We spend all of our free time possible outside at our property in the forest. From building out treehouse cabin, riding side by sides, to projects with our mini excavator and mini skid steer.
Some of our recent projects are building a cargo trailer camper conversion, using our mini excavator and mini skid steer, remodeling a toy hauler, building a custom deck around the pool, to remodeling an older toy hauler camper, and on to our biggest project yet... our creek side treehouse build!
Our creek property started as raw forest land, then transformed into a campsite with a generator and jugs of water, then to glamp site with electricity and rural water, and one day will turn into a treehouse Airbnb!
Come visit and see our latest ideas put into action.
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I want to turn a mini toy hauler into a mobile grooming trailer... This looks amazing
This interests me since I already have two Chinesium machines. I subscribed to see how it will work out for you. Big Boy Toys are a lot of fun!
Assembly is a PITA for Chinese machinery. Took 5 weeks to assemble my OS18 saw mill. Too darn hot and humid in South Carolina this time of year. Not to mention I'm 72 and 5 minutes outside or in the garage and I am soaking wet and feeling the heat exhaustion. Back inside the house for a break from the heat.
Save the wood and any steel framing. You never know if you could use it down the road. I saved the wood and steel from the OS18 saw mill crate I bought. I can use the steel and the wood (yes, it's thin) I stapled the wood to the garage wall frame I built to hang things.
Haha yup! I already have it all set aside. Thin wood but nice wood.
@@OurLifeInTrees You can see my QH12 and OS18 if you click the right place in my comments.
Hey...it's so amazing that I found your video just as I was about to order one from China. Which of the Derette's is this one?
Which one were you planning on buying? This is the Derette DRT450.
@@OurLifeInTrees This one seems exactly what I'm looking for.
Cost?
It was about $8500 plus the attachments were about $8k shipped to me in Oklahoma.
How much did you end up paying? Thanks
It was about $8500 plus the attachments were about $8k shipped to me in Oklahoma.
Good share I enjoyed watching it it looks like a nice machine. I hope it saves your back and makes you some money 💰
Thank you. I agree. I hope it saves my back and makes me piles of money. Haha.
None of them come with a genuine Briggs&Stratton Engine. The Engine is a fake (knockoff) chinese "B&S". Buyer beware! I suspect a major lawsuit in the works.
None of them? My understanding is that some of the cheap ones are made with cloned parts but the nicer and more reputable ones come with real parts.
Looks like heavy duty accessories!!!!!!!!!!
Man I’m telling you, these things are HEAVY!!! lol. I can’t wait to test them all out.
2:33 it's NOT a Briggs & Stratton engine, infact the engine is a B&S chinese fake (knockoff). They are flat out lying to everyone.
I know some of the cheap auction units have clones and Rato engines. The part numbers on mine match Briggs part numbers. Where would there be evidence of it being a clone? Looks like one, works like one and has part numbers like one. 🤷♂️
@@OurLifeInTrees The engine numbers on mind do not correspond to anything in B&S's database. I spoke with them directly.
Sis something happen to your engine?
Sooo,yer a COMMUNIST SYMPATHIZER...2 fn much
And he would have paid at least 3 to 4 times that $8500 for Made In The USA. Nothing wrong with Chines machinery, good quality and low price.
OLD Leather Smith here, I have a few acres & have been looking 4 something similar so I sighed up & we will C. GOD'S BLESSINGS ✝️🥎🙃
It’s a great alternative to a tractor or mini excavator for home use.
How much did it cost and how do you get one?
It was about $8500 shipped to me in Oklahoma. The attachments were additional. There is a link in the description to Alibaba where I bought it. Dean is the salesman that took care of me.
I like it. I'll tell you why. Any one can work it with no changes required for the change i.e. short, long, male or female. A big one the ease to get on & off. With all those fittings you could/will manage with just that. This is a must be considered when deciding what to get/buy.
I agree. Didn’t think about size and shape of people. Yeah, anyone can operate this.
Have you done any testing on the lifting capacity with the forks?
I haven’t yet, I plan to coming up soon. A have a friend who is doing a project with bags of concrete I may be able to test it with.
I am speaking with Dean about one, for the same model and options as yours I was quoted 5550 for the skid, almost 4k for shipping, is this similar to the pricing you paid (without the attachments of course)
Dean has been very helpful to me. That’s about right. There are a lot of variables to shipping and machine options as well.
