You should get drone footage of all your pastures before you do everything you want to do with it and in a year or two when you get done with it I think it would be very interesting to see how much ground you reclaim with something like that
Nice upgrade to your pasture reclamation. To reclaim pasture so your cows have more food stuff as well as more roaming ground is a big plus to your farming operation. Great video Ryan, thank for sharing.....
Those fecon mulchers are an amazing piece of machinery. If you have a any type of land clearing or maintenance, the fecon makes the job a much easier proposition. Great stuff❤
I have been curious about matching a 3TS-8T with an aux high flow rate of 33 GPM to a mulcher that requires a minimum of 28 GPM and can take up to 45 GPM. I'm pleasantly surprised with your results. It can be done without stressing the 3TS, and it's understandable why the pair struggles with substantial hardwood stumps because the Fecon has reserve if JCB beefs up in future teleskids in the compact range.
That forestry head is going to help you reclaim the field edges and the pastures, the honeysuckle and wild rose brush sure can take over. My son has one where he works and loves it. Have a great weekend.
I work at a construction equipment dealer that sells fecon. Their heads are the best you can get honestly. Very simple strong design. Vibrations come from uneven worn teeth or on the Vermeer ones it was from bad head bearings but the fecons almost never heave head bearings go. We get a local electric motor repair that comes out and balances them for us
Buddy bought a FAE mulcher up here in Manitoba a year or 2 ago. More expensive up here unsurprisingly. Seems to work good, won't doo huge trees or anything but sure cleans up the Willows and scrub
For our bobcat the polycarbonate door is a must. It shoots stuff everywhere. Very helpfull attachment. In our area Cat rental rents the 499D skid steer and mulcher combo for $2500 a week.
I have a mulching head. Using the carbide teeth work great for areas where there may be hidden rocks. Knives are awesome! They speed up the process, grind into smaller pieces and are cheaper. But a rock will play havoc on knives for sure.
All credit to Hannah for standing in front of that monster to film. Always happy to hear when a farmer exercises a healthy respect for safety - many before have lost life or limb in farm accidents.
Had the john deere version for my 333e. One of those things if you have it you will probably find a use for it. Also be very diligent about getting material off and out of the machine to help keep the risk of fire down to a minimum.
Get a front screen for the JCB, poly scratches MUCH easier than glass and a good screen can keep the scratches away longer. Get a pin on design and you can remove it easier. The ones I've made just use 4 tabs welded around the window opening and have a slotted bracket on the screen. 4 hitch pins hold it in place. Makes it easy to remove when not wanted. You can also upgrade that head if you can find a chunk of heavy grating, bolt it between the uprights to stop all the small stuff from getting through. Handy tip for nice looking areas, run it into an area 2" or so off the ground to get the majority, then tip the head down and set it on the ground and back over the area. That gets the leftovers and it picks up dirt and chips and mixes it somewhat like a tiller would so it looks better and rots faster.
I am making the call now you will love it and find many more feilds and pastures to do and it wont leave the farm. I could see ryan taking it to the valley feilds ito get his feild edges cleaned up.
local utility uses them to clean right-of-ways on the cross-county power lines. They have piece of chain link fence on the bracket. thing is awesome. Be careful and safe
Nice new accessory. If desired weld or bolt a wire mesh vertical screen onto the head to create a shield. Cheaper than windshields. Save the laminated glass as the poly carbonate will fog over time.
Nice upgrade Ryan, last time you did your brush cutting video I suggested you get a forestry mulcher..hope it works out for your needs those drum mulchers are super expensive 💰💰
Here are some of my findings running mulchers. 1 Use an angle grinder on the teeth you will get more life out of them. 2 Avoid rocks not your friend. 3 Like you said hardwoods dont grind up well 4 since the jcb does not have a external cooler watch the oil temps mulchers can be hard on hydro systems. You probably knew all of that but hopefully somthing was helpful. Fecon makes a very good product nice find and happy mulching!
I believe you have to get the drum balanced and tuned for your specific application. From my understanding the brush will eventually over time grow back because all the the mulcher head does is cut material flush to the ground. You must maintain with a brush killer or the mulcher.
for sure, got to kit the JCB up to be more forestry safe. though drum mulcher, really is the better win as you are able to clear a lot more area without going over it multiple times and also mix it into the ground(if you can dig into the ground a bit). make your life so much easier than just using the bush hog which that is good, but in wooded area, not the greatest.
