thanks for the kind words and yes well said retired from retiring thats funny stuff thanks

Thank you Mr Troy

Thank you for the kind words, tell folks all time not real smart just real old, good luck to you in land clearing, is good business

Thank you glad you enjoyed

Thank you Mr Jeremy

soooo true thanks

Thanks man, see how long my old ass can climb in the cab lol

Thank you Mr Mike

glad you enjoyed Mr Joseph, thanks for watching

Thank you sir

Thanks Mr Darryl, we glad to be back too

Thanks Mr Blair for the compliment

thanks, glad you enjoyed

thank you Mr Leroy

Thanks Mr Joshua, glad you enjoyed

Thanks Mr Matt, yes sir I suck at retirement lol

Thanks for the kind words, more coming

Thanks

thanks Mr Mike

Made me laugh my A$$ off, thanks Mr. Shane

Mr James You are 110% right a 336 is a hoss, an yes that Rome is a PIA get on location, putting new blades on it today an gonna post video of my 70 year old azz doing it in couple days, ever up my way stop by, like your red truck nice ass iron.

@@stevebenifiel5068 70 years old, my man you are a bad ass...... Good for you... . I hope I even make to 70. Where in Florida are you? I am in Wellington

@@doublejump6578 Between Cedar Key and Chiefland out in the woods lol

Yes sir Mr Alphonso they exceeded our expectations thanks for watching.

thanks

Thank you

Excellent past time if it is snowing lol, 82 degrees here today, glad you enjoyed Mr Stephan

Be thanking you Mr Brad for watching and the kind words, be safe out there

thanks

Yes sir, only way to ''''clear land'''' is to remove all growth, not cover the stumps with wood chips lol

Hey Mr Brent glad you enjoyed, thanks

Man those words are straight from the heart, at 70 you learn to recognize where words are formed, best wishes from me to you for your dream to become reality, thanks Mr Razer, oh yea BTW it is fun in the sandbox till ya break something lol

Thanks Mr Lance

Thank you sir and will sure do that, be a good day!!!!

Thank you,

Thanks Mr Allan, will get busy lol

Exactly what is so wrong with non native Florida contractors as long as they do a good honest job, charge an honest price and have good personalities. Of course no disrespect for native Florida contractors.

@@brianzybura8633 born in saint pete 1950,

That is funny, making a rome plow video now, replacing front blades as we speak, showing some tips/tricks old age will teach you, be done with video and will post in few days thanks for watching

@@stevebenifiel5068 I really enjoy your videos. I grew up farming in Wyoming as a kid, now I do logging and dirt work. I'd like to find a used 36" Rome disc to really park out the areas up here and make them more usable.

@@peakster7486 Will keep eye out and if see one will let you know

depending on soil and stump size you are left with excavator, what size excavator? big wood big excavator, cheapest way if pine is to chop stump with chopper allowing water intrusion and speeding up rot, if you don't cut top allowing water in they seal with sap and never rot, very costly to dig big wood and stack and burn, massive job, cut stump wait 2-4 years depending on weather then go in and Rome plow the rotten stumps and crisscross and make pasture or farmland, grew up in the big woods in Washington state we come off the mountain with 6-8 logs on trailer, those days gone now.

Thanks Mr Josh

be little bit working on new piece equipment right now lol, thanks Mr. James

Thanks Mr. Connie

Getting one gathered up of our shop and what it takes keep all my junk running lol

Just is what it is, thanks

true true true sir

Thanks mr Cody

yes sir

Get some pines that can saw will holler

@@stevebenifiel5068 With the real estate bubble at historic highs in Miami I am considering a move to a place where land is cheap. Crappy houses around me are selling for 500K and up so what better time to cash out and move?

Thanks Mr David

Thanks from mechanic not welder Lol

@@stevebenifiel5068 lol that’s ok

thanks will keep on

Thanks Mr Gaz of the north and it is a blast to clear with also,

thanks

Thanks Mr Dave

is 12 an 1/2 wide, is a TRCH 16thanks for watching

Thanks for watching Mr Jim

Actually they're built in Cedartown

Depending on hp you have to pull it, can open/close the gangs to help, always turn left, 32 to 36 inch blades will give you excellent results. Hope this helps

Sure bet it would.

You are sure right Mr Dylan it is a pain to move, but once on location you like the results, nothing compares to Rome turning soil.

