FLAIL MOWER by ETERRA

[@jprules2010]

Love the videos. Thank you for showing us the unit. Ive seen them and never got my hands on them. I think you should look more into a mini skid forestry mulcher. Kills it all. Stay safe bud! God bless!

[@Keithbrianc1]

I ran the bobcat excavator one on an E35 for a couple winters clearing ditches. They hold up really well. The higher you keep the RPM the better. I would flip or change blades ever 100 to 150 hours. Never broke a knife or major part in over 1000 hours.

[@shanesouza4303]

Totally worth it. I really appreciated that vid. We have jungle dwn here in Fl so that tool can be a body saver. Full size skid with forestry pkg is pretty expensive. So that intermediate step of flail mower on a mini skid you allready have, is an inexpensive no brainer.😜

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Not bad for a stand-on... I'm used to seeing 'forestry munchers' on sit inside tracked skid steer. You could use this for a side business doing brush clearing in addition to tree work. A bigger skid-steer mulcher would cost more, but be more durable, far more powerful, and have a greater scope of utility, potentially having even higher return on investment in woods work that this one could not even dream of doing.

[@merlenelson4894]

Nice !!! Never thought I would want one of those till now.

[@kirkdustin3930]

Hey Aug. I've never seen a more classy tree outfit in my life brother! Stay humble man. You've clearly got this. Hey, I was watching a vid of several years ago when Derek came aboard, where you were talking being 47 as a "message" of your mortality. Now you're wide open looks like.....

[@Kurgosh1]

I've seen the horizontal blade brush cutters. How does this flail design compare?

[@julianalderson6996]

i like increase moral" shows ya care abit" an i rekon get good workers that happy, an happy to stay with ya"

[@nobodyspecial9035]

“It’ll do stuff.” That’s a great saying to hold on to. Looks like it can be a rock flayer too, for a short while.

[@danielbirkholz4059]

Any cost is worth the price to avoid dealing with blackberry by hand. Looks like a great tool.

[@stephenneeson5194]

Whats the music in this august? The tune that starts at 1.44

[@joshpomponio2993]

Skid steers have an endless supply of stuff to go on them that’s another cool attachment

[@f1rehawk99]

Why would you want to get rid of blackberries?

[@brucelund5788]

well, you almost saved the plant, but I think you figured, oh it's gonna be lonesome there anyway!

[@premorandazzo3929]

ETERRAFYING !!👍

[@joshr1515]

August, how are you liking this thing after this much time? I’m trying to decide between this and a rotary cutter. I’m planning on using something for more woody material than grass. Stuff like privet and other small saplings in the woods or at the edge of the woods. Have you used a rotary style cutter for your mini that you could compare which is more preferable?

[@AugustHunicke]

I still haven’t used it much but I trust Eterra

[@scatoutdebutter]

Thanks for the demo! ..... I think I could have cut down that row of blackberry bushes in about the same amount of time with my 21" push mower... maybe, if the stalks weren't more than about 3/8", although admittedly probably wouldn't be the best thing for my mower.

[@Akcd11r2002]

Work smarter not harder... time and energy saved cleaning the brush can be applied to other stuff. Like others said below, the mower can be sold as a service of it’s own. I do feel what your saying with the price tag though... Seems like all equipment now-a-days is priced way high. But... the manufacturers gotta pay for those nano precise CNC machines, laser guided welders, gps stock carts and rfid coffee cups somehow......

[@stevebrough304]

Love the cool equipment!

[@PoplarMechanic]

Hey August have you ever considered buying a skidsteer with a cab? Or maybe you have one. Anyway there are a multitude of attatchments for them that seem alot more powerful. But I do definitely want a miniskid. They have there place. Bobcats log grapple is sweet but I guess you just chip everything now lol.

[@AugustHunicke]

🤷🏼‍♂️ naught really 😁

[@bman6065]

Looks like a promotion for a yellow jacket riot party. It's rather aesthetically pleasing watching it work since I've done that job many times by hand. Hell of a lot better than my Billy Goat mower. I know a guy here in Chattanooga TN who rents out his goats for the same purpose

[@Rucksack57]

How do you deal with the poison oak?

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

does a nice job clearing a mess.

