Here is the new toy

[darkstar]

Gehl advantage.
Dave at TNT tree swears by this thing.
It has hydralic steering and articulating and power.
Its the craziest machine ive ever been on.
I took it across wet grass and did a 360 and it didnt leave a mark.
Koa man uses his all the time.
Its crazy the ass end is always chasing the front as you turn and such.
Honestly im not to psyched on it , im kinda scared of it tipping and Dave had told me to beware of that.
Both him and Wesley say ill get used to it and love because of the minimum turff damage and the speed , it is fast.
It takes a bit of work to get it ready to hold a BM but that's my aim and a old BM of Daves is on the way here now.

I didnt like the mini either when we first got it hahah.
Make me an offer if you really want it
830 hours no smoke runs very strong.
Today is my first day playing with it the only thing i can say for sure is you can go on wet sod ,pickup a load ,and leave no trace.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Trey cool, hombre!

 

[vharrison]

Very nice!! Congratulations!

 

[Bounce]

It takes a bit of work to get it ready to hold a BM but that's my aim and a old BM of Daves is on the way here now.

Dude, I think you're supposed to flush those things as soon as they come out. Definitely not sanitary to keep laying around.

 

[darkstar]

I guess so , its freaking me out but Koa man uses his everyday so im sure its the chit.
The hydralics are pretty strong and since the steering and all are HYD. its pretty wild ride . It even has a sucicide knob on the sterring wheel im serious ....Ill go take a pic cause i know yall wont believe it...

 

[darkstar]

Dude, I think you're supposed to flush those things as soon as they come out. Definitely not sanitary to keep laying around.

Hmm i dont get it but thats not suprising huh.
Im jus dumb like that

 

[PCTREE]

Cool What did you pay?? My TCM 804 has a suicide knob also, I love it. Now remember DONT DROP YOUR PRICES AS IT IS SO EASY.

You must have dropped $40-50 K right with the chipper and loader??

 

[darkstar]

No not that much ...
I cant say u know...but no not that much...
Here is a pic of the suicide wheel haha
Freaking thing is fast
Im actually using it its so fast.
Its crazy, id say the future of mini loading should be articulating.
I hope i can get comforatable with it .
What would be cool is if we all had one and we could do some racing like the lawn mower races

 

[darkstar]

As most of you all know how articulating machines work here is the bomb that provides the HY. steer power.
not a good pic but geez you got hyd power pushing the front and back apart .
I need to make a video.
The ass of the machine chases the front of the machine very rapidly left to right .
Its like driving a speghetti noodle or a snake on steroids.
If for nothing else i reccomend riding one if u ever get a chance
Its hard to explane.
Very creative machine work, i gotta give um that...

 

[darkstar]

Either way im not totally convinced its gonna be good for the terrain around here.
So many little hills and slopes and valleys.
not enough sod
I put about a 500 pound rock on the forks and ran around my wet yard with it , it was just like Koa man said no damage. NONE.

 

[arborworks1]

Good looking little machine. What kind of lift capacity does it have?

 

[No_Bivy]

be careful turning on slopes with a load.....Looks cool as hell...maybe I need one

 

[arborworks1]

Dave would love to pay you a visit, Bivy. I Am digging those machines as well. Anyone want to buy a A300?

 

[gf beranek]

A machine like that not only makes the work easier it opens whole new possibilities for future jobs.

 

[No_Bivy]

Dave would love to pay you a visit, Bivy. I Am digging those machines as well. Anyone want to buy a A300?

how much?

 

[Wagnaw]

Be careful driving that thing really close to walls/ fences. The way those steer makes it hard to turn away from a wall when you're really close to it.

I drove a ventrax lawnmower that turned like that, and if you got too close to a wall of a building you were stuck because the machine couldn't move enough to turn being so close like that.

...I dunno, that's just my experience with machines that turn like that. Otherwise, awesome.

 

[cutitup]

That is way cool! Just looking at it I can think of how many uses it has. Sooooooooo much equipment soooo little money. I gotta finish my new splitter project before I start dreaming about other stuff. Best of luck with it.

 

[darkstar]

Be careful driving that thing really close to walls/ fences. The way those steer makes it hard to turn away from a wall when you're really close to it.

I drove a ventrax lawnmower that turned like that, and if you got too close to a wall of a building you were stuck because the machine couldn't move enough to turn being so close like that.

...I dunno, that's just my experience with machines that turn like that. Otherwise, awesome.

That is exactly what Dave said...
Man if one was working on sod u need this EQ.
Ill take 12k hahaha

 

[Wagnaw]

We seem to have some flippin' goin' on over here.

 

[No_Bivy]

We seem to have some flippin' goin' on over here.

do what?

are you the one who rolled the ven trac into the pond?

 

[Wagnaw]

HA!!! NO! I think I was gone when that happened.


"Flipping" ....like house flipping, etc....

 

[squisher]

Cool! Wild looking rig, congrats.

 

[sawinredneck]

That is a neat rig Dark!!
Dave had a new one on the trailer, it looked pretty sweet!

 

[darkstar]

Did somebody say flip?
John u need it , with all those expensive lawns u wreck haha jus kiddin.
No this baby is unreal .
I picked up a huge rock a few mins ago and drove all over my front lawn in the dark ...
it left no damage to my grass.
NO DAMAGE AT ALL NONE NODDA.
i cant believe it
any of the other loaders would have wrecked the yard..
even if i winched some brush across it ,, it woulde be all muddy trax/mud trail.With this there is nothing.
I cant understand why all tree services dont have one....

 

[stehansen]

If I didn't have my tractor that is exactly what I would want.