Thanks and welcome aboard

True Mr Raymond, doing the plowing not issue, getting it loaded and unloaded is pain in the azz big BIG time lol, tell folks if I had any job skills I would do something else, but it does an awesome job, thanks for watching and be safe in the woods

You need a microphone and a stage, i would pay for that kind of humor Mr Ryan

Hey Cummins, no sir retired again, first time being old, having to learn every dang day, never been old before, found out plans don't mean anything to your health lol, be safe

Yes sir, every job is different as every piece of land is different, to clear and stack starts at $1,500 acre, D6R is extremely fast so we do a lot of clearing in 8 hr day. thanks

Thank you sir

Hey Mr Matt, be thanking you for the kind words, stay tuned have 60 acres of regrowth coming up on schedule will see can video some of the rough stuff for you, thanks for watching

Excavator or grind to below surface, if no hurry chop them let water rot them then bring in rome disc if not in hurry

yes sir

we never run out at my house lol, thanks for watching Mr Robert

Owned heavy diesel shop 40 plus years I do understand what you say, have Cat dealer level software for todays dozers, run out of Chiefland have about same woods as you plus a lot of wetlands

Yes sir Mr. Brian just like where your house is, have to have land cleared to build a home, these folks want to have a home built also, cattle require cleared land for grass so you can go get micky d's burger, veggies you eat require cleared land etc. etc. have a good day as you drive to work on the cleared land and park your car on the cleared land, one day they will put us in a box on cleared land.

@@stevebenifiel5068 I get it...lol. I'm in a part of the country where we've lost 90% of our forest. My county has cleared 48 percent of the forest that remained here in 1950. All land greed for farming.

@@briansefring4981 I do understand exactly what you are saying

@@stevebenifiel5068 I couldnt do what you do....I couldn't lay to waste a woods teaming with life. Not faulting you for it...I just couldn't do it

Thanks will do

Hey Mr Tom thanks for watching, no sir don't know where one is, will ask around

We back trailer into shallow hole lowering deck to ground , then pull dozer up to plow and chain corners of blade to plow lift an back off , set down and use spear to swing tongue out an pin, no way to load it at shop is too heavy, have 410J that will lift it w/o tongue with back bucket full of dirt an extended all way out , like to carry on lowboy but if dozer not on site can not unload thats why pintle hitch trailer, plow is a PIA deluxe but is awesome results onsite. lol

My 3rd Solesbees rake, and no -none-nada complaints, dang Marden choppers and big clearing Romes are real hard to find, will keep eye out, see one don't hesitate cause they go extra fast, just put blades on front gangs of mine gonna post video of that old folks fisaco next week, nursing home starting look pretty good lol

@@stevebenifiel5068 One actually came up, guy said he bought it brand new 35 years ago, its a 12' or 14', was run on cable before from the cat to change the gang angle, want's $7,500. Any thoughts?

@@LLImprovement trch 16? the hinge like mine used be run on cables then hyd, took hydraulic off b/c I run in rough stuff and don't want the hassle of lines torn off, anyway if it has decent blades it is a steal, if knew model could tell you more, have 18k in mine and would not sell for 20k cause can't find them and new is 50k

Bet it is a TRCH 16 like mine if it 12' wide, use to run rope to plow hinge an back up smidge pull rope that will release hinge and pull forward to desired angle and will lock on its own, real simple genius idea, same plow made today by Rome. if 14 wide is prolly a TRCH 20 which has 4 more blades, take a hoss to pull a 20

@@stevebenifiel5068 He pulled it with his versatile 856 which is about a 240hp tractor but he would get stuck if the conditions got wet, then upgraded to a 9370 which is 375hp and it pulled great. I could send you an email to the ad if you wanted to see it.

Retired for awhile

Evening Mr Angus, 6907.3 has been sitting in rich mans barn for last 4 years, new system one undercarriage, bought it and run Cat ET on it and swapped one injector resealed all cylinders an major service, really like it, have owned several but like the lgp in our neck woods

Very true Mr. Robbie, especially now with Kung Flu, get out in the woods and away from all the turmoil, thanks for watching.

