Building fire lanes with a mini excavator

[@glennmoore3764]

When you said you were going to take along the 550 I thought Chris might have brought over the 550 Volvo 😂

[@radioace318la]

those are great little machines. I do PDIs on them making sure the customer is happy with his or her purchase. as with any brand of mini like this, proper maintenance is the key to longevity and excellent service. I've seen 500-hour machines look like 5k-hour machines. it's all about maintenance. cheers from Louisiana.

[@cotontop3]

Totally agree!

[@brecktaylor6133]

Been working on the same project. 100’s of saplings to clear and stack. Don’t know if you have Pecan there but they are tough. The tap root is bulged just under ground and is long. Very tough to grub out. I can take out a 10” Ash in as much time as it takes to get a 4” Pecan. Love the content, keep it coming!

[@singleshot2218]

Looking good so far Tim! Hello to all! Take care and stay safe bud! God bless!✝️🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@cotontop3]

Thanks, you too!

[@DanKlein_1]

That had to feel good clearing out all of that underbrush and briars. Love brushhogging all of that stuff down but this has to rank higher than that. fun watching machinery that can not only plow through it but also pick stumps and logs as you go. A good operator makes it look way easier than it is.

[@cotontop3]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@rennaisanceman438]

I just spent 2 days this week doing the same thing and I was thinking it would be neat to see how you do it. You must have read my mind. Back during covid our local nursery supply closed and I bought 150 thornless Blackberry plants for 150.00. Planted them 20' apart along some of our shooting lanes and food plots. I trim them in Jan/Feb with a sickle mower to about 2' tall. The new growth brings in the deer and turkeys.

[@garymessina1609]

This is where a forestry mulcher would shine but Tim it was a great video thanks

[@jimdaly5077]

Well did, thanks for the video. Get warmed have some dinner. 👍🌞🐝

[@cotontop3]

Thank you, I will

[@joejohnson7097]

Thanks for the video

[@cotontop3]

Thanks for watching 👍🏻

[@montanaallen1604]

Do you plan on getting a bigger mini excavator soon??

[@heatherlane9270]

Blackberry bushes - do the local animals eat the fruit or are the bushes a pest please? Agree with controlled burns - sorely needed to control the underbrsu and larger fires. Great informative video thanks.

[@cyndikarp3368]

Adding a mini mulching head would be a good additional tool for you?

[@cotontop3]

I dont want to buy one for this 57. Maybe the next machine.

[@mikeembrey9176]

You got more nerve than me leaving the trailer and excavator setting in the woods 👍🏻🇺🇸

[@clarkgd9667]

What bucket is it you are using.

[@cotontop3]

It's built by AMI attachments and its called a jawbone

[@edneialmeida7612]

Boa tarde muito ótimo esse trabalho máquina meu amigo

[@mattyc195]

How much longer will you get out of the tracks before replacing them?

[@cotontop3]

Not sure. I'm closing in on 1,300 hours and they are still good so far.

[@roxyevans3176]

Love your videos. You talk with a twang like me.

[@cotontop3]

😊 thank you

[@robertschmidt6383]

You should invest in a bobcat and a brush mower. That would cut through that like nothing.

[@cotontop3]

You are right, it would cut right through it but you're looking at $120k for a machine/mulcher head for about 30 minutes of work. Also at the first ditch crossing the bobcat would have sunk more than likely and I would have had to drag it out.

[@frsujongaming]

Love your vedio

[@cotontop3]

Thank you for watching 👍🏻

[@frsujongaming]

Welcome 🤗🤗🤗

[@tugboat2739]

Howdy cotton

[@kubota33]

How come you didn't get the cab version? Must be fun when it rains. Once you go cab you dont go with out.

[@craiggreenhalgh1082]

On Days Like That,🌧 I Bet You Wish You Had A Cab On Excavator 🤔 👏🇬🇧😎👍

[@patkelly7999]

Good job Tim, are You sure You are not in Ireland, with all that rain😁👌👍🙏🙂

[@cotontop3]

I am beginning to wonder lol. It’s been raining for 7 hours straight now

[@patkelly7999]

@@cotontop3 It's been pretty okay over here for this time of year, hope it eases off a little for You Tim, have a nice weekend, take care 👍🙏😎

[@AllstarVentures]

Tim, do you prefer the jawbone bucket over hydraulic thumb ? Ever thought about putting a saw holder somewhere on the mini? This rain sucks. Up here in SC now. Hours and hours of it makes for a miserable day

[@glennmoore3764]

What part of SC?

[@AllstarVentures]

@@glennmoore3764 the Lowcountry

[@glennmoore3764]

I’m from the upstate, Six Mile

[@AllstarVentures]

@@glennmoore3764 it’s been relentless again today. Think we are between 3-4” over the past 36 hrs

[@nathanbrodeur]

Tim have you thought about getting a tracked skid loader with a forestry head

[@cotontop3]

It would have sunk like a rock where I was today.

[@russellsmith3825]

What on earth kind of bucket is on that machine, when I first saw the gap between the teeth and the back section I thought you had peeled the skin back, then I saw it was like a4 way loader bucket

[@farmerbob728]

That's prime... getting your arms scratched.

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@cotontop3]

You're welcome!

[@royceabbottsexcavation3709]

For some reason I just noticed that you have that annoying beeper unhooked.🤦🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@cotontop3]

Lol it’s never had one on it

[@royceabbottsexcavation3709]

@@cotontop3 that’s probably why I’ve never heard it!😂😜 I had to unhook mine on my new 26g.

[@soberpickle8195]

When you said 550, I was expecting a Volvo. A chainsaw is ok too..