Looks like you had some fun just chaining buckets🎉😊

What a great 'helper' to have around your mill and property! This Excavator with all those attachments is an essential tool to have at a site like yours ( and mine, if only ) Jason. Great purchase is this one.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Reg! I’m definitely going to get a lot of things done that I’ve been putting off without an excavator.

Haven’t listened to your delicate touch! But even so, around the house will be tricky.

Certainly one of the most--if not THE most--useful tools to have on a property. I can dream!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I will definitely get a lot of use out of it here.

Great piece of kit looks like the swiss army knife of machinery

What a great machine to have around your place. It is so versatile with all the attachments. Will help to load the logs onto the mill. Have you ever thought of building a log deck so you can roll the logs right onto the mill? With the skidded attachment on the tractor and the Mini ex you will make logging easier on yourself. Have fun

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Rob! I have thought about a log deck but I think it would have to be fairly mobile so I could clean out all the bark that falls off of the logs. I’m sure I could come up with something that would work.

What a great helping hand you picked up there, and all the attachments that came along with it "nice".👍

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I got a heck of a deal on it.

Love that little machine, but really love the attachments.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Me too! I got it all for $46k. It’s a steal!

I wanted a mini excavator, however I ended up with a skid steer instead. I like the way I can handle the bigger logs. I like your machine, perfect size to haul around. Ron

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Ron! I almost bought the matching JD skid steer they had too but didn’t want to sell my tractor.

I think that is going to be a valuable tool for you. Nice clean up.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I agree!

Nice addition Jason. To the untrained eye "retirement" doesn't appear to have impacted on your operating skills. Best of luck with the Contractor Licence. Thank you for sharing 👍

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s like riding a bicycle 😉

Quick work of firewood. Great buy, Jason.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Archie! This works great on the flitch cleanup.

Great mate, another project is a sawdust press and moulds to make brickettes.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I’ve been thinking about this for a while. I’ll have to give it a shot.

Congratulations, that is a very handy and nice bit of kit. Indeed will be very useful especially with an expert at the controls. Have fun as I'm sure you will.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s a game-changer for sure.

You won’t regret this purchase!

That was quite the score with 4 buckets and a rake. Once you use the tilting bucket, you'll quickly pick that over any regular bucket of the same size. Mike Morgan (Outdoors with the Morgan), uses the rake on his mini excavator 80-90% of the time. The tracks on your unit look well worn. I hope you get some decent use from them before you have to replace them.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I’m keeping my eye out for some new tracks. These are solid but definitely worn. I think they’re around $1,600 new.

Congrats on the mini, I have the exact same machine with an 18, 24, and 36" bucket, but I certainly see one of those "back scratchers" in my future. Now if I were only 10% of the operator you are, I'd be even a happier man!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Ha! Thank you, John. I’m definitely getting a lot of use out of the rake.

Awsome setup of equipment! Good to see great things happening for you. You've earned it. Love your content. Keep up the great work!!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Mike!

I like all your videos, but I really enjoyed watching a true operator run their equipment. It seems like most guys think because they have the machine that they are operators. Keep up the good work.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! When I got started in excavation, my first boss told me a monkey can pull the levers, an operator knows what to do with them.

@bradleykuechle7586

2 ай бұрын

@@NorthwestSawyer yes sir, I was told the same. Have a great day!

I sure like your new toy, very handy piece of equipment. Terry & Diane

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’ll be a busy summer here for sure.

Sweet. I always enjoy watching you in those big machines. And how they become a part of you.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’ll be a busy summer here.

Actually most of us guys.. love to see the clean up. Especially when you use equipment we wish we owned l. Lol

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Well, I have a lot more to do. Stay tuned😬

Good ol' Pape with pipe, ditch, and grading buckets. A root rake/ clearing fork too, You are going to be able to get a wole lot done with that. Maybe even clear some stumps and get a good firebreak around your place. That thumb is going to make log loading easy on the mill too. Life gets easier when you have a machine with an opposable thumb too.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I have a lot of plans that just got a lot easier around here. I can’t wait to get to them. Stay tuned!

Excellent addition! Contrary to what you said, it’s fascinating watching you clean up, because you are so adept with handling that heavy machinery. Your precision scratches some kind of itch in my head. Congrats on the new equipment!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Erin! It’s like riding a bike😉

Nice! Very good my friend. I see this new toy being very helpful in the future. I wish we owned our same properties, just closer to one another. And, I actually enjoyed the clean up footage too.👍

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Gary! You’ll have to stop by and take it for a spin sometime. The kids and I were down admiring your work in Reedsport last weekend.

You could use the "back scratcher" to till the garden. Great purchase. Thanks for sharing.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I have lots of plans for it!😉

You’d be surprised how much I enjoyed that

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I need to do it more often😂

The right tools always makes the job easier!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Indeed!

You funny….back scratcher…..Jay Leno material. This new toy will help you lots…great camera shots. 😊

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I just need some denim shirts and big hair😂

Congrats on your new toy/tool. All I could hear when your vid first started was Aerosmith’s “Back in the Saddle again” 😂. Good luck with it

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I think it’s a must-have. I’m wondering how I got along without one.

nice add , it will definitely be a big help around the homestead

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I agree!

great addition to any mill/land owner after a tractor for snow ploughing and other chores a small hoe is so handy and all the buckets and rake is a bonus ,placing logs is a benefit I like ,can't do that with a loader ,I'm sure you always had access to a hoe but now you have your own congrats

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

You got that right! It’s very nice to not need to borrow or rent a machine now. This is a game changer.