I saw this sitting on the lot where you bought it and thought that's what Ryan should get to clean up the pasture area. You can take a grinder and touch up the cutter teeth on the front of that unit. I would check out the RUclips channel upstate brush control and maybe talk to them and get some pointers on running at it as well.
It's mind-blowing to know that a machine like that humongous mulcher exists. I agree with one of your commenters who said that you should get some drone footage of this machine, in action. The drone footage may help you sell it, 2 or 3 years down the road, if that is your plan. I very much enjoy your videos, and was glad to see Hannah with you.
That one is a baby. Local utility runs a 10 footer on a 400HP loader chassis. That thing is scary when it runs, reminds me of the things in The Langoliers eating everything in sight.
there will worth it once you get it and it be able to chew up alot of wood. and even sometimes a front cage also helps and you need to rev it up to higher speed then it will really go to town
Ryan, I'm so happy that you are going the forestry mulcher route. It is the tool that you needed for cleaning up your pastures. It is very gratifying to see all of the old trees obliterated. ruclips.net/user/UpstateBrushControl has many vids to kind of pick up tips and shows how he does it. Have fun and stay safe.
Nice up grade! Fecon makes a great aggressive eating machine. I ran large Fecon machine on the front of a Hydro-AX power unit and could clear 5 plus acres a day on golf courses construction projects. Teeth are expensive and seem to wear fast on rocky ground. Speaking of teeth or cutter bits, looks like you could use or may need a new set? Base upon the stumps you were chopping on; they should have disappear with just gravity down pressure on the unit; base upon my experiences. Cannot wait to see what you do upon getting comfortable in running this unit. My advice, consider heavy duty forestry overhead protection rack for the cab of the JCB; sometimes called the headache rack. When the widow makers come crashing down on the cab you will be thankful and soon realize why guys and gals call them head ache racks. Welcome to the logging and forestry world.
Ryan: "Yeah, I'm thinkin' I'll use this for a little while, then spin around and sell it..." Internet: "Yeeeah, we're thinkin' that sucker's gettin' handed down from Kuster to Kuster..."
I’ve put thousands of hours using mulching heads. Nothing to be afraid of you just don’t stand in front of one and don’t nose it over to far where it can fling things back. The two things I noticed, the knock down bar is rolled to far back. There are holes to adjust it further to the front. The other thing and it’s a big one, your machine. Isn’t set up to truly run one. The constant flow causes heat. And you don’t have an additional hydraulic cooler. It will wear out your hydro system in a hurry. I also think you dont have enough flow. The fecon are good heads. Keep the bearings greased regularly. The best mulchers in my opinion are diamond mulchers. They have more and smaller teeth on the drum where the Fecon has bigger and less. Takes more power to run the fecon and the teeth do not last as long on a fecon.
Need to get Hana with the Deere loader and grapple to move/clean up stuff. Then once you finish up most of your fields you can start cleaning up neighbors pastures for side gig.
You should talk to Jon from Upstate Brush Control, he is the King of Fecon and forestry heads on RUclips. He has toured the factory and done some R & D for them as well.
HI chain link fencing could help I saw farmers in Mo use it when brush mowing in rocks on the back of there tractors . To protect them from flying rocks and stuff.
Ryan and his jcb and mulcher goes to say hello over the neighbours fence line 😆 mean machine.. looks a heavy bit of kit when it got put on the trailer but the jcb handles it well. Stay safe 🏴
That mulcher looks like it could go through anything with some new teeth and probably a bit of maintenance. Looking forward to seeing the work it does.
Honestly Ryan I would keep that attachment around and do some contract work with that. There's always property owners that need something like that done
I used to run one on a bobcat, problem is that the return bypass line isn't able to handle the flow if it gets stuck on a big piece of wood and it will blow out the o ring seal of the pump. I was always told fecons we're designed for Cat and ASV.
awsome video ryan yep those things can be scary for sure you never know what or is comeing at ya got to really watch where and what you are multching for sure other than that great handy tool to have i belive the brush mower is more safer but yet this thinng does just of a good job at what the brush cutter can do thumbs up and shared
It always suprise me how much damage you can do with one of them things. Definitely a bit of equipment that needs to pay attention with. Can imagine how bad thing can go with a wheel of mass destruction
You should get drone footage of all your pastures before you do everything you want to do with it and in a year or two when you get done with it I think it would be very interesting to see how much ground you reclaim with something like that
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You should purchase a dozer and clean up all those overgrown sections up. A dozer would make quick work. That mulched is awesome though.
