In the 90's my husband ran a gigantic excavator in the woods of eastern Oregon. Scared the crap out of me but when it ran he loved it. Then years later I worked excavation in eastern Idaho and my boss and I bladed in conduit for a Xmas tree farm in Alpine Wyoming. I'd love to see how it's doing 25 years later
@blackwaterguide8 күн бұрын
New blades after that.
@thirdhandearthworks7 күн бұрын
Actually this site was almost rock free! The mulcher knives are still in pretty good shape afterwards.
@blackwaterguide13 күн бұрын
What mulcher is that? Seems like a good one!
@thirdhandearthworks13 күн бұрын
Indeco IMH4! Such a sturdy little beast!
@Gman293017 күн бұрын
Looks great. Thanks for posting
@davidbgooch958717 күн бұрын
Dang good job man
@timberhitchllc17 күн бұрын
It's the nature of the tool but, with lots of time to brood in the cab, I convince myself I should be charging extra for every item that forces a manual extraction from the cutter.
@thirdhandearthworks17 күн бұрын
I feel the same way but end up just realizing that time mulching or time extracting crap from the mulcher, it's all part of the job :-)
@timberhitchllc17 күн бұрын
WOW. What's transformation!
@TheMaoverbaughАй бұрын
What a machine!
@timberhitchllcАй бұрын
Oof. Mulching along stone walls. No way Jose! Ill refer those jobs to the next guy.
@thirdhandearthworksАй бұрын
Mulching in New England is to be working in rock all the time! Carbide teeth help a lot!
@timberhitchllcАй бұрын
@@thirdhandearthworks I operate out of Suffield, CT, right around the corner from you, so I see what you see while mulching. Hitting rocks while mulching is one thing but mulching a stone wall, to me, is next level to my wallet's mind.
@thirdhandearthworksАй бұрын
@@timberhitchllc oh hello neighbor! For what it's worth I didn't actually mulch on the wall itself, came back and hit it with a string trimmer to get the last bits off the wall :-)
@thirdhandearthworksАй бұрын
We should chat sometime, shoot me an email at [email protected] or DM on Instagram or something
@Gman2930Ай бұрын
Very nice job. Really cleans a property up, ready for splash in the new pool someday.
@timberhitchllcАй бұрын
Now THAT'S instant gratification. Great work!
@Gman2930Ай бұрын
Looks awesome. What a difference that makes
@thirdhandearthworksАй бұрын
Thank you!
@friendlyhippie69Ай бұрын
Great job!
@thirdhandearthworksАй бұрын
Thank you!
@Purecountry992 ай бұрын
What a great video. Just bought my new KX040 and i appreciate the detailed info on here. The only thing i was wondering how bad it would be in the hydro filters but man what a breeze.
@thirdhandearthworks2 ай бұрын
Glad you found it useful!
@darwindropmazda3 ай бұрын
Really good tutorial!
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
I'm very happy you got something out of it!
@darwindropmazda3 ай бұрын
@@thirdhandearthworks thanks for the video!
@anoldman22923 ай бұрын
Wow amazing machine to do an amazing work
@royhowze40233 ай бұрын
The wind was blowing in his favor on this occassion fershur. Great job this mulcher does. Fantabulous\
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@Gman29303 ай бұрын
Looks incredible. What a difference. Nice job!!
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@pauljoseph83383 ай бұрын
What’s the process for keeping it from getting overgrown again? Do you recommend spraying the area?
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
The mulched up debris will keep weeds at bay for a little while but when new growth does start to reemerge it will be so small that you can handle it with a string trimmer. The trick is not letting it go too long!
@pauljoseph83383 ай бұрын
@@thirdhandearthworks Cool. Thanks for the reply.
@timberhitchllc3 ай бұрын
The reality is, not one of my mulching customers has ever maintained an area I've cleared for them. The realistic expectation is that mulching is a maintenance item, just like lawn mowing. Frequency depends on the customers needs/wants. Sometimes it's a local blight issue that needs to be remidied, sometimes it's to keep things under "control" and growing to the "next level" that might require a tree service, but most times, it's for vanity. After the first mulching, subsequent service almost always goes faster.
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
That's interesting, I have many clients who keep up on the new growth usually with a string trimmer. Maybe it's a matter of scale, We specialize in small to medium mulching jobs, it's very common for us to be working in people's backyards etc
@timberhitchllc3 ай бұрын
Watch out for debris accumulating between the engine cover and cab and also between the right side of the cab and the hydraulic compartment wall. Especially the rear because it's over the engine and near the exhaust and I'm always in the woods, cutting, mulching, and chipping. Lots of dried combustible material seems to accumulate there.
@timberhitchllc3 ай бұрын
Beautiful. Looks like a state park!
@AAAAAAOO000-003 ай бұрын
This is all Cap
@IVEry43 ай бұрын
That machine does the job alright haha
@polkmn81053 ай бұрын
serious question: why cant you leave some of the medium/ larger trees?
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
Any medium sized trees that were in this jungle were totally infested with several kinds of invasive vines. None of them would be healthy trees.
@Gman29303 ай бұрын
Turned out nice.
@thirdhandearthworks3 ай бұрын
Thanks Greg!
