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.
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 UA-cam, gives me something to watch, retirement is boring at times, thanks Andrew great job as always.
Awesome video! Caught a glimpse of Samantha again in the background while you were replacing the water pump. Hopefully a good sign. We’re starting to hate those solar farms which are really invading upstate farmland. They are made in China and difficult to recycle. I believe tax credits are the main reason for the expansion in use.
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.
$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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Andrew, your channel is the best, in UA-cam, after watching you for so many years. I miss not been able to work anymore. But I have to say, you had the best parents, that have been behind you all the way.
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.
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.
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
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
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!!
1600-2000 in this area. A large landscape co here would never touched it for under 3000 easy. You could have not even rented the equipment here for 400-600. He was blessed to have found you. You will still make your money cause I could sit here all day watching you mow.
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.
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
I really admire your skill in repairing all vehicle breakdowns and your courage and determination to face all difficulties, but my advice to you is not to rush and be careful when using this equipment
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.
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
Once again Andrew's instincts on what the audience wants to see are right on target. Excellent, excellent video. The only change I would make is more narration on the part of Andrew.
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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! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👋🏼👋🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
So glad you shared what you quoted the customer because I was wondering how you charge for that work. I was thinking $1200-2000. When you said $600 I was shocked! That’s a great deal for the customer! Excellent vid as usual Andrew
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, 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. 👍✌
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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!
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.
Thanks for sharing, as always. Pricing is hard to comment on without knowing how long you expected it to take, a reasonable hourly rate for you and your equipment, and how busy you are but... if it just cost you $50. for diesel, not much wear on your equipment, and you had nothing better to do that day it more than paid for the new water pump and put money in your pocket. If you're happy with the deal that's all that matters... and good content you've shared.
@@thomasgirty6397 I'm in my 70's now and retired from the trucking industry. Service sells! A huge part of my business came from word of mouth recommendations from satisfied customers who told others who became customers and the circle grew.
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!
Hi Andrew, If you need help with anything solar please give me a shout. Those ground screws are put in with an auger attached to a track steer. Could be a nice addition to your business; clearing land and installing the ground screws for solar contractors. I like your Rocky Marciano approach to life.... Keep up the good work!
I was thinking that you would have charged $1,500 -$2 Grand for the job. When I heard $600 I was surprised! Making a bid for the right amount is an art. With time, you will get better at it! Thanks for sharing Andrew!
You're are a true artist, and fair. Hoping you're customers are gratefull, and you always remain well talked about. No, solar is essential, if only remaining off grid. Look forward to new panels, batteries etc. every decade. Plus they get damaged alot. Thanks for the video Cheers
Andrew, your castle home roof would be a perfect place for solar panels... and after saying that, if you get your long shed built, the solar panels would provide more power than you'd ever need there (with proper battery storage). Our church invested in a solar system in 2015. It was making us money from day one. It was paid off about 2 years ago and its life expectancy is about 30 years. Panel degradation at the time of installation was about 10% over the life of the panels. That's gotten a bit better over time. Our panels are 250w each. Now, the same size panel is pushing nearly 400w. Things are getting better, I think you'd be very pleased if you were to make that kind of investment on your property. Thanks for your time. Be well, be safe!
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.
$1500.00 job all day. (Binghamton, NY)...I'm one of your older subscribers. I have been with you since around 20K subscribers. I love your channel. You asked for my opinion!!!
NIce job! Amazing what that will cut through! If you think you may have charged a little on the low side the mower company should probably give you an endorsement for showing what a great product they have.
I'd say 600 is way too cheap. You pushed that mower hard! What an impressive unit. I'd have said a 3k min with all those trees. I'm honestly surprised the mower mulched up all those big trees. I say 3k aud, maybe 2k usd
600$ is fine and you know he’s gonna call you again for something else. It’s all about long term relationships it’s customers. You could bump up the rate every year, they expect it anyway. Great video man as always.
Solar Panels make a hell of a lot of power Andrew and i see Samantha in this video....Hope things going good with her & you...Thanks Andrew 👍👍 Old Shoe🇺🇸
Thanks for letting us know the price, I was wondering about 5 minutes before you mentioned it. I would have charged $300 per hour, I would have likely charged some setup fee as well for fuel and loading. I think $600 was a super fair deal and it was a good video so you make some content and money off that as well.
Solar is 100% worth it. Combined with battery storage, you can make your own power, store it and export it back to the grid, depending on your utility/location. Always install more panels than what you need; it's better to be making more electricity than not enough!
