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it is monday and i have rented this excavator聽
right here for two days i rented it through a聽聽
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company called big rents they partner with聽
local rental companies all over the country聽聽
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it's quick and easy this is my third rental聽
through them and i've been happy with them so
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all right guys welcome back to marshall聽
remodel we're here at the mad county build聽聽
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today and we are still waiting for聽
the drywallers to finish hopefully聽聽
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they were supposed to be here the last聽
couple days but they have some things come up聽聽
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and uh they weren't able to get here so hopefully聽
they will be able to come and finish by the end聽聽
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of the week but while i've been waiting for them i聽
cleared out uh probably two or three more acres of聽聽
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uh brush and dead trees and thorn locusts and聽
stuff like that and so i wanted to take this time聽聽
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to talk about that a little bit i get the question聽
a lot whether you should rent or buy some of the聽聽
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equipment when owning your own land and there's a聽
lot of variables in that i own my own skid steer聽聽
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my skid steer was something i obtained when i had聽
a tree farm i don't know back in 2012 i used it to聽聽
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um spade trees and ball them and then聽
sell them so that paid for itself聽聽
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and i've kept that around and it's been聽
incredibly useful if you're gonna buy one tool聽聽
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for your acreage i would say a skid steer is a聽
really would be a really good choice especially聽聽
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with all the attachments as far as a job like聽
this clearing land where you need an excavator聽聽
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if you remember back when i originally cleared聽
my land for where my house was going to go i聽聽
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rented a small 20 horsepower excavator聽
mainly because i could haul it myself聽聽
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it was fairly cheap and the trees that i had to聽
dig were only you know anywhere from three to聽聽
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six inches in diameter i did have a couple bigger聽
ones but for the most part they were all smaller聽聽
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so that excavator worked perfect and i rented that聽
this job the trees are just far too big as you can聽聽
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see right behind me i mean there's some pretty聽
big trees that i had to take down so i rented聽聽
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the biggest mini x that i could get which is about聽
20 000 pounds the one i got was a john deere 85 g聽聽
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and it did a really good job so if you're asking聽
yourself why would i clear out a bunch of trees聽聽
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well a couple reasons a bunch of them were dead聽
i have a bunch of ash trees that the ash borer聽聽
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has killed and i wanted to get those trees聽
down because it's good hardwood if you get it聽聽
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early enough but um ash t ash seems to rot a聽
little bit faster so i didn't want to wait too聽聽
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long and then not be able to use that there's聽
some pretty big trees that i'll be able to聽聽
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cut up into some boards and then the rest聽
of it all uses firewood and then there's聽聽
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also i know i've talked about this before聽
a bunch of honey locusts the ones with the聽聽
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big huge thorns those things i've had i have聽
quite a few of those on my property and i've been聽聽
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working on basically eradicating them because聽
if you have ever seen these things they are聽聽
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violent and they have like these incredibly sharp聽
thorns that range anywhere from a half inch to聽聽
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five inches long and they will go through your聽
boots they will go through any kind of tire聽聽
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let's check out some of that footage and聽
then we'll talk about this a little bit more
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so let's talk a little bit about running an聽
excavator first and foremost the most important聽聽
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thing is to take your time anytime you're using聽
heavy equipment you don't want to get in a hurry聽聽
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those are they're powerful they're big and you聽
don't want to get in a hurry and get yourself聽聽
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in a jam because you know you could flip them聽
over or you could tear a hydraulic line off聽聽
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i'm not trying to scare you guys i'm just聽
trying to make you understand that these are聽聽
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are powerful machines and they need to be聽
respected and you need to take your time with them
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there were so many dead trees聽
and brush and thorn honey locust聽聽
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that we just want to clean that up and then i聽
don't know plant some kind of food plot there聽聽
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this year and then we'll probably uh put a聽
bunch more trees there the following year so
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i got uh i'm gonna do clear out about the same聽
amount of area down in the bottom tomorrow if聽聽
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you're clearing land one thing you're聽
going to be doing is taking down trees聽聽
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and the reason i choose an excavator is聽
because i like to get the root balls out聽聽
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one especially where you're building you聽
have to get them out but i like to get聽聽
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all the roots out so typically what i'll do聽
is i'll square up to the tree and then i'll聽聽
