Don't want to get caught under one of these...

[TwiceOver]

Video makes me smile every time for some reason.

 

[n7]

Yeah, was going to mention that.

The cutter/shavers pretty impressive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLjGPknv2o

That's fantastic.

 

[Markbnj]

Yeah, was going to mention that.

The cutter/shavers pretty impressive.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soLjGPknv2o

That operator has been doing that awhile. I watch that thing cutting and trimming and I think about people in the 19th century clearing arable land with axes, wedges, mauls, mules, and fire. The amount of labor that machine is doing every minute is awesome.

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

They should remake Fargo with one of these...

 

[Spacehead]

Cool piece of machinery. About the only thing I think it's good for would be clearing rights of way for transmission lines and other electrical lines. You can't use it to clear out for construction - the debris is horrible due to attracting termites, carpenter ants, and other unwanted things near structures, and creates other problems such as tons of mushrooms (likely poisonous) as they decay. You can't build on it - organic matter like that should never be used in solid fill. You wouldn't convert a lot into a field, because you would want those stumps out of the field. I suppose, if you were trying to convert some light forestland back into a meadow for deer and other wildlife, it might work for that as well.

Well if you're just clearing trees so you can bring in dozers/excavators to clear for a new building that would work i guess.

 

[Red Squirrel]

Imagine if they put those attachments on each scoop of the bagger 288. Hookup the controls to a roomba circuit board. We would be doomed.

 

[OutHouse]

screw that thing. No guards on the cab!
I had an incident at work in November that highlighted the need for proper screens and guarding. a chunk of steel came through the lower glass and took the pedal off right next to my foot.

what were you doing?

 

[Carson Dyle]

They should remake Fargo with one of these.

Fargo was the first thing I thought of as well.

I'll bet they have some of these things running 24x7 with all the fracking going on right now, much of it in wooded lots in the northeast. You can knock down damned big trees with a D9, but you still have to clear them off the land. Same for any kind of strip mining where they don't care to log the timber. With any area that going to be graded, even a housing development, you wouldn't care about either the stumps or the mulch created.

 

[DrPizza]

Fargo was the first thing I thought of as well.

I'll bet they have some of these things running 24x7 with all the fracking going on right now, much of it in wooded lots in the northeast. You can knock down damned big trees with a D9, but you still have to clear them off the land. Same for any kind of strip mining where they don't care to log the timber. With any area that going to be graded, even a housing development, you wouldn't care about either the stumps or the mulch created.

You absolutely do care about stumps and the mulch created near a housing development. Wood may NOT be used as solid fill. Where the stump rots, it's eventually going to settle. And as I said, all that mulched wood is going to attract carpenter ants & termites.

 

[skyking]

what were you doing?

Loading steel salvage.
The machine was a bit small, and did not have any guarding. A 68 pound piece of steel strap fell 14 feet or so, got the right bounce, sliced through the lower glass and took the footrest off next to the travel pedal.

They shut down the operation and got me a much better machine for the job.

It was much larger and had a reinforced 1/2" lexan shield on the front.

 

[jessieqwert]

I am oddly erect.

 

[soulcougher73]

Thats like this but for trees lol

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8qWFhDvURLg

 

[Carson Dyle]

You absolutely do care about stumps and the mulch created near a housing development. Wood may NOT be used as solid fill. Where the stump rots, it's eventually going to settle. And as I said, all that mulched wood is going to attract carpenter ants & termites.

If it's going to be graded, you don't care. The stumps will be piled up with all the other debris and can be discarded. The mulch will end up being a small component of the topsoil.

 

[Carson Dyle]

dbl

 

[sandorski]

Screw a shotgun, I want this for the zombie apocalypse!

 

[John Connor]

That is bad ass! Would make a great terminator harvester!

I must post this now. LMAO! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G880gxjj9dI

 

[feralkid]

Huh?

Was expecting some galactic doom-bringer based on some of these posts, but instead found a fairly impressive mulcher.

 

[Chaotic42]

You absolutely do care about stumps and the mulch created near a housing development. Wood may NOT be used as solid fill. Where the stump rots, it's eventually going to settle. And as I said, all that mulched wood is going to attract carpenter ants & termites.

I know zero about the subject, but wouldn't you use this thing, bring in a bulldozer to clear the debris and scrape away the organic layer, then bring in dirt and pound it flat?

 

[lxskllr]

I know zero about the subject, but wouldn't you use this thing, bring in a bulldozer to clear the debris and scrape away the organic layer, then bring in dirt and pound it flat?

Yea, topsoil gets stripped and stockpiled. What you do with the remaining dirt depends on the project. It may need to be undercut, and have good dirt brought in, the existing dirt may be fine with some treatment, or it may be usable as-is.

 

[skyking]

It would not be used to clear for construction. You want to handle all that organic matter and get rid of it. Much easier to either chip it into a truck or load with a traditional excavator.
Somebody posted about using it to clear for power line right of ways, along roads, etc.
That's what it is for.