I run that same bobcat mower on my cat 289 and it's absolutely awesome 👌 I haven't seen to many others running it until now. Had to rebuild the ride side hydraulic drive motor on the mower but thats it and it's got some hours on it !!!
Kind of a poop your pants task. I am looking at mowing a pond dam myself. I figured down hill and SLOW was the only way to do it. I would just weed eat it, but it has numerous large briars and lots of thumb size samplings. Thanks for sharing.
I mow our steep hillsides at work with a skid steer. It is spooky and when you hit a little divit and the skid steer rocks, that's no fun either. One of the hill sides I have to mow has a 150 foot cliff down to Puget Sound. No fun. We have a Cat 299D3.
Hey sir, really appreciate all of your videos. On your svl65/75 ever run into oil starvation concerns/issues on steep slopes? I currently have a ventrac for mowing my hilly land but I have a bunch of dirt work I need to do. Thinking about getting a svl65 with mower. Thanks!
Yes sir. Ive mowed with a tractor most of my life. And that's my choice of machines, but I mow some stuff that you can't mow with a tractor allot anymore. Be safe and thanks for watching my videos. Keep fracturing.
You do the same. Thanks for watching my videos. I do allot of mowing so if you like that you found a channel for that. And I mow allot of steep tough ground.
Excuse me if a repeat question. We run Kubota 97 skids on 3:1 / 100-200ft slopes roll out sod horizontally. That slope looks 3:1, but may be wrong. Couldn’t you run horizontally to speed the cutting up? Would be a lot faster. Just wondering
I grade 3:1 slopes all the time and its steeper than 3:1. Its hard to get grade on camera. If I mow it again ill measure it. I can take a level with me and I also have an angle finder that I can use and convert it. The SVL 65 really surprised me that day. Ive mowed that hill with multiple other large heavily weighted machines and slid to the bottom. The 65 hardly slid at all going down it.
It is so steep it won't go uphill. Its we better going down hill normally. I mow allot of steep areas. It always seems to go better down hill. Normally I loose traction going up and then if you slide backwards you are done being in control. If you slide going forward down the hill its easier to control the slide.
Nope......I just turned down a slope like that. And I can tell that's a whopper of a slope. I mow with a 4wd tractor and 3 point mounted finish mower. Not worth losing a life for. Your setup was exactly what I suggested they try. They already tried it with a 60" ZTR. Not gonna happen. And my slope had trees scattered across it so you hardly had any straight paths up or down.
@@dcwshoreline5416 Not sure. Its really steep. I mow real steep hills and rough terrain all the time. Im the guy most places call in town to do that type of work. I have anxiety every time I go to mow it. I only mow it once a year.
Yes. Most times I feel better about going straight down if I can't go sideways. If I go up the hill it burns for fuel and if you slide it harder to control the slide. If your going straight down it thens its much easier to control. 45 degrees isn't good either for me. Thanks for watching.
I recently burned up a pump on my cutter. They tried to tell me I should only be running it 1-2 hours at a time. Any issues running the bobcat brush hog ?
There are steep hills in Kansas? Lol jk I’m in Arkansas and I do lawn care and brush hogging, I use a kubota mx5400 I have the rear tires loaded and I have it spaced out as wide as I feel like I can have it without stressing axles too much. I do a lot of steep mowing as well and usually go straight up and down. The little tractor surprises me all the time on what I’m able to do with it! But I’m looking into adding an svl65 to my fleet! Enjoy the videos!
I work solely on slopes building the highways where we just add topsoil and then seed and I could tell you from experience that this is not steep at all
Sort of a newbie with skid steers, what is the greatest concern here? You have a very heavy front mounted brush cutter so there is very little chance of flipping backwards due to the low front center of gravity. Going down hill, the attached equipment would also keep you from rolling forward. Additionally, it seemed to me that you went up the hill just fine later in the video. I'm not picking or criticizing you, as I said I am new at this. I have a hill at my house I first tried out my skid steer (half'ish the slope of this hill) and I was crapping peach pits the first time I was on it. The second time, I relaxed a bit and was soon turning circles while maneuvering/pulling trees. I had to trust the machine more and slowly learn the capabilities (operating a Cat 289D tracked). It comes down to this, how far can one safely discover the limits of the machine...or their nerves?
