Land clearing DAY 4. Drone crash! Illinois land management Bobcat T650 CTL& Blue Diamond Severe Duty

Join us for DAY 4 of a Illinois hunting land management project, as we take out the Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer and the Blue Diamond Severe duty brush cutter, as we make some new land clearings in some overgrown bushy areas on a great Southern Illinois hunting land property to improve the overall Wildlife habitat and marketability of this 53 acre parcel. Today I'll take out the new Bobcat T650 CTL Skid steer and the Blue Diamond Severe duty brush cutter and start a new land clearing project that is very thick, and overgrown to improve the strategic deer management and habitat for future land management success for this Illinois property owner and/or a new property owner (as this parcel is currently for sale). Join us for some fantastic drone video shots of the Bobcat T650 CTL Skid steer at work, (DJI phantom 4 pro drone) so you can get multiple close up and drone overview shots of the project at hand of clearing some of the major overgrown areas, and making a new clearing for a future food plot and food source to improve this Southern Illinois hunting land property. This is overall property management at its best, as well as wildlife conservation, Thanks for joining us, if you enjoy our content please hit the like button and share our content to help us grow our KZbin channel family! Thank you. Also consider subscribing to follow all of our Illinois and Kentucky land management projects, Food plots, waterfowl ponds and food plots, deer food plots, Bobcat T650 CTL skid steer projects, Bobcat e42 Mini Excavator projects, Branson tractor projects, DIY rustic home decor, Kentucky farmhouse rehab projects, DIY rustic barn wood projects, Excavation projects, DIY landscaping, and much more country living adventure! Thank you. Kapper Outdoors, living the dream, one acre at a time. If you have any interest in this property or others in the Southern Illinois area you can contact Curtis Rogers at [phone].

[@barryhansen6854]

Starting too look good Joe.

[@shaneswenson5703]

I found your channel today. Great content! I am enjoying the way you approach the job and that you're asking for input from your viewers. Keep them coming.!!!!

[@kapperoutdoors]

Welcome aboard! We've been around for nearly 10 years! But we were 'shadow banned' by YT because of some gun vids that I had!! Please share whatever you like, we greatly appreciate that! Hope to see you back! Take care

[@marvco64]

Quite a commitment to take on such a big job. You have to really like that kind of work. Nice job.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Well its all part of the life learning curve, and experience!

[@jeffmayeux1692]

Hey Mr Joe, love your content. That Blue Diamond cutter is the boss!

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thank you sir I appreciate that! We do work hard to make great content! And yes, that thing is awesome to run!! :) Have a good one

[@pascualpolicarpio4905]

Really enjoy watching you clear the land.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thank you, this job was much tougher than I expected!

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

I never get tired of watching other people work. Too bad about the drone, but you get some really great video with it. Job is progressing nicely.

[@solarhiveio3311]

Awesome videos.

[@photocontrol]

Great progress on the clearing Joe! That sucks the drone crashed. Hopefully it can be repaired quickly and back in business!

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thanks, yeah that sucked, but I guess all part of the game. I do have my back up one that was also crashed, it is working but has a few glitches still, lol

[@stevenpeters2593]

Mr. Kapper I want to say to you Thank you ! 🦌🤝

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thank you too!

[@karlk6860]

very good vid I ran a T650 with a Blue Diamond cutter for 4 years I still have the cutter but upgraded the bobcat to a T76 and it also works extremely well with the Blue Diamond, I was out for 6 hours today and tomorrow will be about 9 hours to finish the work! Its almost a real joy when you can cut brush as fast and still do a fantastic job with the right equipment!

[@kapperoutdoors]

Right on! Man, that T76 must be the cats meow!! I wanted one of them but just could not afford the upgrade! Thanks man, sounds like you have a great setup!

[@bobfitch607]

Cap I think all your video's are top notch! Only thing I see wrong is I'm not there playing in the big sandbox with ya. Love all outdoor work. I guess I'll still have to play in my 23 acre sandbox in the Adirondacks 😁

[@kapperoutdoors]

LOL thank you! Hey, you are still living the dream for sure! Glad you are along for the journey!

[@paultopnotchfishing7506]

Been here since you had 400 subscribers... Keep it up the great video's...💯👊👍

[@kapperoutdoors]

Wow! Legendary man!! So appreciate it!! Seems like 20 years ago LOL. Thanks!!

[@larrytremarki9458]

Nice job Kap, nice drone footage. It looks like it hit the ground hard

[@kapperoutdoors]

yeah at least we got some footage. I think it lost all power and came straight down....

[@houndsmanone4563]

Good job Kap. You've got support here. Hope you hit 100k in a couple months. You're doing well. Sorry to see the DJI crashed. Those are pricey drones. Have a fine week. Later

[@kapperoutdoors]

Much appreciated! Thanks man SF

[@emmettbohannan1217]

Your machine is a beast...