Upstate Brush Control channel is probably the best place for Fecon drum mulcher head videos.
Nice upgrade to your pasture reclamation. To reclaim pasture so your cows have more food stuff as well as more roaming ground is a big plus to your farming operation. Great video Ryan, thank for sharing.....
I really like seeing that machine work. The more you clear the more you are worth land is worth real money
Those fecon mulchers are an amazing piece of machinery.
If you have a any type of land clearing or maintenance, the fecon makes the job a much easier proposition.
Great stuff❤
Upstate brush control has one of them. He has good videos on how to use it .
I have been curious about matching a 3TS-8T with an aux high flow rate of 33 GPM to a mulcher that requires a minimum of 28 GPM and can take up to 45 GPM.
I'm pleasantly surprised with your results. It can be done without stressing the 3TS, and it's understandable why the pair struggles with substantial hardwood stumps because the Fecon has reserve if JCB beefs up in future teleskids in the compact range.
That forestry head is going to help you reclaim the field edges and the pastures, the honeysuckle and wild rose brush sure can take over. My son has one where he works and loves it. Have a great weekend.
Those forestry heads are beasts. Great to see you reclaiming acres for productive usage.
I work at a construction equipment dealer that sells fecon. Their heads are the best you can get honestly. Very simple strong design. Vibrations come from uneven worn teeth or on the Vermeer ones it was from bad head bearings but the fecons almost never heave head bearings go. We get a local electric motor repair that comes out and balances them for us
The cost and lack of everything is outrageous. We really need to start making things here again. Stay safe and God bless.
There's something so satisfying watching the heavy overgrown brush being cleared.
Ryan you need to get some native grass seed down on that land before all the fall rains come
Buddy bought a FAE mulcher up here in Manitoba a year or 2 ago. More expensive up here unsurprisingly. Seems to work good, won't doo huge trees or anything but sure cleans up the Willows and scrub
For our bobcat the polycarbonate door is a must. It shoots stuff everywhere. Very helpfull attachment. In our area Cat rental rents the 499D skid steer and mulcher combo for $2500 a week.
By the time you get done using the new head, hopefully you’ll be able to maintain it with the brush mower
that mulcher will work great for clearing fence line. Might want to get new carbides
I have a mulching head. Using the carbide teeth work great for areas where there may be hidden rocks. Knives are awesome! They speed up the process, grind into smaller pieces and are cheaper. But a rock will play havoc on knives for sure.
ive worked on them for years and toured the plant along with taking a 8 hr class on the new stuff years ago
All credit to Hannah for standing in front of that monster to film. Always happy to hear when a farmer exercises a healthy respect for safety - many before have lost life or limb in farm accidents.
I'm thinking that it was sitting on something that doesn't breathe. ;)
Nice upgrade Ryan! Definitely much better suited for the work you need to do.
Put the mower on the deere and run both this winter and you should have a clear pasture by spring thaw!
The hammer style mulcher is a real ground eater. Have a plan for wire though.
Ok, that is just a ridiculously effective piece of equipment. What a beast!
...cannot even imagine the noise output of one of those things...and I didn't even see any earphones or plugs anywhere! Great job!!!
Had the john deere version for my 333e. One of those things if you have it you will probably find a use for it. Also be very diligent about getting material off and out of the machine to help keep the risk of fire down to a minimum.
that tool is going to do a tremendous job of improving you pasture. Will easily pay for itself.
Get a front screen for the JCB, poly scratches MUCH easier than glass and a good screen can keep the scratches away longer. Get a pin on design and you can remove it easier. The ones I've made just use 4 tabs welded around the window opening and have a slotted bracket on the screen. 4 hitch pins hold it in place. Makes it easy to remove when not wanted. You can also upgrade that head if you can find a chunk of heavy grating, bolt it between the uprights to stop all the small stuff from getting through. Handy tip for nice looking areas, run it into an area 2" or so off the ground to get the majority, then tip the head down and set it on the ground and back over the area. That gets the leftovers and it picks up dirt and chips and mixes it somewhat like a tiller would so it looks better and rots faster.
It's about time this mulcher wil make a huge difference.
