with a small bush hog would be a good idea. May also help on your "Rails and Trails" project!
Thanks for the video and have a great one!!
If you're looking for grapple time, you should load up all Johnnys and head to Eastern Iowa. No doubt there are over 100,000 trees down this week.
Wow. What a storm!
Tim ,not too make trouble but did you read in the comments that the developer just bulldozers at the edge trees and make a waterway on the property line ,hope you don,t get that 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻❤️❤️❤️🥇
Another Vinny with the tough cut mower will clean that up nicely.
hard work makes you enjoy the cheeseburgers more LOL
Good Morning Tim and Family, absolutely love the videos. My wife and I watch them so much she goes around humming the theme music. Lol love the ventrac. Would have gotten one if you could put the grapple on the loader arms. I purchased the bobcat ct 1025. Love it!
Tim if you don't want the trails on your property something to mow put the landscape fabric down and stake it in place then place wood chips down no dust to worry about and it is low impact for walking on
You could use a Ventrac power bucket on the back, so you can clean up as you go.
I'd like to see Randall or Tom run the 1025 (or their tractor) and the Bucketeer while you do the trail work. The other could use the smaller Baumalight to take care of the clippings. One or both will have to ask their finance committee for a Bucketeer.
Tim wise crack!! Your not even watching me work your ignoring me work!! 🤣😂🤣 pretty great tool to use for that job! Yes absolutely never get into so someone fields!! That work reminds me of fencing Tim!! Spend lots of hrs trimming off fence !!! I could see that being very handy tool for that job!!!
You definitely need a chipper. PTO driven behind Johnny 2. And a pole saw. The new Stihl Battery powered one works well.
Make sure to mark your property line. We were in a similar situation and the neighborhood tends to think your woods is their dump... some neighbors are grate, others not so much. Also watch out that they don’t send all the water back to your property.
Tim, you need to look at a SABRE SAMURAI CUTTER that mounts on your loader bucket. I cut my trails with a flail mower and its cut is close to a finish mower. It eats any small brush, even the stuff you were trimming with Vinny. Use the Baumalight to mulch up your brush and de-stump.
I need to reach out to them again...
De farmer has sold his ground too project managers ?❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻🥇🥇
The land has been sold to a developer. 2200 acres...will be 8000 homes
Tractor Time with Tim 8000? Omg
@@TractorTimewithTim Hi Tim, perhaps you should start planting Thuja Green Giant trees (or something similar) along your property lines to give you privacy from the housing development which will be here before you know it. Be safe. Stanley in Md.
That works pretty good. Always a problem with stuff growing out into trails and fields. Jdmich
I love it, my last house at the lake in the back and I could’ve use that at least twice a month.
You could just get some duct tape and a few machetes and tape them to the side of the gator and just drive through there really fast. 😜
What about putting a chipper on the back of one of the tractors? So as you drive along you can chip the limbs up. less mess.
quicker than loppers ja for sure have a day love from TEXAS
Love the verse! 😀😀
I'd run the Toughcut mower over that brush in the pathway to stem erosion.
Can I borrow that thing for about an hour? 😁 Very cool. We have a "rails to trails" bike trail very near our house and the amount of brush that grows over that trail is unbelievable. I swear some of those vines grow a foot per day!
Yea, they grow fast!
You could use the 3pt attachment that ventrac has and use the bucket on the back.
When the houses get built. Your going to find alot more trash in your woods. Might want to plant some bushes with Thorns by the edge. This will help keep people out.
9:20 unless the farmer only has a 4 row planter I’m sure they will get under that.
You’d be surprised. They have a 60’ planter...2 of them, actually. They don’t sweat the details of the field edges as you can see.
Also, they have to get the combine under it too.
Hello Tim, I seem to recall seeing a Priefert made Limbinator saw in a box in a past episode, but haven't seen you try it out yet. I think you may find it very useful on your rails to trails project. Just a thought.
It doesn’t work on Johnny 2. Not enough hydraulics. Would work on Johnny 5.
Tom ask the rails and trails personnel if you could chip the debris into the edge of the trail off to the sides. This way you would not have to move the debris away and the chips would return to the soil.
Use your chipper to blow chips on the trail as you go.
You two are just so cute together
Baumalight that brush
Man, I hate hearing about farmland being turned into houses. Once that farmland is gone, it's gone and they ain't making any more of it.
Yep.