Man that brush cutter is a hoss. 600 bucks seems like a reasonable price especially when you have the perfect piece of equipment for the job. Land clearing outfits can get pretty pricey depending on the area and what all equipment they have to bring for the job so I think you just earned a repeat customer for the future, helluva job Andrew.
$600 is way to low, but since he has a YT channel it makes up for the difference. Probably between the Skid loader & the brush hog its about $40K in equipment. Another $10K for the trailer used to haul the skid loader to the site. Usually daily rates is $1000/day (or more) per machine\operator.
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.
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.
I think that is the first time you have mentioned the price for a job. It looks like about 6 acres. It would have estimated it at $350 for the loader and mower and $60 per hour for operator. Travel at $5.00 per mile. But it all depends on local rates and the relationship with the customer. Nice work!
Humble quote for the job. From the beginning you never were greedy. Loved the dogs running, and the fix on the water-pump. Oh the bumper fix last week or so was awesome, especially the testing 👍 🇬🇧🇵🇰🇵🇸🇮🇪🕎✝️☪️💚🌍💚
That is a massive solar array. I am about to put in a ~10k array at my new house. If you diy it (diy the batteries also) a 10k array of ~440 watt panels, 75 kwh of batteries and a EG4 18k inverter, solar mounts, wiring etc you will have ~30k or so into it. But will last you ~20 years and no more electric bill.
@@bert1450 after ~6 years I will have paid for the system and then enjoy 10-15 years of saving 400-600 every month (which is what I pay now for electricity).
@@bert1450 The batteries they use are LiFePO4, they still have 80 percent capacity after 4000 full discharge/recharge cycles. And you typically will not deplete them down to ~10-20 percent each day so they will not require a full charge cycle daily. The batteries will last you a good 15-20 years. The panels will also last you 15-20 years as well and they are relatively cheap to replace anyway, prices keep going lower and capacity keeps increasing, same with the batteries. Once up and running there is not much to maintain really. Just monitoring batteries health and all these new inverters/charges are wifi connected and can monitor from anywhere off your phone.
@@ShuhDonk wow $600 month for electricity? I live in Florida a/c 24/7 more than 2/3 of the year and heating system the rest, I have a 1800+ sq ft home and my energy bill fluctuates in the $200 per month guess solar does sound good to you until you have to replace your batteries or China doesn't cut off the minerals that make them.
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!
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
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.
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 UA-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 .
Awesome video! Caught a glimpse of Samantha again in the background while you were replacing the water pump. Hopefully a good sign. We’re starting to hate those solar farms which are really invading upstate farmland. They are made in China and difficult to recycle. I believe tax credits are the main reason for the expansion in use.
Thank you
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?
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 UA-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.
4:30 Love the reference to the absence of a torque wrench.... "Click Click"
$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.
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.
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.
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
It is always a joy to see your dogs run.........they are amazing!
codi so fassst
That brush cutter attachment is amazing. Great job Andrew.
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 UA-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 editing folding up trailer ramps seeing 2 Andrew’s was great! Happy seeing Yamaha TW200 is alive and well
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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
Andrew, looks like you have found a machine as tough as you are. Enjoyed your video.
Andrew, your channel is the best, in UA-cam, after watching you for so many years. I miss not been able to work anymore. But I have to say, you had the best parents, that have been behind you all the way.
Thanks
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.
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!
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?
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.
It's a beast Andrew, without doubt one of your best buys.
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.
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
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 love how you test your equipment, Andrew the brush cutter test ranks up there with your bumper testing. Great video.
$600 is a bit cheap. $800-900 would be fair. But thats why we love you. Great job and no bs prices!
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.
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.
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
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!!
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!!
1600-2000 in this area. A large landscape co here would never touched it for under 3000 easy. You could have not even rented the equipment here for 400-600. He was blessed to have found you. You will still make your money cause I could sit here all day watching you mow.
Mower decks are wicked cool.
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.
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
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
I really admire your skill in repairing all vehicle breakdowns and your courage and determination to face all difficulties, but my advice to you is not to rush and be careful when using this equipment
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 footage of the dogs running together, oh my God amazing. Keep up the great work and thank you for the content
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
Once again Andrew's instincts on what the audience wants to see are right on target. Excellent, excellent video. The only change I would make is more narration on the part of Andrew.
Doesn't need more narration. In fact the lack of narration is nice, people talk too much.