I am making the call now you will love it and find many more feilds and pastures to do and it wont leave the farm. I could see ryan taking it to the valley feilds ito get his feild edges cleaned up.
local utility uses them to clean right-of-ways on the cross-county power lines. They have piece of chain link fence on the bracket. thing is awesome. Be careful and safe
Nice new accessory. If desired weld or bolt a wire mesh vertical screen onto the head to create a shield. Cheaper than windshields. Save the laminated glass as the poly carbonate will fog over time.
Upstate brush control is the channel you need to check out this is the type of work they do.
Nice upgrade Ryan, last time you did your brush cutting video I suggested you get a forestry mulcher..hope it works out for your needs those drum mulchers are super expensive 💰💰
Great attachment the company i work for only use the fecon with a ASV rt125 and rt135. great side business to have we charge 425 and hour.
Your pastures will look awesome after the brush is cleared👍😉 looking forward to see more of the mulcher😁👍
Nice video👍👍
Here are some of my findings running mulchers. 1 Use an angle grinder on the teeth you will get more life out of them. 2 Avoid rocks not your friend. 3 Like you said hardwoods dont grind up well 4 since the jcb does not have a external cooler watch the oil temps mulchers can be hard on hydro systems. You probably knew all of that but hopefully somthing was helpful. Fecon makes a very good product nice find and happy mulching!
I believe you have to get the drum balanced and tuned for your specific application. From my understanding the brush will eventually over time grow back because all the the mulcher head does is cut material flush to the ground. You must maintain with a brush killer or the mulcher.
We have a UTV boomless sprayer that I've been using to keep the brush down and give the grass a chance to grow. Works wonders
for sure, got to kit the JCB up to be more forestry safe. though drum mulcher, really is the better win as you are able to clear a lot more area without going over it multiple times and also mix it into the ground(if you can dig into the ground a bit). make your life so much easier than just using the bush hog which that is good, but in wooded area, not the greatest.
I saw this sitting on the lot where you bought it and thought that's what Ryan should get to clean up the pasture area. You can take a grinder and touch up the cutter teeth on the front of that unit. I would check out the RUclips channel upstate brush control and maybe talk to them and get some pointers on running at it as well.
ALMOST looks like too much fun for one person! Thanks for posting!
Look into seeing how to precision balance that cutter to make
It smooth on the high flow setting.
It's mind-blowing to know that a machine like that humongous mulcher exists. I agree with one of your commenters who said that you should get some drone footage of this machine, in action. The drone footage may help you sell it, 2 or 3 years down the road, if that is your plan. I very much enjoy your videos, and was glad to see Hannah with you.
That one is a baby. Local utility runs a 10 footer on a 400HP loader chassis. That thing is scary when it runs, reminds me of the things in The Langoliers eating everything in sight.
there will worth it once you get it and it be able to chew up alot of wood. and even sometimes a front cage also helps and you need to rev it up to higher speed then it will really go to town
04:51 'custom destruction' nice marketing slogan😆
I think you are going to be very happy with it. I was thinking the other day that you needed something like this. Then you go and get one.
Hello Ryan That thing is a beast it eats everything in its path . thanks for sharing and take care
worst thing you will get into is barbed wire! that shit is deadly...
Ryan, I'm so happy that you are going the forestry mulcher route. It is the tool that you needed for cleaning up your pastures. It is very gratifying to see all of the old trees obliterated. ruclips.net/user/UpstateBrushControl has many vids to kind of pick up tips and shows how he does it. Have fun and stay safe.
That works really well!
Nice up grade! Fecon makes a great aggressive eating machine. I ran large Fecon machine on the front of a Hydro-AX power unit and could clear 5 plus acres a day on golf courses construction projects. Teeth are expensive and seem to wear fast on rocky ground. Speaking of teeth or cutter bits, looks like you could use or may need a new set? Base upon the stumps you were chopping on; they should have disappear with just gravity down pressure on the unit; base upon my experiences. Cannot wait to see what you do upon getting comfortable in running this unit. My advice, consider heavy duty forestry overhead protection rack for the cab of the JCB; sometimes called the headache rack. When the widow makers come crashing down on the cab you will be thankful and soon realize why guys and gals call them head ache racks. Welcome to the logging and forestry world.
Ryan: "Yeah, I'm thinkin' I'll use this for a little while, then spin around and sell it..."
Internet: "Yeeeah, we're thinkin' that sucker's gettin' handed down from Kuster to Kuster..."
