If it cost too much, he makes one...
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Tim/South
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Looks good. They have done well.
I was going to convert one of our shredders to a skid mount. I bought 3 new large hydraulic motors at and auction. Then I bought an almost new cutter at another auction. The previous owner bought one new and it was too big for his skid steer.
It is not something I use often. It is about the handiest skid steer gadget a person could want.
I was going to convert one of our shredders to a skid mount. I bought 3 new large hydraulic motors at and auction. Then I bought an almost new cutter at another auction. The previous owner bought one new and it was too big for his skid steer.
It is not something I use often. It is about the handiest skid steer gadget a person could want.
He started out wanting a mulcher but talked to a guy who was hired to clear a spot for a weekender. He had a mulcher but said he liked using his thing like this best. They cost 10,000. He'll have 2 spare gear boxes. And if it works well, he can contract out clearing to the weekend people who buy a small place. Land can grow up in a hurry out here. Its going to be raining most of the day today, i'm sure he'll finish.
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hope he doesn't have too much power loss from having the hyd motor funning the gearbox most cutters for skid steers are direct drive meaning the hyd motor turns the blades
plus all of the ones I have looked at have been less than $10,000
that cutter WON'T cut anywhere near what a mulching head will
I could probably hook him up with a mulching head
plus all of the ones I have looked at have been less than $10,000
that cutter WON'T cut anywhere near what a mulching head will
I could probably hook him up with a mulching head
Not finished, but he did take it out and cut up some stuff. Runs smooth, has more than enough power. Now all he has to do is put the safety chains around the deck, some beefed up edging and he's going to put a big metal plate somewhere on top and a tree bar. He's like a kid with a new toy that messes up shyte...
highgrit
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I like it and hope it works good.
Tim/South
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One thing my store bought brush cutter has is a flywheel on the gear box. Once the flywheel gets going I have a lot of power. The hydraulics just assist the fly wheel in cutting and does not depend directly on the hydraulic motor on my skid steer.
Having a flywheel means I also have to have a brake to stop the blade in an emergency.
I watched a guy cleaning up around a pond with his skid steer cutter. All went well until he got fancy and tilted it down into the water. He did not have a front door and threw water all over himself.
Having a flywheel means I also have to have a brake to stop the blade in an emergency.
I watched a guy cleaning up around a pond with his skid steer cutter. All went well until he got fancy and tilted it down into the water. He did not have a front door and threw water all over himself.
Now i'm no mechanic so my description is probably off, well, i am female.......so.......The kabota's hydraulics is different than his JD skidsteer. When he hooked up the lines and turned it on, then turned it off, the hydraulics stopped abruptly whereas his JD and all his tractors always gradually stop. He had to get a 'check valve' and add it to the lines so that when he turns off the hydraulics the mower would slowly stop. He changed the size of the line going to the valve so that, um.... so much man stuff....the smaller line would act like a brake. Does that make sense..I try to listen to him and i usually understand what he says, i just have trouble translating it to print...My brain stores this kind of information and i can bring it up in emergencies when needed. lol
He's working on a tree barn now and is going to salvage the wheel holder dohicky off the salvaged shredder.
He's working on a tree barn now and is going to salvage the wheel holder dohicky off the salvaged shredder.
salvaged a cover from something else and made a PTO guard. He also added gussets to the giant hunk of metal that holds the pump. He put the tree bar on it this afternoon and went out and cut down a large elm. When i got to it, it was in pieces on the ground(the tree). It works! I'm too lazy to go out and take a picture of the tree bar so i'll post that later. I love watching him make things... :D
inyati13
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It's rewarding to feel the sense of accomplishing something when you meet your own needs. It doesn't matter whether it is farming, working in a foundry, or improving the back yard. I thrive on seeing what I have done. I admire innovation and self-sufficiency.
Here it is, almost finished. We ran to our son in laws shop and picked up a few salvaged things, old baler belts to add to slow down anything shooting out the back and old road grader blades he's going to make skids out of. We plan to paint it and put the name The Beast on it. He took it out yesterday and mowed down an old brush pile that had trees grow up in over the years. This pile had been in the spot for over 20 years. Mowed it down like it wasnt even there. I watched in the distance where i was shredding.
His next project, is to rig up a saw head for this and maybe a mulcher.
His next project, is to rig up a saw head for this and maybe a mulcher.
He started to mow under the power lines and against the fence with his new doohickey. Was too wet so he'll have to try again in a few days. So, its shown to be a good mulcher, tree chopper downer and a shredder. He's also cleared a pond dam at his parents house. I watched while i mowed the rents yard and he made me nervous mowing around the water. He's liking his kabota skidsteer, the tracks are working out to be a plus when its muddy and they really grip the ground.
