Loading Mulch in Excavator Mode

foreign [Applause] [Music] [Applause] so [Music] so he actually locks that big skid steer bucket right into the frame of the machine by pushing it right up against the dozer blade or the push blade of the unit so when he goes into a pile of material he can get a better fight on it without putting all the pressure onto the boom arm itself [Music] and then right after i say that of course he doesn't do it and he does the opposite but i'm actually glad he did that because when he used it that way he was putting all of the stress on the hydraulics of the machine when he locks that boom arm into the frame of the machine it takes the hydraulics out of it and sticks the pressure onto the frame of the piece of equipment which is ideally what you want to do [Music] okay so what we're going to do is we're going to lock that bucket this is a mechalak mc8 we're going to lock it right into the frame right there it brings that the boom arm in 130 degrees it tightens the bucket right up to the frame right like that and now he's pushing off the frame of the machine as he goes forward now he can go into dirt whatever we're using mulch we don't scratch up the bucket of the machine because it's brand new and now he can switch and he can boom it just like an excavator so he can use this machine like both an excavator and a skid loader at the same time and it has an offset boom as well it can handle 5 000 pounds of struck weight i don't know if that's the correct term but it can handle 5 000 pounds and carry it all the way around 360 degrees but as we found out earlier that's not fully extended that's close into the frame unit of the machine so he bought two of those [Music] okay [Music] all right you guys well that's gonna call it for today's video we got to see how this thing can handle pal let's take a look at a big thanks goes to nate for demonstrating as best he could appreciate it we know you're not an equipment operator nate so we're not gonna pick on you in this video you are a salesman big thanks bonnie appreciate it thank you if these guys wanted more information should they reach out to you look at a local dealer trenchers plus and we're in burnsville and 952 890 6000 and ask for john and he'll get in touch with us and we'll