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Heavy Brush Clearing - Part 2 and Belt Failure

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Mowing Thick, tall grass on the impossible Site - This Is oddly satisfying.Steep slope with washouts

What happens here

The clearing continues with the Ventrac 4500Z, tackling more of the dense, tall brush on the steep hillside. The machine effectively cuts through the vegetation, but after approximately 10 minutes of operation, a drive belt on the flail mower snaps due to the heavy workload and potential impact with hidden obstacles. The operator inspects the damage, noting the belt is 'totally out' and 'frayed', rendering the flail mower inoperable.

Goal: Continue clearing dense brush until equipment failure occurs and diagnose the problem.

Tools and materials

  • Flail Mower Attachment Ventrac — The attachment that experienced the belt failure
  • Snapping Belt — The component that failed
  • Ventrac 4500Z Tractor Ventrac — Operated until the belt failure

What they say

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I everything. [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] Heat. Heat. What do you think? Well, I think while you're getting work done, I'm saving frogs. What's that? I said I think while you're getting work done, I'm trying to save frogs. A lot of frogs down there, huh? Frogs, too. How many? I I had three in my hand at one time. I like those little tree frogs. I do, too. You don't see them that often. So, what do you think? I don't know what to base it off, judge it off of, you know, if I'd be faster with the skid steer and an attachment in there, probably. Or would I get up and down? You definitely need tracks. Yeah. So many hidden stumps and stuff down there. So, you don't know what you're going over. No. And I think uh clear it once is good and then go over it a second time just to get it knocked down and then you can aravate it and see if that actually does anything. Yeah. I was thinking of going over next time, you know, get this top half and then take the skid steer with the bucket, move some of the bigger stuff out of the way. Oh yeah, there's a cliff down on the other side. So I just don't want to go. Do we have to do below that cliff? We can push all the brush right over the side of the cliff. Yeah, we go we go down and around there. How long have I been at this? Half hour, something like that. Yeah, first time running it. You're not familiar with it? No. Then you're being careful. You don't feel like ticking and dying. I don't feel like breaking something. Hitting the hitting the blades on a big stump, you know. Yeah. You feel good? Yeah. [Music]

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