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Anyone know a good import broker that works in Portland OR?

I just paid my deposit for a YFE20 from Infront (Epa Ce Mini Excavator 1 Ton 1.5 Ton 1.7 Ton 2 Ton Mini Excavator With Competitive Prices Lower Than Xn For Sale - Buy Cheap Mini Excavator For Sale,Mini Excavator Price,Mini Excavator Product on Alibaba.com) based on a UK guy on YouTube using...

It has a centrifugal clutch. A few weeks ago I was using it and the belts were squealing like crazy... never having used a machine with a belt that did this (other than a car/truck with the fan/alternator belt making the occasional fuss) I assumed it might have been normal. Well, that ended...

Maybe a centrifugal clutch, controls are just the key to electrically start it, choke, and a throttle control on the engine itself (not remote).

Yesterday was my first day using the Titan AT100 flail mower behind my 2003 Bombardier Quest 500. Other than my ATV being 2wd and spinning tires on some of the steeper slopes, I think it went great! I drove it up and down some pretty steep sections of my property, through some fields, got stuck...

Well I split my efforts... Hired an excavator/operator for a day with his 10000lb machine and flair mower attached where the bucket would be. Then I bought an old Gravely 5000 series 2-wheeled tractor with brush mower, tiller, and rotary plow. Had to clean the carb and the implements, and the...

So glad the photos are still loading! Very helpful, super simple design that I should be able to replicate if/when I need!

I've got a 40" titan ATV flail mower being shipped at the moment, hoping it gets here this week. I'll update with some pics and let you know how it works out once I fire it up!

Definitely don't want to encourage wildfire!!! Leaving them to rot sounds good enough. I'll have to learn about ratchet rake, piranha tooth bars, and what a "ptb" is!

This is the cutter I ordered... Fedex is telling me that it might be here in 3 days (for a total of 11 days from the time I ordered, shipping from China): https://www.amazon.com/CHIKURA-Backpack-Cutter-Trimmer-strimmer/dp/B07ZPWMJPM/ Hopefully it's a decent machine! I have been whacking at...

So something I've been reading the last day or so is that the CTLs don't have very good clearance... I guess that should have been an obvious reason for their stability (getting the center of gravity low). I am just starting to look at the Bobcat Toolcats... they are pretty interesting to...

Thanks for all the great input. I visited three heavy equipment dealerships today, Case, John Deere, and CAT. No tractors at any of them, but I think I'm getting a rounded out idea of what might make sense monetarily and practically. Probably need to do another round like this except at...

new 48" Titan ATV flail mower for $2700, or used 44" Swisher rough cut bush hog for $1200? I've got slopes, some grass, blackberries, probably some 1-2" woody weeds, maybe old tree limbs and some rocks. Looking for the ATV towable for now because I've already got the ATV, and am only a week in...

I see so much back and forth on flail vs bush hog... I guess I might as well get some more opinions here too. From what I've read/seen, flail seems like the way to go (better cut, better mulching, easier to maneuver), except that if the drum gets dented repairs can be costly. I'm thinking that...

I think for the right machine, with financing, $60k wouldn't be out of the question. But from what I'm hearing, there might not be a single machine for what I need, and also that some machines I wouldn't need but once or few times ever. The Mecalac MCR series is very very attractive, but my...