Recent land clearing/thinning

[Brian Hay]

Hey guys,

Been a long time since I have posted anything so I figured I would pop in and post a couple pictures of some recent work. Nothing extreme this time, just some regular stuff.

[ProTouch Groundscapes]

checked out your site, pretty amazing pics and work you do!

[Brian Hay]

Thanks ProTouch!

Here is some more from another project.

[RockSet N' Grade]

Brian, now that you have been running the spyder for awhile......what are some plus/minus of your particular machine? Any new implements? How is the work load holding up?

[howierd3866]

Hello Brian..just wanted to know on regular jobs like these pics where a backhoe could do it do you charge diff. than if you ready needed the spyder. I know times are hard and everyone got to work and I'm not all at knocking you just wanted to know if you charge diff.Thanks good pics keep them coming

[Junior M]

looks great Brian. I assume that umm, I guess you could call it a 4n1 makes up for not having a thumb?

[Brian Hay]

Brian, now that you have been running the spyder for awhile......what are some plus/minus of your particular machine? Any new implements? How is the work load holding up?

I can't really think of any minuses except for cost to buy and get parts for it. Although it is not near as bad as when I first got it. I have learned a lot since then and now have two guys not far away that I can get whatever I need from. The guy I bought mine from I do not deal with at all anymore (kaiserexcavators.com)....he didn't even kiss me after he bent me over :laugh:
Lesson learned, I wont go into detail much but steer clear of that guy.

Now I deal with Ron at http://pioneerkaiser.com/ Ron is a straight up honest guy that has helped me out enormously. What I pay for parts and attachments has almost been cut in half dealing with him. I was paying new price for used parts from the other guy. Also Ron at Pioneer Kaiser is a complete Spyder Hoe guru. I think he has been around them for something like 30 years.

The pluses would be the power and reach it has for how small it is. I can keep up to a machine twice it's weight digging and still get into places only mini Excavators can normally go. And I can place a five foot granite boulder at full reach (about 26')

No new implements yet but now that have hooked up with Ron I have access to any attachment made for it on short notice if I need it. I would like to find some work mulching/maintaining right of ways with it.

[Brian Hay]

Hello Brian..just wanted to know on regular jobs like these pics where a backhoe could do it do you charge diff. than if you ready needed the spyder. I know times are hard and everyone got to work and I'm not all at knocking you just wanted to know if you charge diff.Thanks good pics keep them coming

I prefer to give a flat rate but if I am doing something that a regular machine can do and the customer really wants an hourly rate I do adjust my rate to be competitive.

[Brian Hay]

looks great Brian. I assume that umm, I guess you could call it a 4n1 makes up for not having a thumb?

I love that 4in1. It opens plenty wide enough to pick up anything I want to and it works with my PowerTilt

[bobcat_ron]

That is one wild bucket, CN Rail uses one of those HELAC buckets on a TLB fitted for the rails, it's a real treat to watch it in action pulling ties and digging ballast.

[Junior M]

I love that 4in1. It opens plenty wide enough to pick up anything I want to and it works with my PowerTilt
thats awesome!

[BIGBEN2004]

Good to hear from you Brian and even better to see you are still in business. Many folk are going under. Keep us posted with the great pictures and videos of that incredible machine. Maybe one day I will get the chance to run one. How much work have you had?

[Brian Hay]

Hey Ron the link to your website in your signature is not working.

I would sure like to hook up with the rail road with my machine. Swap my small wheels for rail wheels and away I go, there is a lot I could do for them.

[Brian Hay]

I feel really fortunate to still be in business Ben. I have watched several more established guys then me go under around here this year. Work has been hit and miss for me too but just enough that I can keep going.

Here is a couple more pictures for ya :)

The one with my 30" PowerGrip (http://www.helac.com/construction/powergrip.asp) in the back of my little Jeep Comanche really puts into perspective the power the Spyder Hoe has for it's size. That's a big bucket for such a small machine. People often try to compare it to a Mini Excavator but....show me a Mini Excavator that can handle a digging bucket that size. My big digging bucket is 36" and it handles/fills it effortlessly even in hard pan. Clean up bucket in the pictures is 4' and it loads it up no problem too.

The line of trees I took out with the PowerGrip was fun. It only took me about 20 minutes to pluck them out and toss them on the burn pile on the other side of the acreage.

[AWJ Services]

How much does that machine weigh?

[Brian Hay]

About 16,500 pounds.

[AWJ Services]

It looks much heavier.

[BIGBEN2004]

That is a perfect size machine. Just enough weight and power to get some serious work done but small and light enough to work in tight and delicate areas. How big is the engine in that? Does it do good on fuel?

[Brian Hay]

For sure Ben. I can fit where normally only Mini Excavators can and am often able to accomplish more in a day than they can 4 days.

It has 114hp Perkins in it and is not bad on fuel. About 8 liters (2gal) an hour.

[ksss]

It looks much heavier.

Agreed, I would have thought more as well.

[Brian Hay]

I think part of what helps keep the weight down is there is no counter weight.

[stuvecorp]

I am surprised your machine is that light, makes hauling it easier. I do like that powergrip bucket.

[Brian Hay]

For sure, I usually get a friend to move it if he is not to busy or call up the local towing company and use their tandem flat deck to move it. For what it costs me to move with them it is not even really worth being in a hurry to get my own truck.

Although later on, when cash flow allows I would like to get a dump truck. It will fit and is a legal load in the back of a tandem dump as well.

When it was shipped here from Switzerland they just put it in a container.

I am working on a new website and just added a page to the faq with all the specs if you want to check it out http://spyderhoe.ca/site/pg/catalogues/category/6

It's off topic but I sure am happy how well my new site is doing. It's not even finished, only been open a couple weeks and I have already made it onto the first page of Google for the search terms I want :cool2: It is part of a multi site network I am working on. http://hireowneroperators.com

[stuvecorp]

You don't have to worry about ramps.:laugh:

I was going to ask about your websites.

[Brian Hay]

Right on :laugh: I just fixed up my signature so that it has a link to both my business websites now.

[bobcat_ron]

That kinda looks like my trailer.

[Gravel Rat]

I don't think you will be out of work with a machine like that. You can do and go where most machines can't.

[Brian Hay]

Here is another Land Clearing/Thinning project I finished up on Saturday.

On this one Gravel Rat I think a Mini Excavator would have been there for a long time and could not of handled some of the stumps and timber I did. And a Track Hoe big enough would not have fit in between the trees to do it.

First the before pictures...

[Brian Hay]

One of the stumps I pulled out. I had a few big trees that were to close to the house for me to be comfortable taking down so I had a pro faller come and help me with those. He left the stumps tall so I had some leverage and it took me little more than five minutes to get them out.

[Brian Hay]

And here is how it looks now.

[Gravel Rat]

There is no way a machine smaller than a Komatsu PC75 machine could ever tempt that job.

Thats why I said you will never be out of work with a machine like that because it can go where most machines can't and it can do the bigger jobs.

[Bleed Green]

So is this spyder hoe something that you came up with, or are there others? That is something I don't think I have seen until now.

[Brian Hay]

There are others but they are fairly rare in North America. They are made in Switzerland. These are the two biggest manufacturers of them http://www.kaiser.li/en/home/ and http://menzimuck.com/index-en.html