Would you get this over a 72 inch brush cutter? That’s where I’m at now? Thanks for the info

Will it run on standard flow?

What the website where u order ur teeth from

Great info, and this is huge help to let me know the Topcat teeth. I was helping our US customers to find best alternatives on the market.

I bought 2 of them today for $2400 ea

Mine came with chipped / broken teeth. Biggest issue IMHO is the gap between the teeth - makes it a complete PITA to use on anything bigger than brush. A proper mulcher staggers so you don't have a 2-3 inch gaps where you cut.

Unless I'm missing something, the outflow pressure of any hydraulic device should be very low. Essentially just dumping oil back into the tank. I wonder if there is a restriction somewhere in the system, perhaps even in the radiator that is causing over pressure. Does the device shutoff on the skidsteer stop the return of oil?

I see these on agt now for $7199. Quite a discount.

Should be running higher ram's, put the mulcher all way down. You can bury teeth into dirt to eliminate all your stubble. Just a rookie, you will get better at it.

John, You still working this page?

can you weld stainles beads on the teeth and kinda resharpen / shape ?

I see them on ebay for $7000

I had the belt tensioner get loose on mine and throw a belt. The tensioning nut on the allthread rod got loose so I went back with a jam nut to keep the other nut from backing off

I have seen them sell in the $3800-5500 range

Have you had any issues with snapping the drive belt?

As a 35 year hydraulic man I noticed you used Teflon tape on your fitting that's a big no no! Hydraulics systems has check valves and other things in them you could have major system failures. Ref. Muncie pump manufacturer call them if you would please. It all belongs to you it will be your money not mine! Have a good day.

I just bypassed the oil cooler on my Top Cat

Thank you for sharing this. I will not be purchasing a topcat

hi john I brought my unit used. It was brand new. but no oil when they ran it. The top drive unit does need oil. The bearing where burned up. Got new bearing for it but need seals. I called titian they didn't have parts. One thing that I did learn is don't mention Top Cat Use there 60 mulcher parts. I am going to call them again next week.

If you can’t afford to buy a quality builtAmerican or Canadian built mulched you certainly can’t afford a cheap Chinese unit, even if you’re successful in beefing up the teeth, it’ll fail at the next weakest link.

TMG is even junkier than Top Cat, you’re fighting a losing battle, there’s no value in Chinese junk!

Do you have maintenance manual and parts manual

It would be great if you could make the video , mentioning the positive and negatives . Without having to relate your negative experiences with the Auctions . Make the video referencing the product . And keep the focus on that . Put it to the test .

It's probably not Domex or Hardox Steel, so it won't last. If you are only getting 1/10 the life of the teeth, that's bad. Just got to ask yourself how much would someone charge you to do it, vs what you paid for it.

one thing that proves your point that its highflow, is it comes with a case drain line. usually only HF items have that line.

At auction Today that is 45min away from me, Two 2023 DIGGIT TH76 FORESTRY DRUM MULCHERS went for $1850ea us(inc Fee & Tax). I would have saved approx $375 over buying one of these instead the one I had to drive 7 hours round rip to get! Can't go back in time though! Thought about buying both of these for resale but people can go nuts even if they sign an "As is" "Where is: agreement and there' a potential of someone stealing them! I have not yet used the one I previously bought. I would feel more comfortable buying more of them if mine works good.

Agt support sucks bad. All parts are shipped right from China. I will not pay anything from that company

Merry Christmas.‍‍ 🎄☃I bought myself 🎁 a 2023 DIGGIT TH76 FORESTRY DRUM MULCHER Mulcher for $2040us Nov 28. The 2023 TOPCAT SSFM81 Drum Mulchers went for $4400-$4700us. Prices include buyers Fee and tax. Today(Friday) Dec 8 an auction 45 minutes away from me Sold the only TopCat Drum Mulcher in it for $4078us(inc Fee & Tax). I had to drive 400 miles round trip to get my Mulcher! Mine is a different design than the TopCat. I call it the Zipper...🤐... That's what I think of when I look at it. I was doing 60mph in snowy🌨❄ conditions and almost wiped out my truck 🥴in front of a few Tractor Trailers...😬...! The accident would have likely included Tractor Trailers and other vehicles coming in the opposite direction. No divider on that Highway in that area. Maybe 20ft in between both roads though. I was sure I was going to roll the truck...😮...! My truck is a 6ft short-box reg cab Dodge p/u. I did not realize that the truck was way to light on the front end...🤪...!

Found manual and parts here.

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Nice.....been shopping around for a good mulcher for a good price. Love the FAE tooth find....awesome.

Hello John and all I have 1 of these orginal models, painted green. Oh lucky me. Since its was used, with no warrenty, no surport, btw, I'm not impressed with the folks in Chicago,. I have entered into a farm guy engineering adventure. I believe it will be a better unit when done. I have seen the welding of the tool holders to the drum is much better than the original model, so why won't the manufacturer stagger the teeth for a more complete cut? I just don't know. Worth my money? I'll let u know when I can get it to cut correctly. 😊

Nice test and it looks like a good fit. thank you for showing your detailed fixes

John, I have the Handy mulcher sold at Ritchie Bros auction. I'm interested in trying these blades you have. What is the width of the mount tooth mount on the drum you have? Want to compare to what I have to see if the knife will possible fit my mount. Thanks.