Tim, enjoyed the video wih you and Christy. Do you think it feasible that Ventrac could modify the boom to operate both a sickle cutter as it does now and a chainsaw such as found on end of a power pole saw? It would be nice to reach those thicker higher limbs with a boom, operating from a safe distance.
Love the videos keep it up 👍
1:05 that looks like bush honeysuckle in from of you. Better get rid of that stuff while you can or you'll have nothing else left!
Before you take a grass mower through there get the wire fencing out of there
Hi Tim, have you seen the McConnel swingtrim? Great piece of kit for compact tractors, able to cut both sides & can be mounted on the front or back 3 point linkage.
Do Ventrac have a dozer blade that could mount to the TPL on the rear? That way you could have the blade available while trimming by doing a 180 and reversing. As discussed in the video and comments, hauling a chipper is another option as it dragging trash away with a grapple.
I really like that Ventrac, I have probably several miles of trails on our property that I maintain, and as I get older, I'm trying to work smarter not harder. Have you ever demonstrated a Lane Shark or Trailblazer mower that attaches to the FEL? I'm really looking at the Trailblazer simply because it can offset and you can use a self contained PTO pump and hydraulic fluid reservoir rather than the tractors 3rd function. Keeping the limbs trimmed back by hand is a pain, very time consuming, and labor intensive.
Have interacted with both companies. Not impressed with the leadership of either. Probably won’t see either of them on this channel.
@@TractorTimewithTim thanks for the feedback. Sorry to hear that, but I think I know what you mean. I reached out to Trailblazer with some questions, and I never received a response at all. That kind of raises a red flag to me.
The problem with those FEL cutters is that you need a heavy tractor to counter weight the offset weight of the cutter. Even with the self contained PTO pump and reservoir the compact tractors are just not stable enough to handle that off set load on your FEL, especially if the terrain is not level. I needed one but it was going to cost me approx $33000 for a Kubota MX5200 and $5000. for the cutter and plumbing. I ended up just purchasing 2 weeks ago a Ventrac with 3 attachments for less money. Now I have a Kubota L2501 for sale that I have had for. 3 yrs. And yes to reach those high limbs, I would have to use a chain saw. However in my situation I am cutting down the side of a mountain just a few feet from the top to keep Kudzu from climbing into my yard/property which is about 2000 ft. There is a third company for FEL cutters named Limb Ninja.
I talked with Trailblazer and Limb Ninja companies and both admitted when I pushed for answers that you actually need the weight and Hydraulic pump capacity of an approx 50HP plus tractor do use their equipment safely.
How about getting some goats to help clear brush👍
Maybe when doing the trail take your mulcher and go behind the Ventrac so you don't have to deal with the limbs as much. I can see not using it where you are behind the house because of old fencing.
time for a chipper review
Good attachment for ventrac
u almost from me where's the kitties at, but in the end they showed up then-ha!
Get a chipper for Johnny and chip away !
Need to be able to cut the grass and trim the limbs at the same time. So if you work off a cheese burger 🍔 you can walk. I’d spray for ticks etc.
Have you done any videos explaining that machine and the attachments you have with it and what is available. Seems like a heck of a machine
Probably 50 videos with the Ventrac. Go to our channel page. There is a playlist for Ventrac.
It is unfortunate that they are planning to build houses so close to your property. I am going to guess that you can not buy lots close to your land to help push the houses away from you. For my idea you will need to know precisely where the property line is so that you can build a split rail fence with three rails. It would be nice if you and the current owners and the surveyor all agree where the line is! Then cut all the trees back 40 feet all round and plant Blue Spruce trees 20 feet from the fence about 10 feet apart. (other trees will work also: I like Blue Spruce) The goal is to make a year round solid tree wall so that you can't see your new neighbors and they can't see you. To that end do not cut the lower branches off as some people do! At that spacing from the fence you should be able to drive on ether side of the trees depending on if you want to see what your new neighbors are doing or if you want more privacy. Keep clearing out the junk trees and plant good ones so that the quality of your woods increases and fill in where that big tree came down with some good trees. Clear and kill all poison ivy. The big stuff you have to cut out but the little stuff might be killed by roundup for poison ivy. If it turns out that you need to keep the neighbor's dog in his yard you can staple wire fence with 2X4 rectangles to the back side of the fence or other modifications. I would plant grass in that 40 feet making sure the grass does not over shoot the tree in the first year or so: the question is which grass? that will take some thinking. Part of the idea is that it will look like the neighbor's lawn extends to the trees and it is likely OK to drive on once a day or so with out making a trail.
