Installing a flail mower on an excavator
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- Опубликовано: 20 июн 2022
- Installing a Eterra EX-30 flail mower on a Yanmar B37 excavator, then on a Kubota KX161-3 excavator. Mowing some tree branch's, moving logs, burning brush, mowing brush. And some cool footage of moving it around. Link for mower: www.skidsteersolutions.com/ex...
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I'm always so impressed how you manage to keep track of - probably - thousands of hours of raw footage over many months and manage to video edit these great videos. 😌👌
That’s definitely a more impressive feat than people realize.
@@Mrcaffinebean it is his job to do that
@@horsetraining101 Quite an odd way to look at it, I'd say it's quite a well deserved kudo. It's okay to recognize a job well done.
@@horsetraining101 so? Chuck Yeager’s job was to break the sound barrier but that doesn’t make it any less impressive.
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Seeing Cody and Blue brings a smile to my face. Just lost my lab Casey today. Made it almost two months past her fifteenth birthday.
All Good Dogs go to Heaven.
sorry for your loss, losing a pet family member sucks
My condolences. It’s always heartbreaking to lose a beloved pet.
Sorry for your loss
Sorry for your loss
Hi Andrew and all. I ran this type of machines of the PTO of a tractor and best to put a cage across the front (and sides even) of the excavator. Protects against flying debris and when going through hedges it makes live easier. things come back from all angles and it only takes one bad one to hit you. You know how to install but worth doing. Danger doesn’t take a day off 👍. Great content as always. Cheers
I love when you show the full story, including getting it up that hill. Great content! Thanks
I love when he does "month later" follow ups and stuff to see how his work affected the site long term
@@stickit2theman1q😮
Looking forward to seeing you make a nice driveway.
Blue grew quite a bit in this video
I guess an asphalt driveway would be a dream there. Although, that will also make it easy for random strangers to take a 'wrong turn' and end up on his property. Would need a proper gate and fence then.
@@Engineer9736 putting a proper road base and paving that would be like a million bucks.
@@als8518 He's on a mountain full of rock/shale and has the equipment needed if he did not want to purchase gravel. Business expense.
The fact that you include a lot of dog content in your videos tells me you're a dog person. I love dogs and am very happy viewing your dogs interact with each other, as well as noticing how smart they are, in terms of staying away from the vehicles and heavy equipment.
Enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.
Amazing how he can run pretty much any equipment and is a master at video, editing and knowing how to keep us all glued to the screen.
Oh and a really great guy as well.
This is what I like about Andrew, no sponsors, no videos everyday of the same ole things,he does it his way with his own money,great job!!
His own way with the trailer being unsafe to tow is not worth losing everything he's worked for if someone is injured or worse. He was concerned about the vehicle being damaged if the trailer came loose but takes it on the road.
@@1STGeneral doubt it was very far the other guy rode his quad bike
@@krashdown102 If you have children or loved ones you would understand going over walking speed off of your own property is too far with that setup. I live in the middle of nowhere Appalachian Mountains and have seen people do worse and have seen well maintained trailers and equipment travel a distance after something failed.
I think you’ll find a good portion of these attachments are sponsors
Infact 100% check the description lol
Glad to see you picking up the pace on new videos. My wife and I watch a few channels regularly, and yours has always been our favorite. Enjoy watching the pups.
@@chrisbarr1359 He was though? He was just glad to see a bit of a faster pace.
The flail mower with be very useful for the snowmobile trail was well as the side of the road mowing when you can't get a brush hog in there. Good purchase!
The only downside to things like this on a mini-ex is the travel speed of the machine. I love my Deere 35G, but they travel like extremely heavy snails. For more than a few hundred yards of trail, you’d need to have your brush clearing device on a CTL before it was on a digger.(CTL means compact track loader, which is a tracked skidsteer.)
Indeed. A mower like this that's mounted on an excavator is probably the most flexible mower you can have since it can reach spots you that over machines either could never reach or only with great difficulty.
Wow, that gang of Labs looks excellent, and your pup is getting big fast. I love the color what a coat.