ANDREW BEEN WATCHING YOUR CHAN. FOR BEFORE YOU BUILT YOUR CASTLE. I'VE LEARNED ALOT FROM YOU BSELF EDUCATING YOURSELF. YOU LIVE IN A VERY BEAUTIFUL PART OF OR COUNTRY. KEEP POSTING I'LL KEEP LIKING AND LEARNING.
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, that is one hell of a strong machine you got there. Sometimes one really good machine makes up for a couple junk ones…haha!
That mower attachment has incredible power, wow
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! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👋🏼👋🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👌🏻👍🏼👍🏼❤️❤️🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
So glad you shared what you quoted the customer because I was wondering how you charge for that work. I was thinking $1200-2000. When you said $600 I was shocked! That’s a great deal for the customer! Excellent vid as usual Andrew
That was a very low bid for that work
@@OShackHennessy for sure!
Ah, Andrew working with his doppelganger. That's teamwork. 😉
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, 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. 👍✌
That mower is a beast !!!
More great viewing from Andrew.
Repair / fixing / problem solving always enjoyable !
You make the best videos on Utube with equipment variety, job variety, dog running, and great editing. Enjoy every episode.
Andrew, we want more videos. take it easy.good luck.
Make more videos but also take it easy…😂
That is a beast of a mower, except for that heavy gage wire that got tangled in the cutters, she looked unbreakable.
Здравствуйте Андрей, смотрю вас из России. Очень интересно ваше видео всегда смотрю у вас много техники и вы молодец что все делаете сами.лайк однозначно. Ну а ваши собаки очень сильные и бегают просто класс!!! Они с детства бегают за квадроциклом и у них сильные ноги и развита дыхание.спасибо видио класс. Вам желаю успехов в работе!!!
I'm impressed with that cutter. I had no idea it would cut 8" trees as good as it was doing.
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!
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?
The mulching tree mower is some craziness!
Thanks for sharing, as always. Pricing is hard to comment on without knowing how long you expected it to take, a reasonable hourly rate for you and your equipment, and how busy you are but... if it just cost you $50. for diesel, not much wear on your equipment, and you had nothing better to do that day it more than paid for the new water pump and put money in your pocket. If you're happy with the deal that's all that matters... and good content you've shared.
true!! as long as you make something, it's ok. this customer will probably have more work for you in the future.
@@thomasgirty6397 I'm in my 70's now and retired from the trucking industry. Service sells! A huge part of my business came from word of mouth recommendations from satisfied customers who told others who became customers and the circle grew.
it's funny how clean and decluttered it looks even though the amount of material on the field stays the same.
Thank you for sharing Andrew. You may have underbid a little but you gain another clientele on your business list.
Dang that mower left a mark on that old vehicle.
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.
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!
Hi Andrew, If you need help with anything solar please give me a shout. Those ground screws are put in with an auger attached to a track steer. Could be a nice addition to your business; clearing land and installing the ground screws for solar contractors. I like your Rocky Marciano approach to life.... Keep up the good work!
I was thinking that you would have charged $1,500 -$2 Grand for the job. When I heard $600 I was surprised! Making a bid for the right amount is an art. With time, you will get better at it! Thanks for sharing Andrew!
You're are a true artist, and fair.
Hoping you're customers are gratefull, and you always remain well talked about.
No, solar is essential, if only remaining off grid.
Look forward to new panels, batteries etc. every decade. Plus they get damaged alot.
Thanks for the video
Cheers
Andrew, your castle home roof would be a perfect place for solar panels... and after saying that, if you get your long shed built, the solar panels would provide more power than you'd ever need there (with proper battery storage). Our church invested in a solar system in 2015. It was making us money from day one. It was paid off about 2 years ago and its life expectancy is about 30 years. Panel degradation at the time of installation was about 10% over the life of the panels. That's gotten a bit better over time. Our panels are 250w each. Now, the same size panel is pushing nearly 400w. Things are getting better, I think you'd be very pleased if you were to make that kind of investment on your property. Thanks for your time. Be well, be safe!
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.
$1500.00 job all day. (Binghamton, NY)...I'm one of your older subscribers. I have been with you since around 20K subscribers. I love your channel. You asked for my opinion!!!
What a treat to watch your pups run. Well photographed.
I could watch andrew 24/7 because his content is so enjoyable, keep up the good work
NIce job! Amazing what that will cut through! If you think you may have charged a little on the low side the mower company should probably give you an endorsement for showing what a great product they have.
I'd say 600 is way too cheap. You pushed that mower hard! What an impressive unit.