Just bought one last week (half price), still in crate. So far, I've blown two hoses and the drive belt within the first 2 hours of use. The two new U.S. made hoses seem to hold up, but now I'm on the search for an American made belt.

The best solution is to scrap that unit, and start fresh with a FAE . Cheers. You will be happy forever ,

So I ran a FAE mulcher for over 500 hours and I’m pretty certain it had no coolers at all. The machine operating the equipment should have a cooler capable of keeping the fluid temps controlled. So with that being said I wonder if you could just delete that cooler and let the skid steer do the cooling.

I just picked one of these up .. I wish I wouldn’t of bought it now after seeing your video.. Did you ever find where to get teeth for the machine?

There's a new 76" China Drum Mulchers out. Never seen this one before and I can't find info online about it being low or high flow. The Auction sites don't post an info sheet for this one. ➡ 2023 Diggit TH76 76 Inch Forestry Drum Mulcher ⬅. I like the positioning of the cutters on it but the drum looks like it may be to light weight and also looks to light weight where the cutters bolt to. Monitoring a bunch in an auction today Sept 13. Located hours away from me.

Can you change the teeth out for hammer blades? You could probably find some with a width that would close your gap. I know I've seen them on other mulches that have a similar bolt-on pattern to yours. You'd just have to make sure they clear the inner wall of the mulcher. You might even be able to find someone local who could fabricate them for you. By the way, we have one of these right down the road from me brand new (AGL Branded 81") for $5500!

I will preface this by saying that I am not a hydraulics engineer - however - some thoughts. I would assume that the radiator is in the return to the hydraulic tank because then it doesn't have to deal with the very high pressures being fed to the motor - and would explain why it looks like it will only handle 600PSI The return pressure is going to be affected by the flow rate, so length of return hose, diameter of hose, and the resistance of the radiator itself. if there is any blockage or restriction in the hose, or radiator, then that will increase the pressure, possibly leading to failure. . I can see a couple of solutions - add a second radiator, and a second return hose (or increase the size of the return hose) from the radiator all the way back to the hydraulic tank, which would halve the return pressure and reduce the stress on the radiators. (as well as improving the cooling). You could also add a bypass valve as well to protect both radiators but if the bypass valve is being used then there will be reduced cooling. Looking at the video you could probably fit a couple of radiators back to back without too much engineering of brackets etc. Of course if the radiators are just poorly constructed and only last 2-3 years (possibly clogging up inside and or corroding) then you may have to resign yourself to treating then as a service item and just replacing them. Another solution would be to dump the radiator and add a separate low pressure high flow pump and radiator circuit connected to the oil reservoir that takes the oil out of the hydraulic tank and cools it. The downside is that it probably involves a bunch of engineering that you may not want to do. The up side is that it would cool for anything. As I said though - it all involves work and experimentation - personally I would be intrigued to measure what the return pressure is and get a rating for the radiator from the manufacturer.

Run your skid steer at full throttle, run the mulcher as close as you can to the ground just keep the head out of the ground. There is a learning curve to running a mulcher.

I have ran fecon heads for 10 years and there in NO gap, there is know way that could do production work. Get with the manufacturer and get wider teeth or a different drum that is unacceptable

I bought a new topcat disc mulcher 2 days ago and used it for 5 minutes and it messed up not happy with it

Thanks saved by ass.

I'm weary of the Disk Mulcher now because of the balance issues others have had. SSFM81 TopCat Drum Mulcher went for $3800(plus buyer fee) Wednesday July 26. Unfortunately for me it would be 24 hours solid driving time round trip to the auction site if I had bought one. Likely have to wait to bid on Drum Mulcher in October at local auction but might not even be any in the auction. I think the seller of them kept the drum Mulchers out of the last auction locally because of them not selling high enough previously. Only one used Name Brand Drum Mulcher for sale near me that's $15,000 and has approx 60 cutters costing $100 each. Nothing aftermarket will fit in it. The way they bolt in is purposely designed to be difficult to make by aftermarket suppliers.

I think I like the Disk Mulcher better than the Drum Mulcher. Came close to bidding on a Brand New TOP CAT SSDFM60 80 in Disc Skid Steer Mulcher Today. One went for $ 2300 and one for $ 2500. I had watched a video on the Rut Manufacturing Skid Steer Forestry Disc Mulcher Annihilator(Listed for $ 16,148 online). The man that uploaded the video returned his Top Cat Disc Mulcher to a retailer because of a Very Major Balance issue. I never thought about a possible balance issue with a Disk Mulcher. I'm debating whether I'll buy a TOP CAT SSDFM60 80 in Disc in a few months at the next auction if it goes around the same price at that time. I am thinking that they might be sending their defective ones to the auction! 🤔The retailer the man bought his Top Cat Disk Mulcher from may have bought their inventory from an auction.

I have purchased the TMG unit , Had some problems with the side plate on the belt side .The bolts came out and the TMG Industrial stepped up with a new side plate and bolts washers . Very happy with the service . I have it mounted on a Sunward track machine model 4538 74.5 hp and 25 GPM Parts are easy on the TMG all in stock so far .In Canada

This is a Chinese made mulching head with a cheep Chinese pump (DO NOT BUY A TOPCAT HEAD) the pump is going to blow up and cause serious damage to your machine