Those mulchers r worth there weight and gold u do few custom jobs with it and it could be a good side hustle
Awesome piece of equipment Ryan, I had never seen anything like it before thanks for sharing 👍🇺🇸
Another video. Sweet. Keep them coming Ryan
You’re going to love this machine. My money says you’ll keep it. I’ve used them several times on my farm.
I’ve put thousands of hours using mulching heads. Nothing to be afraid of you just don’t stand in front of one and don’t nose it over to far where it can fling things back. The two things I noticed, the knock down bar is rolled to far back. There are holes to adjust it further to the front. The other thing and it’s a big one, your machine. Isn’t set up to truly run one. The constant flow causes heat. And you don’t have an additional hydraulic cooler. It will wear out your hydro system in a hurry. I also think you dont have enough flow. The fecon are good heads. Keep the bearings greased regularly. The best mulchers in my opinion are diamond mulchers. They have more and smaller teeth on the drum where the Fecon has bigger and less. Takes more power to run the fecon and the teeth do not last as long on a fecon.
Need to get Hana with the Deere loader and grapple to move/clean up stuff. Then once you finish up most of your fields you can start cleaning up neighbors pastures for side gig.
I have seen the mulcher's work before. They do a fantastic job. Cool video.
Looks like it leaves a nicer finish that the fidget spinner of death.
You should talk to Jon from Upstate Brush Control, he is the King of Fecon and forestry heads on RUclips. He has toured the factory and done some R & D for them as well.
Great video Ryan thank you
You are definitely going to want to keep it
Good job Ryan keep it up I like to see what I can do
Ryan, Take a look at Upstate Brush Control.... Forestry mulching Pros.... good place to pick up tricks and hints
Another GREAT video Ryan!!! Looks like it will do the job for you
HI chain link fencing could help I saw farmers in Mo use it when brush mowing in rocks on the back of there tractors . To protect them from flying rocks and stuff.
What a beast! Look forward to seeing more of it in the future! Great video Ryan!
Ryan and his jcb and mulcher goes to say hello over the neighbours fence line 😆 mean machine.. looks a heavy bit of kit when it got put on the trailer but the jcb handles it well. Stay safe 🏴
That thing is awesome!
That is the best way to deal with an overgrown area. Rotary drum takes less beating than a rotary blade.
pasture clearing made easy.
That mulcher looks like it could go through anything with some new teeth and probably a bit of maintenance. Looking forward to seeing the work it does.
We have something similar at work, they do nice work. But we never go spray what's left, so the brush grows right back
Great stuff Hannah and Ryan, well wear, its seems really smooth, I was more afraid of that other weapon You had, happy munching😉👌👍💪🙂
Can’t wait to see more from that
Very kool congrats on your purchase be very careful wich is seems like u are
Hanna needs to be on The Price Is Right.
nice upgrade Ryan
that is what is was thinking when i heard the price, holy cow! but if it helps you its a good investment!
Just awesome I want to see more of this Monster
Great awesome video Ryan , mulch everything u can .
Honestly Ryan I would keep that attachment around and do some contract work with that. There's always property owners that need something like that done
Looks like it did a great job 🤠! Be safe!!!
Looks like a fun toy to have
I used to run one on a bobcat, problem is that the return bypass line isn't able to handle the flow if it gets stuck on a big piece of wood and it will blow out the o ring seal of the pump. I was always told fecons we're designed for Cat and ASV.
We call masticcators out here in the West Coast.
Now that succker is a zombie mower. Put it at head level and drive to the local ice cream shop. Zombies love ice cream.
It’s always good to take the boss along. Sides you won’t get lost🥴
next purchase is an excavator then bulldozer, clear those fence lines clean those ponds
Can’t wait to see more destruction! Looks like fun to run!
Ryan that mulcher can eat Brush .you will have more pasture for your cows .
Nice upgrade!!
awsome video ryan yep those things can be scary for sure you never know what or is comeing at ya got to really watch where and what you are multching for sure other than that great handy tool to have i belive the brush mower is more safer but yet this thinng does just of a good job at what the brush cutter can do thumbs up and shared
You gave her the beans last night when you got home.
You should check out the channel called "upstate brush control" to see mulcher action and maintenance..
It always suprise me how much damage you can do with one of them things. Definitely a bit of equipment that needs to pay attention with. Can imagine how bad thing can go with a wheel of mass destruction
That's a nice, clean job! 👍 Do you also use to log some trees for firewood?
Before and after drone shots