@pauljoseph83384 ай бұрын
Interesting…I wasn’t aware that minis came with enough GPM’s to run a mulching head, or did you have to modify your machine to get the necessary flow rate?
@thirdhandearthworks4 ай бұрын
This one has 19gpm out the second aux line and the head is nicely matched to that flow. Indeco IMH4.
@pauljoseph83384 ай бұрын
Interesting…I never knew you could use a THUMB in conjunction with a mulching head. Was the head designed that way?
@thirdhandearthworks4 ай бұрын
Yes and no. The head has a very stout housing over that end of the mulcher that is shaped in a way that makes it mate up nicely with the thumb and despite all my attempts I still have not crushed it! That said, that part of the mulcher lacks any sort of teeth so some things can be slippery. Teeth on the head would make this an even better setup. Also it's worth noting that this machine has dual AUX hydraulic lines which is why the mulcher and the thumb both work at the same time.
@pauljoseph83384 ай бұрын
@@thirdhandearthworks well, it seems that having use of a thumb would be incredibly useful while the mulching head is attached…in conjunction with a beefed up head housing which would also allow you to “push” small logs out of the way. Someone should make such a tool…
@carloskellerman29904 ай бұрын
Se corta el pasto con mucho menos que eso
@AOnomad-xz1lx4 ай бұрын
Dang, hard work!
@villageearthwright4 ай бұрын
Impressive to see what you can do with just a 4 ton machine. Is that an indeco mulcher?
@thirdhandearthworks4 ай бұрын
Hey now, it's a 5-ton machine! :-) Yes it is an indeco IMH4
@justice22554 ай бұрын
I love watching you mulch. Im a woman but would love to do that work all day. If I could I would also use a machine rake then a tiller attachment then add top soil then use a smoothing machine then plant grass but would ask to install an irrigation system. I would love to make the irrigation pump like a pool pump where you could add fertilizer and pesticides. Maybe someone already made that type of irrigation pump, I have never seen one, but wouldn't all the nicest homes love to have one?
@WendyDelMonte4 ай бұрын
So satisfying! But, how did you get rid of the tick habitat? Won't they live in the sawdust left over? And in the forsythia? But I love watching your videos.
@thirdhandearthworks4 ай бұрын
This work was done at the very beginning of spring so a lot of what would normally grow here had not come up yet. Mulching down everything before it could grow leaves made for a much less dramatic difference but has vastly reduced the available tick habitat for this year. The forsythia was left at the customers request for aesthetic purposes.
@Gman29304 ай бұрын
Very nice, looks great. Happy customer I’m sure
@thirdhandearthworks4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@kateriaeason26784 ай бұрын
You the trauma mine ya business smdh
@Tyler-o7n4 ай бұрын
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@timberhitchllc5 ай бұрын
Nice! I love quick high impact jobs like that. Hope the other neighbors see the result from across the lake and get jealous enough to order the same for their yard.
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
Agreed, love it when I can transform a property in just one day :-)
@timberhitchllc5 ай бұрын
Run a disk through that lot and throw some seed at it would make upkeep/mowing pretty civilized. Barley 50F and the door is closed and the A/C on already!!! Free heat from the pilot control lines in the cab! Kubota is the BEST!!!
@WendyDelMonte5 ай бұрын
I so want to see the before and after of my back yard after mulching!!!
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
Let us know when you want to get on our schedule!
@jeffmayeux16925 ай бұрын
Great time lapse video and excellent work with the Indeco mulcher. How do you get to work the mulcher and the thumb without getting out of the cab? Separate circuits or are you using a diverter switch in the cab? One other thing, are the bigger logs mulched or hauled away?
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
Thinks I'm glad you enjoyed it. I ordered this machine with a second auxiliary circuit out front so the thumb is plumbed to the first one and the mulcher is plumbed to the higher flow secondary
@mhilsdon075 ай бұрын
Great tool, great utility, and great work! I drive past this job every day. The transformation is remarkable!
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@greg94946 ай бұрын
What brand of mulching head is that?
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
Indeco IMH4, simple but tough as nails
@timberhitchllc6 ай бұрын
Nice work! That's instant gratification for the customer (and their neighbors)! The yard went from nightmare to park-like in a few hours.
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
How much land was that, that you cleared? Were the trees dead, or just winter- no leaf?
@thirdhandearthworks5 ай бұрын
It was close to a half acre total and 90% of that was dead!
@Gman29306 ай бұрын
Nice!!
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
Those vines are awful! Looks great
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
You make it look so easy
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
Holy cow! That would take forever without that rake!
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
What a difference!
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
Looks great! Do you get freaked out you'd hit rocks or something in the snow? Won't that hurt your machine?
@thirdhandearthworks6 ай бұрын
It's good to avoid hitting rocks but unfortunately it's part of running a mulcher head. I'm in New England where some properties are full of rocks of all sizes so I run carbide teeth in the mulching head which handles the rocks a lot better than standard steel knives. Also for what it's worth there are always rocks hiding under the dirt so the snow doesn't make it that much worse!
@WendyDelMonte6 ай бұрын
Did the homeowner not know there was a cabin down there? What an exciting find!
@thirdhandearthworks6 ай бұрын
They knew the cabin was there, they could just barely see it from their house but they had never been able to get up close to it because of all the overgrown underbrush