Pretty interesting to see this as I operate excavators with this attachment daily. I would recommend getting a mulcher attachment, it cuts through brush and trees faster and easier then this will. This is perfect for grass, small saplings and branch overhangs, but really struggles to cut up anything bigger than that and can get bogged down. It will cut it if your patient enough though, just more wear and tear on the blades, drum and bearings. On some machines that struggle to track and cut at the same time, I find that if you put it in a rabbit mode you are able to track at a decent speed again, except uphill of course. Lastly if you intend to put a lot of use into this, I suggest welding another layer of flat bar on the bottom sides. They wear out very quickly and start to deform, at least on ours that we use daily it did, on every single one we have. Anyways, thanks for another awesome video, love all the entertainment and knowledge you bring to us all. Cheers!~ PS; Watch out for barbed wire with this, you have been warned, keep a roll around to replace the whole fence row when it sucks it all into the barrel lol
After running a skid steer with a forestry mulcher many a times I'm going to assume the same thing I'm about to say applies to an excavator with a mulchers. In my opinion a skid loader/excavator shouldn't be run with a mulcher, they are too abusive and tend to wear the machine out much much faster. Stick with dedicated equipment for mulching.
So true
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@@jaredc.3508 We mainly run the flail mowers and only use the mulchers when we have to clear a old path that hasn't been cleared in years, so that might be so long term. But from what I have seen there isn't any difference in the way it runs on the excavator as the flail mowers do.
@@tmyersf4 He was just using the water to clean it.
Sometimes the timeline of Andrew's videos can be confusing. Some cover a whole year and all the sudden you see a clip of Blue when he was just a puppy and you know it was made 6 months ago. Very cool to see four seasons in one video
It really shows the amount of care and planning he puts into a video, to record part of something now and revisit it 9 months later, and then put all the video into a well flowing video. He's very skilled at editing as well as his actual jobs he does.
Gotta remember, all these are between work. Gotta work hard to play hard.
It’s really not about a time line but more so the content I wouldn’t put so much thought into the weather or surroundings In a video just rest your little head and enjoy 😉
Things are easier to enjoy when all expectations have left the room, haha! In regards to timing.
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I love that one friend you have that always helps you! I call him Mr Smiles, because he’s always smiling 😊
Once I see installments like that flail mower rotating, I always have to remember the brush-mincer-scene in the snow from the first "Fargo" movie. That flail mower could definitely make for some nice memorable scenes with the right directors, that's for sure.
“I take it that’s your partner there, in the wood chipper? - Margie
Really enjoy the "work/equipment" videos AC used to put out, haven't really been following his channel lately due to the "toy" videos he seems to be focused on, glad he's where he wants to be and doing what he wants but I'd like him to get back to the work/maintenance videos that he used to do.
You have a natural talent for public speaking and presenting.
I love these longer videos filmed over a few seasons. It cool to see the progress and how things are different in the different seasons.
Go to his channel, then click on playlists/it's like a b channel for more videos. Enjoy ✌
Once again amazed at the variety of attachments for skidsteers and excavators that this guy has. Eventually he's going to get one that does his taxes for him.
Excavator powered generator that powers a computer with an automated tax paying system?
taxcavator
Considering he’s in New York, he’s got plenty of taxes to pay. 😉
@@MajorC202 Who does not? :( :( :( :(
Even the sad faces did not come due to taxes :(
Andrews's property is like my farming simulator maps, with different machines everywhere. He's living my dream!
I have to agree that flail mowers are awesome. It was really cool to see what you can do if a flail mower is attached to an excavator arm.
Last year we bought a 3 point hitch mounted offset flail mower for our small 1025R tractor. It is an incredibly versatile and incredibly useful attachment.
Function wise, it includes the hydraulic offset (you can shift it all the way from centered to beside the rear of the tractor if desired), hydraulic tilt rotation (it can even mow vertically), 3 point hitch to raise and lower, hydraulic 3 point top link (which adjusts the mowing cut height when it is lowered so the rear roller rides on the ground), and the PTO to efficiently power it.