[@kapperoutdoors]

No doubt, I am lovin that thing! Thanks

[@TheRam273]

Dang Kap with having so much fun you should be paying them😜

[@kapperoutdoors]

LOL, well not quite!!! Trust me there is some work involved ! :)

[@stevedeweysmith]

Looks like a lot of good fire wood, kindling

[@kapperoutdoors]

It will be a nice bon fire :)

[@ccswede]

You are absolutely right about the big channels you referred to. They are often just infomercials. You see a product once and never again. You do not get the scope of the work or use of equipment. Many use women as click and bait. Your channel shows what can be done and how to do it. Keep up the good work. By the way you can block those channels by hitting the 3 dots next to their name. One option is to stop seeing. Sometimes it takes 2 or 3 times to block them.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Good info on the 3 dots, did not know that. I have nothing against success, but the platform is VERY uneven to put it politely... Thanks man appreciate it

[@struckbylightningteresap1396]

Wow that’s cool ❤️

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thanks, it is quite the project.

[@robert7355]

WoW! I didn't hear that mower bog down at all. Not once! Is that more the T650 or the mower? Or combo of both?

[@kapperoutdoors]

Both. The T650 is Hi flow, and they build the mower pump to match it with the hi flow machine that you have so it matches up the Gallons per minute so it all balances out nice. Thanks.

[@gem1n12]

Can you angle the deck forward and skim the ground a little closer to get more of a mulch instead of leaving the long sticks on the ground?

[@kapperoutdoors]

Yes you can and I did it a few times but that really does the blades fast because inevitably you're going to hit the dirt at times

[@ShadyOaksFarm]

Hey Joe, I have crashed two DJI Phantom 3 advanced. Had to rebuild both from new frame and camera wiring harness. Takes a few hours but real easy if you don’t have insurance. Frames are less than 50.00 and camera harness less than 20.00. 😂

[@kapperoutdoors]

Not sure I'm that talented, and the whole camera gimble is broken. I can't buy another one now, but I do have my back up, it works but still has a couple of glitches I need to work on. Do they have kits or something for the rebuild? Thanks

[@ShadyOaksFarm]

Kapper Outdoors they do. I couldn’t tell for sure but that looks like a Phantom 4. Just do an assessment of damaged parts and see what is needed. You can buy gimbal parts also. Your frame did not look damaged! My last two crashes I damaged the frames so I had to buy new frames.

[@safffff1000]

It doesn't matter to me high quality video, just so I can understanding talking without too much background noise or music. Content, subject and character means more. You showed what I wanted to see.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Thank you and I do understand! Matter of fact I just got a new mic yesterday! Cheers

[@nightsong28540]

Do you ever sit still? Lol, you're always busy doing something...stay safe, be careful, take it easy and keep dry..

[@kapperoutdoors]

Not for too long anyways, lol. I need to keep my mind busy for sure.

[@1man1woman65]

Hey Joe, question for ya. Any reason why you just can't drive through the brush with the skid steer then when you reach the end turn around? I realize some of the trees/brush are quite tall but you keep going forward, then backing up, then going forward, etc. Just curious. Thanks and be safe, Stanley in Md.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Good question! Yes, it is just too thick to do that. As you accumulate trees forward, they get sucked in to the cutter and slow it down. So you have to back out, to clear some of that. It also gives a 2nd cut on the way out. In Thin spots I will keep going forward. Thanks

[@jhoward7010]

@@kapperoutdoors thinking about buying one of these and getting into the biz. Can you give me an estimate of what kind of money I can make a year as an independent contractor with a steady flow/ serious backlog of work ?!

[@kapperoutdoors]

@@jhoward7010 You should be able to make some decent cash. You should be getting at least 125 and hour, possibly more depending on where you are located at. I only do this stuff very part time just to help offset the equipment cost. Best of luck, thanks!

[@michaelthomsen3246]

Do you have any videos with info on how you actually manipulate your retirement savings into land purchase? I thought I saw one of your videos in the past about this, but cannot find it now.

[@kapperoutdoors]

I think I have talked about it some but I don't recall. We have cashed in some Roths (no penalty), you can tap in to the principle of those at any time. And we've also had to cash in 'qualified' stuff too but have to pay penalty. but to live your dream the penalty was worth it. Thanks

[@davidgreenwood38]

I bought a t870 high flow, I am a little worried about taking a piece of wood through the door glass, can this happen? should I be mounting a piece of plexiglass in front of it, your thought appreciated

[@kapperoutdoors]

Yes it is absolutely a real risk that's why I used a forestry door on that thing full-time. I've had big and I mean big logs get flung up and whack right in the middle of that Plexi door. It's expensive but well worth the investment. Best of luck

[@Sparkchaser1]

How often do you need to sharpen the blades on that Blue Diamond?