@@OurLifeInTrees Just placed an order for one, skid, 3 pump danfoss pumps, honda motor, double counterweights on each side, and a ton of attachments, total was 14 grand with shipping. I hope it is worth it! It seems better than the ones at auctions all the time for 4-5k.. I hope so anyway hehe.
You need to remove the rear grill and flip it 180. It's just installed upside down. Exhaust will then line up.
That’s what I thought, so I tried it. I was wrong. I made a video showing me flipping the exhaust cover around. I really thought that would “solve” it. kzread.infoUgkx-Q9__1dRVLz6dZ5ZdDwW7tIya1b6A5hv?si=tVkQcfvYvCWU0qrh
grease fittings are covered real nice touch
Seems like it
How much was shipping to you?
The machine was $6300 plus $2200 all in to shop it from China to Oklahoma.
Stop buying china crap save your freedom and give a america a job.
Part time
What’s part time?
Older body style looks better in my opinion.
I agree with you. That grey XP1k looks awesome
Thats a cool machine! looks cool a Sh*t
Thanks. That’s what I thought! lol
If you look at 4:04, the deer on the right side is a young spike buck. You can see his spikes against the trees in the background.
Funny, I only noticed that when I zoomed in while editing. I didn't see that in real life. I cut out the part where I said something else about the buck because I realized he was already there. Oh well. lol
You should have or you should make some hydraulic ram locks to be place over the extended hydraulic rams you're standing under the attachment lift. nice machine, keep an eye on your oil and coolant, chinese engines don't tolerate heat very efficiently.
Thanks for the tips. I learned about the safety bar later when I read the manual. lol. I included that in my next video. kzread.infoUgkxPJrMz5-EEoRIo4-jamH1B8FQrN8iWku3?si=JXqXZ2as0VKIiaYe
I think your issues are going to be with the tracks at some point as far as sprockets rollers idlers everything involving the tracks is where I predict you'll have issues once you put some hours on it but I've never seen one in person never put any hours on that particular machine so who knows but I can see that being a weak point
Who knows, you may be correct. Time will tell. I’ll give updates as I go and we will see where the weak points are. I’m at about 10.5 hours now, so it’s pretty new still to me.
@@OurLifeInTrees for sure the Chinese equipment definitely keeps getting better and better. And you obviously have to factor in the price so it's hard to compare it to a Japanese brand or other brand that cost much more but definitely a sharp looking mini skid
Agreed. Honestly, I wouldn’t have been able to afford a big name brand machine and didn’t want a cheap auction machine. I wanted to see if this is a solid option. Only way to really find out is to buy one and test it. I hope I’m right! I certainly will keep careful eye on some of the potential problem areas.
i could use that >< but could never afford any of it . . .and all i want is my yard fine tuned so i can have grass again ><
My yard is so sandy. I have to move around the yard to find an area that looks grassy for videos since so much of it is missing grass and is just sand. lol I could have never afforded it a couple years ago.
Checking the link in your description. The ad has a B&S engine not a Honda as you demonstrated. Are there other differences from the one you've shown? Thx
The link is for the DRT450. When you talk to the salesman, Dean, he can set it up the way you want. I opted for the Honda engine and changed a few things around from the Alibaba listing, it all reflected on my paperwork and invoice. They are willing to make changes since they are the manufacturer.
@OurLifeInTrees ok thank you. Very informative video!
Looks like everything is fixable with common items either at Harbor Freight or Amazon. Just need a cheap welder to go with it.
That’s what’s it seems. I hope I don’t need a welder, but if I do, should be easy stuff.
all of my Chinese stuff actually has wowed me in many ways! I haven't had anything break and it's good quality.
I’m impressed so far. I’ve had a mini excavator for over a year and it’s awesome as well.
Should I buy one of these? Absolutely not.
Should I? Probably not. But I did and it’s awesome! lol.
14:47.. your gas strut lengths need to be adjusted
I noticed that in the video as well. Haven’t cared enough to mess with it. It also may be me trying to pry the hood open before I knew how the latch worked. Haha.
What is the flow rate
11.9 GPM
Thanks for posting this. This machine looks like it has a way better build quality than any of the others I've seen on here. Much more thoughtfully designed as well. Seems like it might be a good middle ground between one of the big brands, but also not an auction special. Subscribed to see the future videos, well done!
Thank you. I agree and that’s why I bought it. Way too many horror stories from others about the cheap auction units. I can’t afford the name brand American machines. Maybe this one is the right one for the average person.
