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User Controls and Operation

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One Mulch machine Vs four guys- Can it move Material as fast as they Claim?

What happens here

The control panel is user-friendly and features a standard mower key ignition. After inserting the key and pushing the emergency stop button to release it, two green lights indicate the machine is ready. Instructions are conveniently located on the panel in both English and Spanish. A joystick allows the operator to select various functions: pushing to the right runs all systems (load material), pushing to the left primes/preloads the machine, moving to the 12 o'clock position runs only the conveyor (virtually silent), and operating the machine in reverse (using the remote or manual controls) pulls the tarp in.

Goal: Master the control panel for efficient and safe machine operation.

Tools and materials

  • Control Panel Key Standard Mower Key — Starting the machine
  • Mulch Mate DS1000 Mulch Mate — Controlling material dispensing and internal systems
  • Remote Control Mulch Mate — Remote operation of tarping and material dispensing

What they say

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[Music] One of the ideas I had, guys, is looking at how fast that this machine releases the mulch. What if instead of using wheelbarls, which is the bottleneck in this application, what if you put down like slat tracks or whatever a temporary road, and you drove the truck right to where the mulch needed to go and you actually have a chute to do that? Yeah. This chute here attaches to the bottom of the machine. There are no tools required. All spring action, so you can take it on and off without any tools. Just snaps in place. You can reangle it any direction you'd like to go. How long does it take to snap that in place? Seconds. We're going to do it. It's a little tougher because I had to hand drill the holes on this. This is the prototype machine. Oh, okay. So, so this one is the prototype, but on your production machines, it's set up to use that. The slots already in place, ready to go. Awesome. If you notice on the bottom machine, every single thing is below these feet here, so you'll never damage anything that's underneath the machine. Can you show me what you're talking about when you're going down the road, how you keep the excess material from spilling out? Absolutely. So, real simple. Nice aluminum tray with a nice steel lip here. You have your warning decals telling the your guys what to do in English and Spanish. Simple bungee done. And now you and now your load is protected going down the road. You got an integrated one of the largest, longest tool boxes on the market. It can holders, uh, brakes, uh, pretty much anything you want to put in there. Typically, all these tools will be in the bed of your truck. You have to put them on the ground, load them back up after you load up. They fall everywhere. This is all

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