[@kapperoutdoors]

Depends on how much harder stuff, hardwoods, that you get into. And of course if you nick a rock! But they are super tough, I've sharpened them a few times and can't believe how well they hold up.. Well, until I hit a big rock!!!

[@bobpaterson1845]

How often will that clearing need to be worked on to keep it in that condition 🤔👍👍

[@kapperoutdoors]

It will need to be bush hogged once or twice a year, or planted in a food plot to keep it down.

[@fatherandsonsfishing]

Darn, sorry about the drone crash. That doesn't make any sense because it should have just hovered if it lost signal (or RTH depending on the settings). Perhaps it was returning and clipped a branch? Although, it looked like it fell from higher than the height of those trees you were taking out.

[@curtisrogerslandbroker]

Father & Sons Fishing that’s what we thought , it didn’t make much sense. I was flying it about 75ft high over the cleared lane and the screen froze. I tried to find it by sight with no luck . Come to find out it had already crashed. Only thing i can think that happened , it lost all power from battery and went down.

[@kapperoutdoors]

you know I've never really run the batteries down too low, and then re charge. Maybe it just got too low and like you said came straight down! Wish I could get the video repaired on it, tried a paid service and they could not get it to play. But I still have the clips in case i can get someone to repair it.

[@fatherandsonsfishing]

I have definitely lived on the edge a little and run my batteries down pretty low. Once it reaches a critically low threshold, the drone just lands where it is. You can still control it if you have it within eyesight (by pushing up on the control to counteract the landing) but you have to be pretty aggressive with the controls and you don’t have much time to get it back near you. It’s a shame you don’t have the video (yet). I always tell myself, if I’m gonna crash it, I hope the camera is at least rolling to get the footage...

[@will4510]

How many acres of young saplings do you think you can clear within a day?

[@kapperoutdoors]

Really hard to say. Depends on size of material and if you have to cut a 2nd time closer to the ground to reduce stobs. I'd say at least 1 to 2 acres, probably more for a full day.

[@will4510]

@@kapperoutdoors I appreciate you for the response and video for the motivation!

[@bosshog1062]

HOW MUCH FLOW DOES IT TAKE TO PUSH THAT CUTTER?

[@kapperoutdoors]

I don't recall exactly but I have a hi flow machine, and they put a pump on them of your choice if I remember right, since all skid steers are different flow rates.

[@kb7722]

👍

[@barryhuizing2804]

I hope you wear ear protection when run that machine......I don’t think people appreciate how much you pay for that P series DJI drone. Wish I was closer to you I have a P3 S that I’m not using....nice video as always.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Its not that loud in the cab, they have a rating for it, don't recall what it is though. Yeah that would be cool to run over with a back up drone! You're not kidding on the cost! I do have my back up one, trying to work out a few glitches with it because I can't go out and buy another one right now. Thanks man take care

[@toddhogan7894]

A Fecon mulcher on a CAT 299D2 XHP would of been my choice of equipment for the project.

[@johnmax4586]

Ya but nobody cares

[@hartleyhomesteadmichigan6041]

Sorry about the drone ... 😭

[@kapperoutdoors]

yeah bummer! But I did get a lot of life out of it! Thanks

[@BenDover-ru1dc]

Joe, I'm very pleased with my DJI Mavic Mini drone that cost $400. Check out the reviews on KZbin.

[@kapperoutdoors]

I looked at that, but if I recall it only records video in 720? I need a full HD version. I thought about a Mavic pro, but just don't want to spend any cash right now. I do have my back up phantom 4 to use, even though it has a few glitches. If the mini did at least full HD i'd look at it. Thanks

[@chefpinot45]

Nothing against the landowners, but if it was my property, and I had trees that I wanted to save, I'd have been out there with bright orange surveyor's tape marking them for you ahead of time. That way, you wouldn't have to do on-the-spot ID. As I said, that's just what "I" would have done. Everyone does things differently, and that's fine.

[@ConstructionMachineryChannel]

Same here, You bring down the "wrong" tree and they are going to start yelling at you.

[@chefpinot45]

@@ConstructionMachineryChannel IDK. It may have been Kapper's idea to save those oaks. Without knowing the circumstances, I'm not willing to throw anyone under the bus. I just like efficiency, and a little pre-clearing recon would have made it a more efficient operation.

[@kapperoutdoors]

We were given full latitude on our discretion between Curtis and I.

[@kapperoutdoors]

Good call, thanks

[@curtisrogerslandbroker]

That stinks the drone crashed. Lost power and crashed.