Out of curiosity... When the sickle stalls on the Ventrac, is it a belt slipping, or a slip clutch, or is it a hydraulic motor bypassing? Never heard anything squealing. The sickle just seemed to stop reciprocating.
I think hydraulic bypass
I know this wouldn't help much with content, but you could fence the back of your property & run goats for a while. They'll clean it up nicely.
Stihl pole saw will extend to 15 feet. Just need a young prospective son n law to operate it while you ride.
Ventrac are great compact and reliable
So the big question: How much does "Vinny" cost with the sickle bar attachment?
The sickle itself retails for $14k or so :-)
Tractor Time with Tim is there a link where you can rent one of these?
I don not know of any.
I really like the Ventrac from what I have seen on Yours & other UA-cam Channels. I would like your opinion on a first tractor for our 5 & 1/2 acre property which we plan on developing as a retirement homestead. We have a large area of steep brush to manage. Should I even consider a compact tractor such as the JD 2038.
If you plan to mow the brush, a Ventrac would be great!
@@TractorTimewithTim... thanks!
I would have thought you would have a chipper .
Tim hello,
Have you seen the new pruning saw from Stihl. The bar is only 4 in. Long and it's battery powered. It's the GTA 26. Check it out. Also check out Lane Shark, they have a brush cutter that hooks up to the front of a tractor with a loader. It's like having a brush hog on the front of the tractor. Sorry Kristy Tim might need the approval from the finance committee. Love the video's keep up the good work and god bless and stay safe.
Hi Tim - enjoyed the video. As a person who enjoys closure, curious so is the tower project considered complete? I see there was some more brush in your brief picture but perhaps you or other the neighbors want to leave some to screen the building it a bit.
Not yet complete. Just took a break for awhile. We’ll get back to it soon, hopefully. LOTS of stuff going on. It may be winter before we get back to it!
Perfect contract ... i"ll do the work whenever..maybe winter
It's kinda weird; does your neighbor mind you cutting a Gator "trail" through his property?
The machine is cool. I have three columnar cedars 20', one boxwood about twelve feet tall, and a perimeter trail around a five acre woodlot. that implement wood make shorter work each year, but I bet it's pricey.
There really is no neighbor at this point. It is owned by a developer, yet will likely be farmed for the next 1 years or so.
I agree with others I would follow Vinnie with a wood chipper not a grapple. Chipping on site I think would be faster, easier and more economical.
Dunno about the more economical part :-)
@@TractorTimewithTim I guess I should have been more specific in that statement. I was thinking fuel economics driving back and forth to a pile versus sitting right at the spot to chip. You are probably thinking price of grapple vs price of chipper.
How about a tractor with a chipper instead of the grapple
I'd love to have something like this that would connect to the skid steer connection on the loader... I would guess it could go on the back too...
I actually made one with a Sabre Samurai cutter (www.cutthat.com/product/sabre-samurai-cutter-2/). I made a skid steer frame on which I built an arm that can be extended 30 inches with a hydraulic cylinder. The sickle bar is mounted at the end of that arm. The bracket that comes with the sickle bar allows to adjust the angle. So I added another cylinder to adjust the angle while mowing. The downside is that it needs 3 hydraulics on the tractor to run it. I use the third function on the loader for the sickle bar mower and the two rear hydraulics for the extension and angle cylinders. Works great to quickly and effortlessly clean and maintain trails. I have a 35 hp Kubota tractor and it's more than sufficiant for that kind of job.
Good idea.
@@danielniquette5187 That sounds perfect! Maybe you should get with those guys at Sabre! I loaded my tractor with all the hydraulics possible for just such an implement...
@@danielniquette5187 This is also a possible solution but a lot more spendy... ua-cam.com/video/xUfFX7NLoNo/v-deo.html
Nice video, but how high vertical can you cut with the Maschio flail mower. From your previous video I see that it likes to be on on that roller, when mowing out to the side; however, I was wondering if it could be raised and used in the vertical position or does it have to just tipped up but kept near the ground?
The Maschio flail can mow vertically.
Yes but how high can it reach up in the vertical position?
We need vinne and Johnny 2 for the next ep
? what is the tower used for, is it a relay for county .thank you, enjoy your videos
No longer used.
Cut down those mulberry trees. Birds love to eat those berries, then come over and s_it on your equipment. Good job......
UA-cam Junky Birds make jelly........
Whatever. Mulberry trees are a nuisance around here.
You manage your property, I’ll manage mine. Thanks.
Thanks for watching, UA-cam Junky!