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attack the root depending on what kind of tree聽
if it's a hardwood tree you're gonna have a聽聽
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lot more stronger roots that you're gonna have to聽
deal with so you might have to start further out聽聽
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from the tree but attack the left and the right聽
side of the tree breaking the roots then the front聽聽
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and then you want to push the tree away from you聽
and then once you get it on the ground push it聽聽
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away from you and drop it then you can pull out聽
the rest of the roots on the back side of the tree聽聽
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and that's the a good safe way to do it so you聽
don't accidentally pull the tree down on top of聽聽
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you which would be an awful situation so once you聽
get that tree pulled out and out of the hole these聽聽
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excavators have a small dozer blade on the front聽
of them and you can literally just push the dirt聽聽
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right back into the hole it it works out really聽
well and it will take you a few hour two three聽聽
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hours to get comfortable with it but once you聽
do you can find out you can be really efficient聽聽
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on these machines if you don't have a lot of聽
experience on an excavator i'd stay away from聽聽
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steep hills although you can handle some pretty聽
steep hills with these you just have to know聽聽
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how to approach the hill how to go down the hill聽
and there's there are good videos out there that聽聽
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show you how to do that and it's really not聽
all that hard as long as you take your time so
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i get the question a lot of whether they聽
should somebody should rent should buy聽聽
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or should pay somebody i always believe that if聽
you can do something on your own you should do it聽聽
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you know i have probably 16 hours into this聽
land clearing job that i'm doing right now聽聽
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and i have you know 1400 bucks in this rental now聽
if i was to pay somebody to come in here and do it聽聽
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you're looking at in our area you're looking at聽
anywhere from 150 to 200 an hour for the machine聽聽
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and the operator so just in you know to make it聽
easy 200 an hour 16 that's 3 200 bucks and that聽聽
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doesn't include the hours on the skid steer so and聽
i still have quite a bit of trees to move around聽聽
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with my scissor yet so you're looking at probably聽
a six to eight thousand dollar job that i did for聽聽
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you know probably sixteen hundred dollars once i聽
factor in my fuel and all that so definitely worth聽聽
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it um it's just uh maybe conquering some fears聽
and and trying something that you haven't done聽聽
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before but if you've never rented an excavator for聽
i would start out with something smaller just get聽聽
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the feel for it and then move your way up so if聽
you guys are thinking about using bigrents.com聽聽
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for your rental i have a specific phone number and聽
web address that is specific to marshall remodel聽聽
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for you guys to use use that that way聽
they know you guys are found us on聽聽
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our youtube channel i have i've had three rentals聽
from them and they've all went really well i don't聽聽
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want to ever suggest doing something unless it it聽
works good and it has for me so it's a good option聽聽
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for you for example when i rented that lift i聽
realized as i started framing up the trusses that聽聽
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it was just too dangerous to do it without one i聽
called i think it was like a thursday afternoon聽聽
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around two o'clock and i had that lift at聽
my house by nine o'clock the next morning聽聽
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so that is pretty fast and it was uh really easy聽
so keep that in mind check out bigrams.com i'll聽聽
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put that number and the website in the description聽
and also put it across the bottom of the screen聽聽
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another bonus of doing your own land clearing you聽
can pile up the trees and the brush and piles that聽聽
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you want so you see behind me i have a pile of all聽
the trees that i'm going to cut up for firewood聽聽
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if i'm going to take trees down i want to use them聽
i got a pile i got piles that i'm going to cut up聽聽
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i have bigger logs that i'm going to mill and use聽
for different projects and then i got piles that聽聽
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are just brush and stuff like that that i'm going聽
to burn so that's what i like to do i like to get聽聽
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it in certain piles and then as time allows聽
i'll come down here with my dump trailer and聽聽
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truck and i'll cut up some firewood put it in the聽
trailer and haul it up to the house so probably聽聽
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next spring i'll come in and i'll plant a bunch of聽
different trees that we like to replace these and聽聽
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more desirable so i hope guys this video was聽
helpful for somebody and hopefully by the end of聽聽
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the week we'll be back working on the house i got聽
all my painting stuff ready and we are ready to聽聽
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rock and roll so as soon as they get the house uh聽
the drywall done we will be back at it and we'll聽聽
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be bringing you videos as we go so thanks for聽
watching and we will catch you on the next video
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