A MULCHERS x-mas

[Terra Firma Scott]

Yep, its coming soon X-MAS!!

Maybe santa will bring me a SuperTrak with Cimafs DAF-180...Ive been a good boy this year..really..keep dreamin right?

I just came home from watching a SK120 with Cimaf head grind up 8,10,12 inch live oaks like they were tooth picks.....DROOL>................Spoke to the operator for awhile he LOVES it....600 hrs on the head now no issues-just grease and sharpen....12k winch on the rear, 287b on steroids....Built like a tank..

Makes my wee little 257 look like a fisher price toy.......

 

[QwikDraw]

What???

No pictures

 

[Terra Firma Scott]

This operator will be there all week...They (Large Tree Company) are clearing for a gas line company like 5 miles long by 75ft wide.......Ill try and snap some shots...of course they wont be as elegant as yours ted, all your photos rock....

Just to hear this thing running you can tell its tuned.....sounds good..ooh i want one....

 

[ForestryMowCo.]

The SK120 is not a bad machine, but the head is the difference. The 120 is not a cheap machine and can be hard to work on and maintain when it gets some hours on it. I have a GT10 with a cimaf/gyro head that will be running long after the SK120 is dead and gone.

 

[AX MAN]

In order to cut this size tree as you described. It had to be because of the planer teeth. Horsepower wise the machine is probably not much stronger than yours or mine. Gots to be the teeth.
Here's my question? What happens when the head goes to the ground? When you are cutting in areas where you can't see the ground and hit rocks?
Just yesterday I cost myself money because of grinding the tops off big rocks that were covered in weeds,bushes ect... What to you people that have these teeth VS carbide do in these situations? Will they keep going?

 

[Terra Firma Scott]

Ax, the sk120 is DOUBLE the horsepower I have...hence the fact it never stalled or slowed the head more than about 25% of running rpms....and he said he wasnt even running WOT....I have to run Wide Open Throttle all day....Not sure what Hp or cutter you own..Mine is only 60Hp....just takes longer I have to sharpen every 8 hrs...

Definitely had planer teeth...and a few did look like steak knives but i couldnt tell by the way it was cutting.....27 teeth he stated....sharpens them at 15 degrees on the head....

As far as running the head in the ground..I dont think there is any remedy for that other than skim the material and dont push it into the dirt....Covered rocks and rocky soils not to much of an issues in this sandbar of a state I live in..guess it would be frustrating buying new teeth every job cuz I wanted a closer cut....

 

[ForestryMowCo.]

It has been my experinence that fixed tooth cutter heads of any kind have no business in rocky environments. The only time they would be any good in that case is when you are cutting standing material. A swing tooth head is far more efffective for me around rocks.

 

[cbturf]

I would have to disagree on the fixed tooth theory. Between two sets of teeth I have about 800 hours on my Fecon carbides and have not broken a single tooth. I just replaced a set of teeth about a month ago and the ones I took off had about 600 hours and they were not completely worn out. How many hours do you get out of your swing teeth? And yes I am in an extremely rocky environment! (mountians of New Mexico at about 8,000 feet plus elevation)

 

[SSP&M]

The Sk120 is no harder to work on then any other skidsteer. I dont know how long it will last but we have around 3000hrs on ours now with no problems. The supertrak takeuchi is probably the most reliable machine out there in the under 150hp class but doesnt quite have the power the others do. we have around 4500 hrs on ours. I guess it is all in how you take care of them. I have heard nitemares from the gyro owners with reliability issues on some of the 13s,18s, and 25s. we had to get rid of our gyro swingtooth mulcher due to it not being reliable, belt issues, bearing issues, and vibrations. I guess they all have there good and bad aspects.

My christmas list: another denis cimaf to install on my sk120.

 

[Terra Firma Scott]

SSP/m , the operator of the SK i speak of had a fecon on his when they first got it...said the cimaf is night and day in comparison...

Ill tell santa to drop one at your place after he drops one at mine...