let me offer a thought Getsum... going down a steep slope frontward may seem to be "no big deal", however, there still is the DANGER that one of the tracks will start slipping and cause the machine to turn sideways on the hill. on a slope this steep, you would not need to have the machine turn very far left or right for it to roll over and end up down against one of those large trees that were in this guys video. at least going down the slope you would have more time to react if you felt one side of the machine starting to slip. and going "up" the hill forward presents an even greater danger. if one track begins to spin, it will cause the machine to immediately turn sideways which will again result in the machine rolling over the hill and because your back is "down" the hill and you can't see anything, you would have a very hard time correcting the slide before the machine rolled over. every tractor site will tell operators that you ALWAYS mow DOWN a steep slope and never up or worse - sideways!!
I'm still watching you. Greetings from Russia.
Keep doing it. Blessing.
You are killing it bro
I appreciate the real life knowledge you are passing to us. Great video.
Love the Bobcat Brushcat!
I run that same bobcat mower on my cat 289 and it's absolutely awesome 👌 I haven't seen to many others running it until now. Had to rebuild the ride side hydraulic drive motor on the mower but thats it and it's got some hours on it !!!
I love the mower. Lets you mow like a tractor.
I like that floating hitch
yep. I love it. It mows like a tractor and brush hog
Dang brother, nice work. Here in East TN we have the same slope battles.
That place gives me anxiety every time I go to mow it. It is crazy steep.
Kind of a poop your pants task. I am looking at mowing a pond dam myself. I figured down hill and SLOW was the only way to do it. I would just weed eat it, but it has numerous large briars and lots of thumb size samplings. Thanks for sharing.
yep. every time I go to mow it I have anxiety. I only mow that place once a year.
@@skidco I saw steep slopes in Tennessee when I visited a resort in Sevierville. I was wondering how in the world did they mow that hill 😳😳😳.
@@jusprazem1I'm in tennessee yhats why I'm watching this mowing a pond levee
I mow our steep hillsides at work with a skid steer. It is spooky and when you hit a little divit and the skid steer rocks, that's no fun either. One of the hill sides I have to mow has a 150 foot cliff down to Puget Sound. No fun. We have a Cat 299D3.
Yep. I hate mowing this hillside. I have to do it again this year whenever weather clears up and it dries out good.
Interest to know what degree of slip you were traversing in this video if you happen to know for sure.
This video has hrlped me im mowing the back of pond levee and its steep like this
my grandpa would be like yeah that 1 to 2 bales of hay lets mow it down and bale it lmao
Yep. Mine was the same way.
That's a job for the Ventrac all day
Yup. Ventrac (with the double wheels) would finish that in minutes without any issues or hesitation.
Hey sir, really appreciate all of your videos.
On your svl65/75 ever run into oil starvation concerns/issues on steep slopes?
I currently have a ventrac for mowing my hilly land but I have a bunch of dirt work I need to do. Thinking about getting a svl65 with mower.
Thanks!
No. I never have.
I mow dams m9000 Kubota tractor go sideways across it is hairy at times.
Yes sir. Ive mowed with a tractor most of my life. And that's my choice of machines, but I mow some stuff that you can't mow with a tractor allot anymore.
Be safe and thanks for watching my videos. Keep fracturing.
Hello just subscribed, we have a bobcat t650 with a CID extreme mower, we have steep hills here also, Take Care and Stay Safe 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸
You do the same. Thanks for watching my videos.
I do allot of mowing so if you like that you found a channel for that. And I mow allot of steep tough ground.
Excuse me if a repeat question.
We run Kubota 97 skids on 3:1 / 100-200ft slopes roll out sod horizontally. That slope looks 3:1, but may be wrong.
Couldn’t you run horizontally to speed the cutting up? Would be a lot faster.
Just wondering
I grade 3:1 slopes all the time and its steeper than 3:1. Its hard to get grade on camera. If I mow it again ill measure it. I can take a level with me and I also have an angle finder that I can use and convert it. The SVL 65 really surprised me that day. Ive mowed that hill with multiple other large heavily weighted machines and slid to the bottom. The 65 hardly slid at all going down it.