One feature I like about ours is with the rear roller and top link to accurately adjust the mowing height, you can even use it to mow the lawn.
For example, in this video, that area surrounding the pond would be mowed right down to say a 3" height, leaving all of the brush finely chopped and would look great.
One big feature i wish it had was the ability to be raised more than 24" off the ground, like Andrew's can. We can't trim the top of trees and hedges for example. We can trim the sides up to about 60", just nothing higher than that.
There is one thing I don't like about ours and that is the fact it is at the rear of the tractor. This means you have to twist your body around if you need to clearly see what your mowing.
A little treat for post work garden beers! Cheers Andrew🍻
EDIT: Couldn’t wait... Blue looks so sweet bumping up and down in your jacket on the snowmobile!
Can't wait till he wants to add a window to the RV with this thing. Like the chainsaw to the dash.
I love your videos. You remind me of me when I was younger...a lot younger. Always entertaining. I will be 71 my next birthday and there is NO generation gap. I believe you can do anything. Love your Pups❤
So jealous of all your equipment, serious goals some day.
I think Andrew is just low key prepping for a zombie apocalypse
Very cool! When the borders re-open properly, we gotta get Andrew to Japan for a tour of the Yanmar factory.
I love how not driving like a maniac was never an option. might be my favorite part about this channel 😂
I doubt the quad could brake that trailer and mower going down that bumpy, steep hill.
Andrew is so good at providing entertainment value, I would probably watch him rake leaves because he would find a way to make it interesting
Great control on the Kubota getting it off the trailer without damaging anything.
The episode of the trailer "broken for no reason" is absolutely delirious, and then 3 videos in 3 days there we are approaching ecstasy, it's great! 🤣
Love how you can see the previous attempt to get up the hill by the tire tracks.
You can almost see the lightbulb that went off in his head to say: “I should film this bs!”
The dude is brilliant!
Andrew, your videos are watchable because they’re interesting, intelligent, and show real accomplishments of being a “doer”.
How he does this ad free is amazing. Put an ad in its worth it for what you put out!! We really wont mind!
News flash: the whole thing is an ad, in return for the free flail mower.
Hey Andrew long time viewer here, and I’m sure I speak for all of us when I say I think you should make a full equipment tour because I’m sure there’s a lot of machines people just forget your have and all those different attachments you have. I just feel it would make for a neat video
A fan day, where we all pay to camp out in a field, then pressure wash and grease his equipment.
Your videography, work ethic and work output continue to earn mad respect man.
Thank you.
100% agree with that statement.
@AndrewCamarata 😢
@@KhuongNguyen-qj1wlWhy are you sad?
If its ever been made at some point in history, Andrew has one of them!!!!!!!
Another quality video, just watching you work helps me figure out lots of chores and how to work around machinery,,,,,thanks from Florida
In my work life, I never see this kind of work being done. Just computers and people on phones. This work is so interesting to watch. Oh and the cute doggies:)
Thank you. Andrew for making these vid's for me to watch. Keep up the good work.
Great video of the "Yard Barber" at work. From trims to full scalpings!
the new pup in the snow , lol made me laugh . worth watching just for that
Andrew, your videoing skills have gone crazy lately ! I know nothing about filming but the rendering is awesome in terms of angles, movements, and the colors are just WOW ! Just can't wait for the next one !!!
Any big projects ahead, with lots of episodes, like that lady that you had dug the driveway for, and the foundations, installed the leach field and all ???
absolutely, my thoughts exactly, impeccable camera work.
Rendering is just producing the final video file, but you're right... His production quality is so good! Definitely deserves his own Discovery show or something, but then I'd be less likely to watch tbh.
He has started to either color correct his videos, or he got a new camera that has much more accurate colors.
5K resolution really helps but I agree his filming is off the charts.
lately? Its been high quality stuff since at least three years.
It’s amazing how those labs immediately form a pack and work all together!
they're incredibly untrained! I've noticed that.
I'm impressed with that trooper. That thing sounds like it's about to blow up but it destroys that mountain
Watching the flail eat the trees around the pond reminded me of the movie The Langoliers.
Keep them coming Andrew! I love these videos.
