My experience Renting a Fecon Forestry Mulcher

In this video, I discuss my experience renting a fecon forestry mulcher. Overall, it was a hasty decision with lack of research. I'd say I would rent one again IF the skid steer was appropriate.

[@laingen_b]

As a contractor that does this for a living, I've had too many people that ended up calling me after the same experience you had. I know it sounds expensive to hire a professional, but I know exactly what the real cost to operate the machine is and we have the experience to get you the best results possible in the shortest time frame. In most situations, I can do in one day what a home owner can do in a week, even if they're comfortable operating a skid steer doing dirt work. It can be very dangerous, and there are a lot of tricks that you only learn after thousands of hours doing it. Glad nothing worse happened and you're safe!

[@BeastsofBurdenPodcast]

Exactly, I have good cost share to do it I should have just waited for him to come. I would like to learn how to run one for the hell of it, but I think a smaller stand or smaller brush to mulch would be a better way to learn instead of big cedar trees!

[@eddluireg]

Thank you for sharing your experience

[@user-vq6rx5jo8c]

John deere isn't a good machine for mulching . It's a good chance your insurance company wouldn't cover the machine if it doesn't have a forestry package . You wouldn't find out until something bad happened like catching on fire .

[@go5582]

hi handsome the insurance advice is a great tip. these machines cost clost to 150,000.00 new.

[@go5582]

hi handsome. great channel, video and advice. i will take your advice .thanks.

[@vinceholmes9990]

They should have never rented a machine with a glass door! 17 years never broke a windshield.

[@BeastsofBurdenPodcast]

I should have known better and asked more questions. It is weird they would have a skid without the plexiglass used for mulching? I tried running it on the ground and even then an occasional stick would kick out. Even just being in the brush and a stick hitting the windshield is just too many chances that you can shatter a windshield.

[@hhazelhoff1363]

I live in Florida and am a contractor and I have never heard of a rental company renting drum style multchers. You’re very fortunate that you can rent one in your area. Must of been expensive. I imagine like at least $4500 a week or better?

[@BeastsofBurdenPodcast]

@hhazelhoff1363 actually it was around $3200 for a week. I found another company that is all Cat and they use only cat mulchers and they're $2500 a week. Their skids are all forestry grade. For the cost share I was getting I figured the price wasn't bad but it didn't even work out due to the improper set up. Lesson learned!!

[@hhazelhoff1363]

@@BeastsofBurdenPodcast that’s awesome. I pay $200 a hour for machine and operator. So that’s a hell of a deal for a week. And it’s so much fun operating those machines. I’ll call around again, but I’m pretty sure they don’t rent them here. Are you renting from like a national rental, or just a local dealership