[@tedbownas2748]

Hey, that's pretty cool. It's the poison ivy equalizer.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

Looks like a real Big Boy Toy. Not as fast, but much less expensive and potentially more precise, my tool of choice for such clearing is a 25-27 cc brushcutter with steel blade. Blade would be 3- or 4-knife 11-12" blade for 1/2" or smaller, or 40-80-tooth carbide-insert or steel saw-blade for bigger woody stuff. 9" chainsaw-cutter blades are ferocious on woody stems; they and the 3- or 4-knife blades. are easy to sharpen in the field

[@wpog8453]

get a Brush Destructor head and youll never fool with those again. Brushdestructor.com

[@jacquesblaque7728]

I do NOT "fool" with the blades I mention, nor with possible amputation from bits flying off your "destructor". Not for nothing, I'm told, there are jurisdictions in which they are not allowed for that reason. I'll pass, TY.

[@wpog8453]

@@jacquesblaque7728 if you did a little research and understood how the Brush Destructor unit was made, you'd realize that what you're referring to is a non issue. This is not one of the cheap box store flail attachments that break when they wear down. These are used mostly by commercial operations and have been in production for the better part of 15 years. Ive owned them for 3 years myself. There hasn't been a catastrophic failure to date and they are designed to hold up to $1000 50cc commercial brush cutters. Never ceases to amaze me how many like yourself will assert all manner of things about a product as if you're an expert on it but actually had zero knowledge of it until I mentioned it. I'm guessing you glanced at a few pictures on the site, skipped the volumes of literature that were provided, and gave me your expert opinion.

[@jacquesblaque7728]

You might try to not be so condescending. I did look into them, maybe not to the extent that you would compel me to. IMO, too many moving parts, when there are so many different types of blades WITHOUT MOVING PARTS that get the job done just fine for us. If that offends you, your problem. Did you scan my original?

[@wpog8453]

@@jacquesblaque7728 yes I admit I was being a little condescending toward your remark. I didn't mean any harm to you personally by it. Just trying make a point that you're making a rather arrogant assumption about something that you don't yet know much about. Take it for what it's worth but if you're satisfied with the blades you mentioned for your application, then you would actually save money over a short amount of time with the Brush Destructor...in spite of the high initial cost. A homeowner could wear out several cheap brush cutters on one Brush Destructor. Yes it has moving parts but it's actually the most durable blade on the market. The flails are sharpenable and replaceable and cost around $40 per set. You should get around 200-300 hrs. per set and mind you you're production will be well above any other blade for the time spent. You'll likely never wear the head itself out with average use. A homeowner would probably never wear one set of blades out.

[@billylacount6608]

That was surprisingly satisfying to watch

[@erkeltree]

Do you have problems with vines wrapping around the cutter shaft??

[@AugustHunicke]

Nah, it’s too heavy duty for that

[@treebuzzard5796]

There's good money in those flail units & bush bandits blazing trails & doing firebreaks..good money.

[@samfoppema3669]

Where's that at? West coast? You doing any of that type of work. Trying to justify buying one of these things for my mini. It'd be great for blazing trails I just wonder who would pay me to do it.....

[@treebuzzard5796]

Hi, i'm in Western Australia & when we have bushfire season nearly upon, flail/plow tractors, bush bandits like this earn their money & can make good money for you, before buying anything like this see if there's a market for it & if there is, go for it...I didn't think there was, it was soon apparent I was wrong.

[@warped2875]

You need to put on hammer cutters on it instead of the two piece knives that you have on it to do small woody plants and saplings. The knives that are on there are for grass and hay like material.

[@MRBROWSER2012]

Very cool mower. Keep the pets far away! lol

[@pablocruise678]

Second!!! Ladda dadAa da...thanks AH.

[@63256325N]

Thanks for the video.

[@mattthetreeguy]

The house looks good Sir Monkey Beaver!

[@josephdidonato807]

Are you hiring? Your trees are bigger, and for that I have respect, but not fear. I'm moving. I've set some work up in NC if I choose to move there, but, I promised myself I'd go to Oregon at least once before I actually transplanted. You're the kind of guy I could be proud to work for, and that I could be confident in my safety with. Email me, if you're interested at all. No joke; After the crane incident, it's about time to get out of MA, escape the weather and taxes. I come bearing a beaver belt and a 441 haha. Let me know, no pressure (obviously), hope you and yours are well. Stay safe.

[@coilstreeservice9398]

It seems to work better with the upbeat music.