I'd have said a 3k min with all those trees. I'm honestly surprised the mower mulched up all those big trees. I say 3k aud, maybe 2k usd
and he got steel wire prank by customer to as a bonus? maybe?
600$ is fine and you know he’s gonna call you again for something else.
It’s all about long term relationships it’s customers.
You could bump up the rate every year, they expect it anyway.
Great video man as always.
Solar Panels make a hell of a lot of power Andrew and i see Samantha in this video....Hope things going good with her & you...Thanks
Andrew 👍👍
Old Shoe🇺🇸
Thanks for letting us know the price, I was wondering about 5 minutes before you mentioned it. I would have charged $300 per hour, I would have likely charged some setup fee as well for fuel and loading. I think $600 was a super fair deal and it was a good video so you make some content and money off that as well.
Solar is 100% worth it. Combined with battery storage, you can make your own power, store it and export it back to the grid, depending on your utility/location.
Always install more panels than what you need; it's better to be making more electricity than not enough!
Yes let's destroy the environment to put toxic pv panels on the ground.
@@mrmotofy delusional
Andrew, I'm surprised that after the HF product, that you did not build your own unit. That is a awesome tool!
Man that brush cutter is a hoss. 600 bucks seems like a reasonable price especially when you have the perfect piece of equipment for the job. Land clearing outfits can get pretty pricey depending on the area and what all equipment they have to bring for the job so I think you just earned a repeat customer for the future, helluva job Andrew.
$600 is way to low, but since he has a YT channel it makes up for the difference. Probably between the Skid loader & the brush hog its about $40K in equipment. Another $10K for the trailer used to haul the skid loader to the site.
Usually daily rates is $1000/day (or more) per machine\operator.
That thing us frightenly powerful. I think it's one of the coolest attachments.
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.
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"!
I think that is the first time you have mentioned the price for a job. It looks like about 6 acres. It would have estimated it at $350 for the loader and mower and $60 per hour for operator. Travel at $5.00 per mile. But it all depends on local rates and the relationship with the customer. Nice work!
6 acres are you mad! Prob 2 acres max
6 acres? Lmao. You've lost your mind. Maybe an acre.
I own 6 acres. No way that was a six acre job.
That's the best use of a brush mower I've seen so far, awesome! That thing can really cut.👍👍
Jim
Good Job Boss, goes for the R&R water pump job.
The LORD Bless You and Yours.
Humble quote for the job. From the beginning you never were greedy. Loved the dogs running, and the fix on the water-pump. Oh the bumper fix last week or so was awesome, especially the testing 👍 🇬🇧🇵🇰🇵🇸🇮🇪🕎✝️☪️💚🌍💚
It's going to be hard to get the new windshield in that truck now 😂
Bondo
That is a massive solar array. I am about to put in a ~10k array at my new house. If you diy it (diy the batteries also) a 10k array of ~440 watt panels, 75 kwh of batteries and a EG4 18k inverter, solar mounts, wiring etc you will have ~30k or so into it. But will last you ~20 years and no more electric bill.
@@bert1450 after ~6 years I will have paid for the system and then enjoy 10-15 years of saving 400-600 every month (which is what I pay now for electricity).
@@bert1450 The batteries they use are LiFePO4, they still have 80 percent capacity after 4000 full discharge/recharge cycles. And you typically will not deplete them down to ~10-20 percent each day so they will not require a full charge cycle daily. The batteries will last you a good 15-20 years. The panels will also last you 15-20 years as well and they are relatively cheap to replace anyway, prices keep going lower and capacity keeps increasing, same with the batteries. Once up and running there is not much to maintain really. Just monitoring batteries health and all these new inverters/charges are wifi connected and can monitor from anywhere off your phone.
How long does the batteries last? And at what cost? Is it like automobile batteries life span and replacement cost?
@@ShuhDonk wo
@@ShuhDonk wow $600 month for electricity? I live in Florida a/c 24/7 more than 2/3 of the year and heating system the rest, I have a 1800+ sq ft home and my energy bill fluctuates in the $200 per month guess solar does sound good to you until you have to replace your batteries or China doesn't cut off the minerals that make them.
That machine is awesome! The first time I saw one used was on some land that Lee and Tiffany had purchased to enhance for deer hunting and then resale the land. The operator went up to a big cedar tree, started from the top and ate it down to the ground! I knew right then that was a tough piece of equipment and the way to get it done!
600$ what aa deal at least 1200$ no way under a thousand bro. The work you do !!! Your a great guy man keep the videos coming love your WORK👊💯