Yeah that’s steep 😂
With the 2,000 mower up front, would you feel safe cutting going uphill?
It is so steep it won't go uphill. Its we better going down hill normally. I mow allot of steep areas. It always seems to go better down hill. Normally I loose traction going up and then if you slide backwards you are done being in control. If you slide going forward down the hill its easier to control the slide.
Nope......I just turned down a slope like that. And I can tell that's a whopper of a slope. I mow with a 4wd tractor and 3 point mounted finish mower. Not worth losing a life for. Your setup was exactly what I suggested they try. They already tried it with a 60" ZTR. Not gonna happen. And my slope had trees scattered across it so you hardly had any straight paths up or down.
I kind of specialize in that type of mowing. I feel like I have a good idea on where I can be. Its steeper than it looks.
Skid-Co how many degrees you think it was?
@@dcwshoreline5416 Not sure. Its really steep. I mow real steep hills and rough terrain all the time. Im the guy most places call in town to do that type of work. I have anxiety every time I go to mow it. I only mow it once a year.
Skid-Co right on. Go to google and look up vts loegering skid steer tracks. Im confident they will go up that slope with ease. Just bought a set
@@skidco have you ever had any issues with your machines oil pressure operating on those extreme hill angles?
So looks like the SVL 65 hiflo handles a 72" Mower well??
yes it did really good. I have a 75 now though. Only reason is I feel like I was pushing the 65 on all the steep hill mowing I do all the time.
Do you feel more comfortable brush mowing going downhill or uphill?
Yes. Most times I feel better about going straight down if I can't go sideways. If I go up the hill it burns for fuel and if you slide it harder to control the slide. If your going straight down it thens its much easier to control. 45 degrees isn't good either for me.
Thanks for watching.
I recently burned up a pump on my cutter. They tried to tell me I should only be running it 1-2 hours at a time. Any issues running the bobcat brush hog ?
Can I ask where you are out of?
Im in Kansas
There are steep hills in Kansas? Lol jk I’m in Arkansas and I do lawn care and brush hogging, I use a kubota mx5400 I have the rear tires loaded and I have it spaced out as wide as I feel like I can have it without stressing axles too much. I do a lot of steep mowing as well and usually go straight up and down. The little tractor surprises me all the time on what I’m able to do with it! But I’m looking into adding an svl65 to my fleet! Enjoy the videos!
I work solely on slopes building the highways where we just add topsoil and then seed and I could tell you from experience that this is not steep at all
Sort of a newbie with skid steers, what is the greatest concern here? You have a very heavy front mounted brush cutter so there is very little chance of flipping backwards due to the low front center of gravity. Going down hill, the attached equipment would also keep you from rolling forward. Additionally, it seemed to me that you went up the hill just fine later in the video. I'm not picking or criticizing you, as I said I am new at this. I have a hill at my house I first tried out my skid steer (half'ish the slope of this hill) and I was crapping peach pits the first time I was on it. The second time, I relaxed a bit and was soon turning circles while maneuvering/pulling trees. I had to trust the machine more and slowly learn the capabilities (operating a Cat 289D tracked). It comes down to this, how far can one safely discover the limits of the machine...or their nerves?
let me offer a thought Getsum... going down a steep slope frontward may seem to be "no big deal", however, there still is the DANGER that one of the tracks will start slipping and cause the machine to turn sideways on the hill. on a slope this steep, you would not need to have the machine turn very far left or right for it to roll over and end up down against one of those large trees that were in this guys video. at least going down the slope you would have more time to react if you felt one side of the machine starting to slip. and going "up" the hill forward presents an even greater danger. if one track begins to spin, it will cause the machine to immediately turn sideways which will again result in the machine rolling over the hill and because your back is "down" the hill and you can't see anything, you would have a very hard time correcting the slide before the machine rolled over. every tractor site will tell operators that you ALWAYS mow DOWN a steep slope and never up or worse - sideways!!
@@jimharvard Good info, thanks!
it looks steep to me.
Grade never shows up on camera. So if it looks steep in camera then its worse.
@@skidco Thanks.