Very very impressed with the flail attachment! Nice Andrew
I envy you. Live and work in an area that's not traveled very much and no nosy neighbors. The multitude of jobs that you do. AND all those great toys. Keep up with the great videos.
My dad had a 1986 trooperr and my mom had a 1992 trooper. Best trucks ever made.
May every moment of your life be filled with joy, peace, and positivity. Enjoy the video!
I’ve been waiting for this since I saw a sneak peak in the past video on the skidsteer grapple. Great work!
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Very satisfying watching that machine do its duty. Thanks again Andrew, great job
Much respect Andrew! Thanks for not being a sellout!
I like how he honestly assesses the equipment.
The man of many attachments!
Hi Andrew, I really like your channel! I always tease my husband and say” that’s not how Andrew would do it” and we chuckle a little 🤣 I found you during lockdown, when you where welding the castle. You are so super AMAZING!!!!!
I watched all your vids, they are editing perfectly, as soon as I think the vid is getting boring you fast forward. Your timing is perfect.
that's funny!!! awesome, thanks for that one. peace
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Castle welding was more then 2 years ago. Your channel is 9 months old....
Andrew is extremely good at making 45 minute videos that feel like they’re 10 minutes long. A great contrast to the “how to” videos where they stretch 30 seconds of information into 20 minutes where the guy keeps repeating himself as he begs you to subscribe.
Good to know a friend that has the right tool for EVERY job!
Now THAT was funny! Loved the footage of "dragging" the trailer up and down the Mountain!!!!!!! Nice attachment! I can see that mower head coming in handy a LOT!!
That mountain road sure could use some widening and smoothing. The flail mower works good for brush and small saplings. You should consider some type of chipper for mulching some of the smaller tree branches.
You make the best content on RUclips
Another great way to end my day - thanks AC, that was very interesting to watch, and I love the whole earth being green there at the end too!
May you find joy in the little things and happiness in the big moments of life. Have a great time watching the video!
Andrew is definitely winning the game "He who dies with the most toys, wins!" Not sure if you said what the plans were for that area, but since you already have a castle, now you need a FORTRESS!
Great video, thank you! Do you think you will ever lay in a road that a regular sedan could drive up? I love what you’re doing with it all.
Im really liking this recent string of videos, youve obviously been putting in a lot of hard work making these videos look as good as they do, 5k 60fps really high bit rate, cant beat it.
That high bit rate makes all the difference! I've seen 1080p footage looking better than 4K ones. Andrew is giving us the best, highbitrate and 4k+ resolution!!!
The man is an artist.
Thanks for the heads up, mine auto set to 480p. I thought Blue was a cat.
@@satchell78 it will auto select resolution based on your internet connection. ive got Cox which is horrible so my setting are always getting bumped down from 1080 to 480. constantly have to change it back.
I have one of these excavator mounted flail mowers since two years now it's pretty good to do work on difficult areas
Awesome piece of machinery
Man I retired from a career in excavation and site work. I supposably have PTSD but you're videos calm me down every time I watch them. Thank you sir keep up the good work.
Wooohoooooooo AC!! 2 vids in a week, I am happy ☺️
the world is right now!!!
Great video as always Andrew. Dump those tyre pressures prior to that muddy hill climb. 12 -15 psi all round will help. If you going to continue driving 4wd's up this hill, diff locks will also help.
That view off the side of the cliff! That's a million dollar view my friends!
Awesome as usual .... Blue Boy is growing up to be so smart , I am sure Cody is a great trainer just like Levi .
Nice job Andrew , I love your Videos especially when you go into Warp Speed .
Had a bloke do my property last year with an 8ft one he had on a 90HP tractor.
Absolutely terrifying to watch how long it kept spinning for after he cut the PTO and opened the guard panel on it. Certainly did an amazing job of mowing down all the weeds and pulverising them into mulch though!
Thanks for the video. You dont know how much I appreciate them.
I never thought I would hear Andrew have concerns for a vehicle. Andrew, you must reallly like that Isuzu.