China is not 13 hours behind you. It is 13 hours ahead of you. When it is the first day of the month where you are at say 1400, it is already the 2nd day of the month in China. I get to have fun with that as I was born on the other side of the International Date Line and even though I was born on the 9th, I am older than many people in the US that were born on the 8th. I have only gotten to celebrate my birthday in the correct time zone twice. Once at 1 and the other at age 11. Crossing the IDL can mess you up as we left Japan at 2000 on Dec 25th and arrived at LAX at 1130 on Dec 25th and finally at Pittsburgh at 2359 on Dec 25th. We had two Dec 24ths and two Dec 25ths because of that. It took a couple days for the body to adjust for the differences in the time zones.
I didn’t realize that. I just checked with my friend Google and you are certainly correct! That story of flying to the states is crazy. I never thought about the date and crossing the date line. Wow. Good info!!
@@OurLifeInTrees I am interested in seeing how well that unit works out for you. One option I would like to see is a seat that can swing over to sit on instead of standing all the time. Some standup mowers have them as an option. They have a safety switch on them just like the foot plates have. I think I would have gone for a bigger auger bit as I need to plant a number of 8x8 posts in the ground and a 12 inch bit would be better for that. It looks like a well built unit.
I am curious about longevity as well. I got the 8.5” auger bit because I have a bunch of 4x4s to put in the ground.
So if you have to lift the boom to open the hood, what happens if you have a dead battery?
That is a great question and I don’t have an answer for you. I need to ask and find out. To be continued….
I just asked this question and they sent me a video that shows where the engine has a positive lug on the started which is accessible from the rear and where a good ground location is. Man, the customer service from them is impressive.
Can you get parts and filters locally, or do you have to order them from Derette directly?
Depending on the part. Honda engine stuff is readily available. The machine specific parts I’m sure are Derette or one of the other companies that rebadge them and sell them.
If only i knew how much? Is it a secret?
No, that a whole video by itself I haven’t done yet. It’s about $8500 shipped to me in Oklahoma plus I bought another $6k in attachments which was another $2k in shipping.
@@OurLifeInTrees thanks. Thats not super cheap. Nice little skidder though.
No, but much better than an American made one or buying a tractor. Thanks!
I wonder if you could dig your own swimming pool with this or if its just too small to do that size job?
Maybe with another machine with a bucket to scoop the dirt and take it away, or lots and lots of wheelbarrows of dirt removed. lol
cool. thanks.
Thanks for watching.
That thing looks like fun!!
It’s is fun. I’m having a good time finding new stuff to do with it everyday.
I been waiting for this video I love you man
Ha thanks! I appreciate it.
Thanks for sharing this story, I suspect a lot of people would not. Hopefully you saved some others from making the same mistake!
I certainly learned some valuable lessons from this and it would be great if I saved someone from some paint or even worse…..
What’s the cost on the unit and what are the prices on the attatchments
I am working on a cost breakdown. The machine was $8500 shipped to me in Oklahoma and then the attachments are in a separate crate and cost a little less at around $8k.
Very helpful, cost comparison?
. I am working on a cost breakdown. The machine was $8500 shipped to me in Oklahoma and then the attachments are in a separate crate and cost a little less at around $8k
@@OurLifeInTrees thank you sir
What insulation in the trailer?
I bought the 1” 4x8 foam board sheets from Home Depot. I doubled them in the ceiling.
The dealership i bought my mini ex from had quite a few different models of stand-on skidsteers. I think they're really cool! Nice video 👍
Thanks. It is cool. I had never seen and affordable one before.
As I said before, thank you for taking the time to post content about your purchase. As per your feedback, I was able to contact Derette directly and I have been in correspondence with them. Derette has answered the shipping and logistics concerns that I had, as well as other questions and concerns about the machine and attachments. I have looked online and it appears that you are the only person that I have seen that has a unit specifically from Derette. I am looking forward to more videos of you using the other attachments that you purchased. Your feedback will help me make my final decision, as to what manufacture and specifically, what unit and attachments I will buy. Thank you so much for taking time out of your day, to pass on feedback from your experience. I'm patiently looking forward to more content. Thank you and stay safe.
Thank you. Yeah, I had trouble finding other people that had purchased from Derette. A local dealer here sells this machine and others. So I went on a mission to find the manufacturer. Derette manufactured them. They has been selling to resellers for awhile, and now they want to sell retail to end users. So there aren’t many people out there why has purchased from them. I will update videos on the attachments as I go!