[CAT powered]

And I brought a new toy with me.

2006 Rotochopper CP118

It's a re-grinding/coloring unit to make mulch.

Pete's truck next to it to show size and that it was designed to be pulled behind a truck like that.

Powered by a 115hp John Deere diesel

Inside the hopper

Un-colored material that I put through to get an idea of final product.

2" square non-baffled screens. Not liking the product they turned out so I'll be purchasing a set of 1" round baffled screens. Round to produce less sharp edges than the squares and baffled so long, skinny stuff can't make it past.

I'll need to replace at least one cutter as well because I see at least one bent one without even having the screens out.

 

[Scag48]

Glad you're back. Make sure you pay your son for the use of his truck. :laugh:

 

[CAT powered]

You're kidding right? I pulled that there with my 6.0 he just wanted a picture of his truck there.

 

[stuvecorp]

Nice. I really like their bigger mulcher, I think it was a 266? I looked at grinding stuff up to make mulch and hog fuel and talked to them a lot.

 

[curtisfarmer]

Is that the final product? Looks a little coarse to me for mulch, ok for the 1st grinding though. I know a guy who is BIG time into mulch. He has a 24 yard bucket on a huge, old Michigan loader.:weightlifter:

 

[Scag48]

You're kidding right? I pulled that there with my 6.0 he just wanted a picture of his truck there.

Ah I see. Just looked like his rig towed it there, it appears to be hooked to the chopper.

 

[CAT powered]

Curtis I said in my first post that I didn't like the product the 2" square screens were turning out so I'll be calling Rotochopper tomorrow to get a price on 1" round screens with baffles to keep the longer stuff from getting through.

I run a composting center for my town and tree services drop off chips all the time so I just took a bucket of those chips and put them through with no coloring and that was the product. Not too thrilled about it so that's why it's getting new screens.

Next up after the screens is fixing a few of the cutters and playing with the dye system. It hasn't stopped raining since we took delivery on it so we haven't played with it too much.

 

[tmf lawn care]

welcome back cat that new toy look cool *trucewhiteflag*

 

[Junior M]

Dont lie, your 6.0 broke down.. :laugh:

Whats up buddy! :waving:

 

[CAT powered]

Junior that 7.3 has a 4 way plug 2" ball and no brake controller. It didn't tow that there he just wanted a good picture and it didn't do anyone any harm.

See? 6.0 pushed 9 feet of Fisher plow this winter cleaning up the road to my new site so it didn't ice up.

I hear you're driving a Dakota these days, Junior. What happened to diesels and Chevy?

My oldest just bought himself a 98.5 24v 2500 4x4 with a 7.5' Fisher plow on it.

I know you don't know anything about plows (only socks) since you're from the south but I'd be happy to educate you if you think you can pay attention long enough.

 

[DirtMerchant]

Your sons truck looks really nice, hopefully I can get into something like that this summer.

 

[Junior M]

I hear you're driving a Dakota these days, Junior. What happened to diesels and Chevy?

Money and driving as far as I am was the reasons.. I'll have a Chevy before long, dont worry about it.. :drinkup:

And I'd rather not learn about plows, what do I need that for? Its not like you or Kaiser are goin to hire me anytime soon!

 

[CAT powered]

In case you decide to become a big boy and move up north. And I guess you'd rather use your sock than plow hard all night.

And you never know, Junior. I might hire you just for the entertainment value. Drop a few wrenches in the dye barrels and make you fish em out bare-hand. Get you a company truck... a Ford IDI 2wd XL with a bazillion miles sounds about right.

 

[curtisfarmer]

Oops, didn't see your post about the 2" screens, I bet you'll will be happy with the baffles and 1" screen. Are you going to sell mulch in large quantities to local markets (not exporting in live floor trailers though)? Try marketing it as "local" knowing people "know" it is their/local biomass making the mulch.

 

[CAT powered]

I intend to sell some retail at the composting center I run and I intend to wholesale any additional mulch to the garden centers etc in my area.

And if I can find the work I'll be taking that unit on the road within a few hours of home but outside my own market area and I'll make mulch for other people. All I need to make that operation mobile is a good water source at my destination and I can handle it no problems.

Put my skidsteer on a trailer behind one truck along with a few skids of dye and then put the rotochopper behind a second truck and good to go.

 

[curtisfarmer]

Make mulch for me We log regulary at our place in S.NH and generate huge volumes of chips.

 

[BrandonV]

just be sure to wear a mask! I read an article not too long ago about those dyes causing respiratory problems/cancer for the operators.

 

[CAT powered]

just be sure to wear a mask! I read an article not too long ago about those dyes causing respiratory problems/cancer for the operators.

If you could get me a link or copy-paste or something so I could read that article I'd really appreciate it. Tough to know what to get in order to filter out the crap if I'm not 100% sure what I'm supposed to be filtering.

 

[Junior M]

In case you decide to become a big boy and move up north. And I guess you'd rather use your sock than plow hard all night.

And you never know, Junior. I might hire you just for the entertainment value. Drop a few wrenches in the dye barrels and make you fish em out bare-hand. Get you a company truck... a Ford IDI 2wd XL with a bazillion miles sounds about right.

thats cool, it'd be a ride, a free one.. :cool2:

I am sure I could deal with your crap. You still got the adopt-a-******* workin for ya?

 

[CAT powered]

thats cool, it'd be a ride, a free one.. :cool2:

I am sure I could deal with your crap. You still got the adopt-a-******* workin for ya?

Fired him a long while ago. Was a year since his termination in August.

I found out the real reason why my contract that I hired him for in the first place got terminated. That moron was mouthing off to everyone else and they were just using any excuse to get him out of there.

Just wasn't working out. Eaiser without him around. Lot cheaper too.

My sons could both out-work him 10:1, complain less, and I don't have to pay them half as much as I was giving him.

And he was getting real hard on the equipment making stupid mistakes, backing into things, etc. When he started cussing at me was when I told him to go home and not bother to come back.