This is one of the attachments I thought you could really use, though I think I would want to use a Mini with a cab because digging splints out of my body would suck. The other I have seen is an attachment that converts excavator quick attach to skid steer quick attach which saves you buying things twice.
I would think a big chipper would be better.
Oh nice I’ve been waiting for a long video to watch. They are my favorite Dont get me wrong I watch what ever you put out but long videos just hit different lol. Thank you for the content keep it up
Enjoyed the content on the new flail good job, I wanted to cry when you chewed up the pine trees around the pond you should come out to Utah for a week or two and see how precious a new pine tree is if they grow we leave them alone and we don't touch them because they are rare, we have one species of pine tree that is over 1,200 years old needless to say it's protected, keep up the good work.
I have been putting tomato cages around all of our conifers on the property in North Minnesota. Too precious around us, most of our conifer stands in the state are being turned into mulch and replaced with worthless aspen regrowth.
That is a spectacular view overlooking the valley there Andrew.
Thank you for the consistent uploads, these long videos are like therapy treatment for me. I love all the angles, the machines, the dogs and most important the operator with that cool New York accent. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺
Hi Andrew,
for the most mulchers / flail mowers are Hammerknifes/blades instead of Y-knifes/blades availiable. These are much heavier and way more suitable for chopping treebranches and stuff like you cut in the Video. Y-blades are meant more for high grass and thinner stuff. Maybe think about it, when the first set of blades is worn out and you need new ones.
best regards from germany and thank you for all your efforts,
David
They use the y type or cranked blade to cut down on the weight of the mulcher especially on small diggers
Be careful before changing all flails
Most generally a good quality hammer drum is thicker and thus heavier requiring larger end bearings to handle greater shock loads. Y-blade drums and bearings are much lighter and any reputable drum manufacturer will warn against installing hammers on a y-blade drum.
showing people how to work to help each other probably inspires alot
Blue is getting so big, so fast! They grow so quickly.
I saw one of these personal and close up. Great for fields and between trees, and steep grades.
Great tool when used properly. Some of our beautiful state highways are desecrated by flail mowing, Ditches, and shrub clearing is great but what I hate is when they use them to prune trees. Broken shattered branches look like storm damage.
It’s called a mower, not a chipper. For clearing brush, not shredding branches.
Old school Isuzu Troopers always impressive how well they were at off roading.
Yes.
Thank you again Andrew that was a Great picture there at the end of the video I can’t wait till you come out with the next on Thank you so much
Is blue gonna get his own video?! Can't wait to watch him grow up
Yes
@@AndrewCamarata awesome.
You are the man no one can put a candle to you, I remember watching you almost 10 years ago and wondering what you were up to, and wondering if you had what it takes. and now I'm addicted to your Channel I love the way you figure things out, you have a lot of great ideas and aren't afraid to tackle any job that comes your way and you have to admit you are a workaholic which results in a lot of stuff getting done all the time. I drive up and down the Hudson Valley between Millbrook and Oneonta and drive through your playground very often I love the mountains you are very lucky be a little more careful stay safe and keep having fun love the dogs, keep up the hard work:-)
Thanks. How were you watching me 10 years ago?
@@AndrewCamarata hey Andrew I know one thing you're an interesting guy with a lot going on and I definitely am addicted to the channel, something that's never happened before on RUclips for me. I have a bunch of tractors and equipment and tools and I love all that stuff to, I even used to work on small engines just like you when I started out and still do. I broke my neck several years ago and can only drive my smaller tractors now but kind of live virtually through you because it's like sitting on the driver's seat of a lot of this equipment and these jobs and it really does bring a lot of joy to my life so thank you thank you thank you. I even love the snowmobile rides the RZR rides which I used to go RZR riding with my buddy up in Oneonta New York and up on top of those mountains it is beautiful, I still can do that thank God but yeah it's the first time I realized we've come a long ways in virtual reality so again thank you.
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@@AndrewCamarata I did start watching you several years ago it might have been seven you had just bought your second dump truck and maybe a dozer but it was way back in the beginning your first video on RUclips I would have never thought then what you've accomplished now believe me you have a lot to be thankful and proud of.
