By the time you get done you can sign up for social security! You don't need that machine. A skid loader with a diamond mower would cut that brush your cutting. Then use the Fecon to take any trees over 8 inches. Not trying to be a know it all but this is overkill. Have a great day!
It might take a little while to do 2200 acres. That's the machine for the job though. You can actually dig it in a little deeper to get roots and all on the back up. Couldn't tell if you guys was sinking it in that deep or not. The concern of the dust was understandably an issue though and it makes a lot. Winter is the best time to use one of those. Wet to make less dust but also ground is frozen to support the tractor in low laying areas. All and all seems like a nice piece of equipment. 👍
We are actually only doing 1100 acres with the forest plan presently being developed. The foresters don't want us to go into the soil. On this small test plot, we did go into the soil some to test the machine, but will not do so for the main project. There are a lot of cultural issues, and archeologists required when you get into the dirt around here. The ground freezes two to three feet deep here, depending on how cold it gets before we get a snow cover. We believe we can work if there is two feet of snow or less.
Yeah, a Fecon is overkill, but for the initial grind and limbing up it gets it done fast. After that all you would need is a skidsteer with a mulching head and brushcutter.
When you are dealing with 3.5 square miles of property to clear, the Fecon is not overkill. Think of it as mowing a large lawn. By the time you are done, it's time to go to the other end and start mowing again. We also have a Brush Blazer and a Brush Hog, all of which are kept busy.
@@richardreid6377 That's true. It has a very low center of gravity when the cutting head is working near the ground, and will go anywhere a bulldozer can go.
We have a brush hog. It won't come close to doing the type of material we must mulch. The brush hog is only good for light work. Someone else is often running the Brush Hog at the same time in the lighter brush.
By the time you get done you can sign up for social security! You don't need that machine. A skid loader with a diamond mower would cut that brush your cutting. Then use the Fecon to take any trees over 8 inches. Not trying to be a know it all but this is overkill. Have a great day!
It might take a little while to do 2200 acres. That's the machine for the job though. You can actually dig it in a little deeper to get roots and all on the back up. Couldn't tell if you guys was sinking it in that deep or not. The concern of the dust was understandably an issue though and it makes a lot. Winter is the best time to use one of those. Wet to make less dust but also ground is frozen to support the tractor in low laying areas. All and all seems like a nice piece of equipment. 👍
We are actually only doing 1100 acres with the forest plan presently being developed. The foresters don't want us to go into the soil. On this small test plot, we did go into the soil some to test the machine, but will not do so for the main project. There are a lot of cultural issues, and archeologists required when you get into the dirt around here. The ground freezes two to three feet deep here, depending on how cold it gets before we get a snow cover. We believe we can work if there is two feet of snow or less.
Sign me up. I'll be up in the spring to give it a try.
Yeah, a Fecon is overkill, but for the initial grind and limbing up it gets it done fast. After that all you would need is a skidsteer with a mulching head and brushcutter.
When you are dealing with 3.5 square miles of property to clear, the Fecon is not overkill. Think of it as mowing a large lawn. By the time you are done, it's time to go to the other end and start mowing again. We also have a Brush Blazer and a Brush Hog, all of which are kept busy.
Nice low solid platform .
Yes. A very good piece of equipment. Train Mountain now owns the latest model and is in the process of clearing brush full time.
Doing it withy damp or snowy ground might be better
You are absolutely correct. It was miserable working in all that dust, but that was when the demo unit was available.
Are you guys putting more track panels there
No new track in the near future. This is a fire safety and forest health project.
Are you running knives or carbides
This was a demo unit, so I am not sure. I think it had carbides as it ate some stuff that probably would have been difficult with knives.
Just buy an old ford 6500 tractor and an 8' bush hog, will do the exact same thing for 10K. And a lot quicker.
We have a John Deere with a brush hog. It won't even touch that heavy brush that is 10 to 15 feet tall.
This should handle much steeper/rougher ground than a tractor.
@@richardreid6377 That's true. It has a very low center of gravity when the cutting head is working near the ground, and will go anywhere a bulldozer can go.
You use that big ass machine for that brush when a bush hog would do.
We have a brush hog. It won't come close to doing the type of material we must mulch. The brush hog is only good for light work. Someone else is often running the Brush Hog at the same time in the lighter brush.
Looks like a complete waste of a lot of money.