[@barrybri]

I was a little worried about the dog scampering around;it kinda of looked like a terrier,sometimes they try and attack moving equipment. I've got a Jagdterrier that wasn't afraid of attacking any machine that moved when he was a young dog.He went after my wheelbarrow with a solid rubber flat free tire and 4 baby teeth snapped off in the tire when it flipped him around the axle.Another youtuber cotontop3 has a Jagdterrier named Tater that chases after his backhoe bucket ... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJm6loN6h7ygb68 It would be nice if the flail had some sort of slipping clutch or way to automatically disengage the hydraulics in case a rock or chunk of wood gets jammed in between the rotating cutter and the flail body.

[@samstheman7633]

I think a small forestry mulcher would work better or a regular brush hog , 7k is a lot for that

[@alexmatthews2332]

Ill keep running my brush hog for 7k!

[@robertmailhos8159]

Well worth the money for the machine

[@OldSloGuy]

One problem: Its so tempting to destroy poison oak/ivy with something like this. That makes sure all the parts become toxic. You can't change the flails or do anything more complicated than greasing the zerks and maybe not that depending on where they are located. Wearing rubber gloves and a Tyvek suit won't protect your face from the splash while cleaning it with a pressure washer. It needs its own trailer with clamps set up so you won't have to strap it down. Whoever runs it needs a good eye for the ugly stuff. Sometimes the choice of avoidance or decontamination isn't available. Its a great option mechanically. There will always be people around who are not aware of the precautions needed. How much will the shop tack on to the repair bill if the mechanic needs a trip to the ER after working on this? The risks are manageable like most other risks in the business. Its just hard to keep curious tourists away.

[@AugustHunicke]

We just frolic in poison oak like it’s salad actually 😁🤷🏼‍♂️. The more you’re in it the less you get it.

[@SyberiousGraphics]

That thing reminds me of hungry hungry hippo

[@evang6503]

Cones kids and bystanders are always a concern.... The old man that wants that one tiny piece of firewood underneath your huge cut.ground guys need to be aware everyone

[@augustreil]

Sure works good at getting rid of that nasty undergrowth.

[@tooge47]

sure could have used this when I cleared the undergrowth on my 38 acres, left only the trees, LOTS of trees

[@gregbrown9271]

Lot better than a hand cy 😁👍

[@leonardvirtue5753]

Nice.😆 sir Augusta 😆

[@evanhooten4459]

So, now you're landscaping? 😆

[@evanhooten4459]

Seems cool though. Could have used it last week in a patch of wild roses and grapes. Roses tore me up.

[@evanhooten4459]

Also, I'll be emailing? You tomorrow bout the sizing for a sweet new belt

[@Wolfhound.]

it gets the job done but seems a bit fiddly to me

[@davet8602]

That poor little plant!

[@Tsjoni]

You are already missing flails to start with, shows on the video in the beginning and when you start te time-lapse... must be out of balance right away? 🤠

[@AugustHunicke]

Ya, we replaced them after this vid scene tho...

[@rayclark9643]

Don't forget to wear a hazmat suit when ripping and tossing large poison ivy vines through the air:)

[@dillangeiser4820]

The phone call

[@davidparker8242]

I have a job for that thing. But you never know what might be in those blackberries. You might find a motorcycle or something.

[@matthewallison4117]

If it's available with the whale tail type teeth it will be 100% better on scrub than those flimsy y teeth.

[@dubyajayyo]

6:00 You didn’t have to do that.

[@AugustHunicke]

Do what 🤔

[@dubyajayyo]

August Hunicke You mowed the petunia.

[@AugustHunicke]

dubyajayyo oh 😁 but it’s mine 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@RickF1558]

Hey, my cousin is a landscaper too!

[@AugustHunicke]

😁🏆

[@drewdouglas4883]

I could have done that with my push mower

[@AugustHunicke]

Nu uh, the blackberries yeah, but not the bushes and stringy vines in the woods.

[@Don.Challenger]

@drew Douglas, You neglected to mention to these people that you are one of the few Marvel/DC comic crossover super heroes.

[@julianalderson6996]

other train of thought is f..k em i did it, haha

[@almangrant7358]

"I'm a disgruntled Ted Nugent fan and I'm pissed, hold on while I get my Poligrip!

[@julianalderson6996]

it just not so good on old bikes n shit"

[@carlmalone4011]

Drive it over Trump.