You can clean your snowmobile trails with that thing brother, those overhanging tree limbs and branches! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 You know, it’s so cool but weird seeing the weather change going up the mountain to your new camp and property! Seeing the snow at the top of the mountain after being at a different elevation and seeing no snow and calmer temperature! It’s cool brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻 Thanks for sharing Andrew, stay safe and healthy my friend and I love your kids, Cody and Blue! Keep them babies safe and healthy too brother! 👌🏻🤙🏻🤙🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I still have a 97 Isuzu Rodeo 5spd 4x4 (310k miles) .. and I've taken that thing everywhere offroad, and nothing has ever broken on it. Not even the U-joints on the driveshaft. It finally needs a new timing belt-- but man that thing was my favorite thing to drive for many years... 3.2L V6
Nice. These Isuzu’s are very tough.
I can’t believe I heard Andrew say “I don’t want to smash up the back of that car.” What?! First time.
Yes, I was surprised to!😅
Hard to find a non rusted first generation Isuzu Trooper. I want to keep that around forever.
@@AndrewCamarata I would like to see more of that "crawler", winching in big trees. That machine is my favourite! It must go everywhere, not even you could get that machine stuck?!😄
I filmed some stuff the other day with that machine, It is a cool thing. I need to do a proper video of it operating.
20:33 , When i used to run mini hoe, this was how i always unloaded my machine out of the dump trailer we used to have. The ramps were unbelievably heavy and we moved it alot, so this method was much easier on the back. Only thing i would suggest, use the blade as a way to perch yourself up on the unloading side. Push the blade all the way to the ground so you sit a little more even, it made it feel alot less sketchy when you would swing around. Love the vids
Good idea
Yes but on a deckover if you go over the side blade first it will hit ground and you can't track unless you stick down out front and depending on the geometry and the machine you can get stuck or drop hard.Not hating on anyone here it all depends on deck height and machine but great advice regardless it is for sure a time and space saver when you get it figured out .
@@stevec4011 Good point, I actually never thought of that. The machine i used was smaller than this, but the trailer i used was fairly tall, almost the same as most deck heights. Because this machine has the 2 way blade, i believe it wont lift up as high, leading me to believe that your scenario you mentioned might happen.
Holy Schinke's, two videos this week. It's a good day! Thanks AC!!
It's about time you got some lockers in that old Dodge. Game changer.
What a machine!! You have a super brush wacker now. Noticed the big Cat dump truck. What you will find to do with it I am wondering. Looking forward to seeing that video. Keep up the good work, we love your videos.
Thank you Andrew, fully enjoyed the video. The new attachment was interesting but for a mulcher, I prefer watching the ones that John has on UPSTATE BUSH CONTROL, out of North Carolina. Those are awesome! Loved the " carful of Labs. Though up that very bumpy very unlevel road, Poor Cody was looking really worried about the ride, poor guy.. The rest of the video was very interesting. On your buddy's property it worked, what I think a bit better, just for my own preference, I prefer the ones that John uses form Upstate Bush Control. when do you plan on building that massive garage that you blew up some of your mountain for?? All together Great Mixed Video! BTW LOVE ALL THOSE SCENIC SHOTS! your editing is awesome!
That chipper at 34:00 is the most efficient one you can buy. The more you put on it the more it can eat.
I'm always impressed with how well you clean up your work sites. I'll start thinking, "yeah, that looks much better now" and then you'll continue to pick up branches/rocks until it's immaculate haha
Cracking vid Andrew. How did the CAT dumper manage going up the hill? I’m sure it breezed it being a 6x6.
Something that might mitigate some of the chips and chunks from becoming missiles is a piece of conveyor belt bolted to the left side to deflect them down. You could use the bolts that are already there that are holding the black metal strip on.
Or chain's bolted there that seems to be the go here in Australia and it slows a lot of stuff down.
@@mulishapatrol Yes, a lot of brush hogs have those.
Love your channel ❤️
Andrew: hey buddy, can I borrow your trailer?
Buddy: sure, if you fix it when you're done.
Nice video Andrew