Thread: ARPlante's Adventures

It's best to stay away from rocks ;-) Plowing into a boulder will cause damage to the drum and teeth. Bouncing off rocks hidden under brush will usually just damage a tooth if it is a solid hit. If you can't see the ground really well, it's best to keep the head about a foot to a foot and a half off the ground. That way if you do hit a rock, it's more of a glancing blow, and you might be able to get away with more damage...

Thanks A.R. - that makes sense. I'm evaluating an equipment package for similar applications, hence the question. The rotary cutter is substantially less expensive, and repair due to rock damage would be simpler and less expensive as well.

thanks , i didnt take it that way ,i figured it wouldnt be easy....no worrys um the company im with now is going good , i got some more pics to post i'll get them up in the next day or two...nothin to complain about yet with the asv, but its cherrys getting popped soon with the first 250 service coming up so i'll find out how easy thats gonna go

That definitely looks like a smarter way to do things. Around here the foreman will drop off a crew on one end of the right of way with their saws, gas, water, and lunch and finds a spot on the other end to pick them up at the end of the day (if one can be found). Most of our ROW's are 50 feet for dist lines and 100 feet on transmission. Many times when we'd pull up to an old line rebuild if we were lucky we had a 450 JD dozer to...

additionally, i just thought of this, you would have to be constantly paying attention, focused really. Because at the end of the day, you do all the maintenence on your own machines. Thats when I stopped beating the equipment up...when i have to do the maintenence on the machines I run! sorry newbie poster

A.R. I really like my bobcats, I have had a few different ones over the years. Each time I go to buy a new one I try the competition to see if I'm missing anything, Bobcat will really have to fall behind or screw up their product before I would switch (This is just my opinion). As far as my set up goes I love it, we put in new subdivisions and land clearing and the T300 we have are awesome. I really like my mulch head (Loftness G2) I...

When do you decide to use the rotary instead of the mulcher? Nice job.

dumb Q, hows it handle rocks?

great pictures, thanks for sharing

A great thread please keep us posted . Stock