Excellent question, found out early in the game stay away from doing that, hard on equipment, which translates to hard on 65 year old operator and while doing that was missing all the gravy jobs that paid better and were less trouble, one man operation, trick was have lowboy so your mobile and getting paid good to move your own equipment, run in on 3-10 acres , jobs the big boys would not mess with, $1,800.00 day plus hauling, versus banging on thousands of stumps riding bronc excavator, there area lot of those jobs , easy on equipment and make 10k-15k a week or 60k k a month, can't do that in the 100 acres clear cut, have junk excavator in a year, just my way, lol

Works on all land, will split top on fresh pine stumps like a chopper, only place it won't tear up is concrete, can open it up more and make a D7 bark hard, thanks for watching

well said lol

Ole boy told me long time ago only cost 80% more to go first class, glad you came by sir

Retired Mr John, good luck with your project

@@stevebenifiel5332 thank you for the reply, enjoy your retirement. Anyone you recommend? Lakeland/lake whales area

@@johnrosado9245 No sir,

Nothing like it, same plow made today 50 years later, thanks for watching Mr James

Morning Mr. Billy, Where in Alberta do you live? Only place I know Caragana grows, thanks for watching.

@@stevebenifiel5068 we live near vermilion I seen the chopper and caterpillar and thought it was cool. All of our pastures get burned standing to take down trees but any grain land is pushed

@@billymcgrath8362 Hey Mr Billy, Ohio or Louisiana ? an please educate me on the reasoning, may help someone here

@@stevebenifiel5068 we live in Canada but burn pastures standing because it is cheaper than a cat and doesn’t kill native species. On the crop land we use a cat to keep the stumps and sticks easier to clean up and to save tires

@@billymcgrath8362 I see, cant burn standing here, they do to clear out underbrush and palmetto bushes, but does not harm trees they are big, thanks for the schooling

Chain it to blade an side load

Have you ever ran a D6R with a tree spear? If you have not then you can only tell me what you'' think'', not what you'' know'' about spear on dozer, excavator is bucking bronco digging big wood, saw your operation on facebook, good looking small iron.

Have to be several acres,

Thanks Mr Erik old school to old school

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Thanks Scott it is sure true

Retired

Pull up to trailer with spear over Rome an chain corners of blade and one from spear and pick it up and back off, sometimes I have to build dirt ramp on side of trailer or dig hole with dozer and back trailer off into hole then after loading push trailer out of hole, depends on trailer height. Thanks Ms Emily

Blade on dozer, spear and corners pick up back up, sometimes have build ramp with dirt or dig hole, necissity mother of invention lol Thanks Ms Emily

36 inch Mr Luther

Yes sir Mr. Ethan it is a Rome TRCH-16

Thanks I appreciate it I just purchased one and wanted to be sure our D6R would pull it.

@@ethanhaley5963 Keep radiator clean lol, have railroad iron 13ft long I pull behind and it covers the deep furrows up real good, where you run out of? You will be amazed at the job it will do, 50 years later no one has invented a 'better' set-up, neighbor has big Tatu and it comparable but not better than the Rome.

Steve Benifiel We run out of north texas and southern Oklahoma

@@ethanhaley5963 My old stomping grounds lol

sold to guy in williston,he just sold to another guy in williston what I heard, 6 way blade won't stand up to the woods, why bought a push arm dozer this time, knocks right rear idlers and peeled the blade off the backing plate, strong dirt dozer but can't put corner blade pressure on dozer like pushing trees requires, Thanks for watching

Thanks I sure like him, lol

retired, send them from the gulf fishing lol, Thanks Mr.Ryan

6 way blade will not stand up to pushing big trees with blade corners, breaks the cylinders that tilt blade, center pivot pin is awesome for dirt work but junk in the woods, with rake hanging on blade you get done clearing the land with 18 inch teeth then pull up to tree an chain rake to tree and finish any dirt work before you leave, all depends what task is for machine, lots of folks tell me all about a spear is worthless and never have used one, c frame rake is great if raking is all you are going to need on the job and as you state is a lot easier on dozer, 70% time we are ''landscape clearing'' selective tree removal for the folks, other 30% we are total clearing'' forest to farmland'', if you go with rake only then requires either return an mount straight blade at shop or in field, this is why some jobs have a small amount of raking a large amount of dirt work and others have large amount of raking and small amount dirt work, hope this answers your question Mr Raymond

I just prefer the six way Steve an your right it's hard on push arms cylinders if clearing big trees ,, but the c frame is versatile I also use a pin on fleco stump block with a side splitter to grub big ones or just stumps ,, have you ever seen one it's old school I'd like to do send you a video of it working on my D 7 g cat, but again it's a lot of equiptment extra to haul around, and I use the excavator a lot to clear with thanks for replying steve

@@raymondquave2843 That is kinda a compliment sir, I am 70 so yes have used the stump block lol, now I program caterpillar ecm's and upload injector trim files with cat ET, been down a lot of ole roads and every damn mile is really showing up, I could sure work with someone such as yourself be safe out there sir