excavator rotary broom

[4 seasons lawn&land]

I think a rotary broom would be much more useful on a mini X than a skid. never seen one though.

[juststartin]

Where would you use it?

[4 seasons lawn&land]

where would you use one on a skid. same thing but more reach, more maneuverability.

[bobcat_ron]

Wouldn't work unless you have a dedicated pump for the broom, as soon as you move the tracks the broom would almost stop, some excavators use the aux and drive motors on the same pump.

[AEL]

skid steer would be 10x faster. Imagine trying to sweep a parking lot with one... It would make more of a mess then it would be usefull.

[juststartin]

Originally Posted by 4 seasons lawn&land

where would you use one on a skid. same thing but more reach, more maneuverability.

probably a parking lot or a street. Where would you use a mini ex broom?

[4 seasons lawn&land]

eh, nevermind then. I just thought it would be nice if you could reach anywhere with one. Tight spaces and up higher. I have a really unique situation where I have to clean snow off the tops of 10 ft diameter cylinders that are in the ground. They sit 4 ft above the ground and there are 200 of them. Takes 7 hours, 1 spine and 2 shoulders to clean them of a foot with a power broom trimmer.

[bobcat_ron]

Originally Posted by 4 seasons lawn&land

eh, nevermind then. I just thought it would be nice if you could reach anywhere with one. Tight spaces and up higher. I have a really unique situation where I have to clean snow off the tops of 10 ft diameter cylinders that are in the ground. They sit 4 ft above the ground and there are 200 of them. Takes 7 hours, 1 spine and 2 shoulders to clean them of a foot with a power broom trimmer.

Rent a Genie Lift or something, you can get these little units you pull behind a car from Cat Rentals, I've seen one use here by a gutter company, very wild looking little lift.

[J. Peterson Grading]

Actually, SnowEx makes a angle broom roughly 7ft wide (Non rotating) that goes on the front of a truck Via Plow mounts. A person thats doing what you are could get something like that and fab it to go on a mini or a tractor hoe.

You could go right down the middle of the rows, reach to both side and clear your area in maybe 1/3 the time.

J.

[ioilyouin]

Originally Posted by 4 seasons lawn&land

eh, nevermind then. I just thought it would be nice if you could reach anywhere with one. Tight spaces and up higher. I have a really unique situation where I have to clean snow off the tops of 10 ft diameter cylinders that are in the ground. They sit 4 ft above the ground and there are 200 of them. Takes 7 hours, 1 spine and 2 shoulders to clean them of a foot with a power broom trimmer.

Thanks for explanation, I can be a little more understanding of your first comment. I was wondering where your head was.