I just scored a lightly used kubota 3.5 ton . It came with a 2' digging bucket and a 3' ditching bucket . You really got a great amount of attachments with yours . I would like to get a 4.5' finish rake for mine .

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Nice work! I’m keeping my eye out for more attachments as well.

New tool day got a boost

That's a fantastic addition to the Northwest Sawyer conglomerate Jason, good luck with it. Wow you got a lot of attachments with it. Great video thumbs up.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Craig! You’ll definitely be seeing a lot more of it. 😉

Great clean up tool

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I agree!😉

Looking much tidier and had fun too 😊

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I was a little overdue.

Yep, it's gonna be a very useful and fun amachine for you. And you seem to have quickly learned how to use it. Has to feel good working in a cleaned up environment.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I ran machinery for 30 years. This one’s a piece of cake 😉

So jealous. That's an awesome add.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

So handy.

Congratulations on the new machine!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

awesome. your wrong about this video though. it's a pleasure watching a professional excavator using quality equipment. i think you showed us all of the attachments too. an absolute game changer. see you soon.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Chris. It’s the ultimate tool for me here.

Looks very nice!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Love watching you clean up ❤❤❤❤

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I should do it more often!😂

Congratulations, Jason! With your skills, I’m sure you’ll be very successful with your new mini-ex!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Rick! I hope so!

Truly excited for you getting your new machine! I am looking forward to more videos as I enjoy the excavator videos! Cheers!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Jeff! I’m excited to make those videos. 😬

VERY nice piece of equipment. What keeps the buckets from falling off the end?

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! There’s a hydraulic wedge that locks the bucket in place. I’ll show how it works in a video soon.

Don’t know why I enjoy watching this stuff so much. Guess I’m living my dreams through you. Did you ever make another fire pit structure? The first one is when I discovered your channel.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Larry! I haven’t but it’s high on my list. I milled Timbers for it a couple years ago. This new machine will be instrumental in being able to assemble it. Stay tuned!

Used to be a track dealer in the Milwaukee area/ Clackamas area that had used tracks from change overs. It has been years since I had any contact though.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Is the business still there? I’d be interested in checking it out.

Congats on the new toy Jsaon!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Pretty cute! 🙃

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Maybe, if I can get Greta to run it😂

Outstanding video!!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you!

Lucky duck !!!!!

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Definitely!

cool ! I love my kx 040 the only bad thing is its making me fat all that manual labor gone

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Ha! Fortunately there’s still plenty of manual labor around here. 😂

Nice! I don't know if you watch the KZread channel Outdoors with the Morgans, but he does a lot of the things you do, and he has all the toys, but his favorite is his mini excavator. He also has that brush rake and that seems to be his favorite

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I have seen his channel. My next upgrade will be a mini with a cab like his😉

Things are going to change now.i have one in a kubota n those machines will surprise a person in how much they can do.i wish I had all those buckets.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

They certainly are! I’ve had a list of things I’ve wanted to do but didn’t want to rent a machine over and over. Big this will happen here this year😉

Congratulations, Jason. It looks great. Funny thing was all that work you were doing and then this green machine shows up lol. Best wishes with the hoe. Bill

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you, Bill! I definitely still need the green machine. 😉

Are deere mini ex's well regarded? does someone else build them for deere? On Ironplanet sunbelt rentals sells off a ton of recent model bobcats but only some deeres and im wondering if i should hold out for a deere

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

The Deeres are definitely a higher-end machine. I never thought I would be able to afford one so I was focusing my search on Yanmar or Takeuchi. I found this set up for $46k. It was a steal. I recently rented a bobcat that was a nice machine but I don’t know how long they last.

@nathang.1561

2 ай бұрын

@@NorthwestSawyer well, I guess I'll be watching to see how it treats you.

Contractor? There is a guy around here that tows a mini hoe behind his pickup. All he does is dig trenches for water lines and cables. He was getting a dollar a foot 20 years ago when he helped me. No telling what he gets for a foot these days but it has to be worth his (your?) time.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

That’s the nice thing about this machine. I can haul it in my dump trailer. There’s tons of opportunity with it.

👋🏼

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

👋🏻

It's funny to me how some u tuber get one of them free China made copies of a mini hoe and some one who knows how to work one like you has to find a good deal on one of the good ones and buy it but at least you can make it do what it is supposed to do God Bless Y'all out there in the north west if you were in a free state like Alabama you could do work under your farm name.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

This was definitely worth the extra money. It’ll last thousands of hours more. I think it’s less than $300 and an 80 question test to get my license. It’s a piece of cake.

I hope it doesn't take you too long to learn how to operate it!!! lol

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

I watched a KZread video!😂

one of your better videos. You are wrong about cleaning up a mess not being as entertaining as making a mess.

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! I still have a lot of cleaning to do. Stay tuned!😉

Derek hook you up?

@NorthwestSawyer

2 ай бұрын

No. He didn’t have anything for sale. I found a company in wilsonville closing their dirt operation. They have tons of equipment for sale.