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Nickens Landscaping & Excavating LLC
United States
Registrace 17. 09. 2016
A small family owned landscaping and excavating company who strives to do things the right way! You're only as good as your last job.
This is What We Have Been Waiting For
Finally!! Some winter work! After a very mild year last year it is nice to have some winter events to keep things moving.
Salt Spreaders:
- Buyers Pro3000 Pintle Chain Drive
- Buyers SHPE2000 Auger Drive
Salt Spreaders:
- Buyers Pro3000 Pintle Chain Drive
- Buyers SHPE2000 Auger Drive
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SALT RUN, Single Digit Temps and Frozen Salt, 1/16/2024
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Old Man Winter is PROVIDING! We have been busy this winter and it doesnt look like we will be slowing down any time soon! In this video we threw down a lot of salt. So far this season we have went through approximately 40 ton.
Restoring an Old Snow Plow, Was it Worth It?
zhlédnutí 3,7KPřed 6 měsíci
In this video we gave our old arctic sectional 10.5LD a facelift. We need to go deeper on the backside and replace bolts and worn parts but that is for another day. Please let us know what you thought in the comments and be sure to consider subscribing. Check us out on Instagram and Facebook.
Plowing Snow and Blowing Hydraulic Lines, Boss Plows & Arctic LD13
zhlédnutí 4,8KPřed 6 měsíci
In this video we got a surprise snow storm. It wasn't a big snow but when you plow snow for a living a snow storm is a snow storm. We offer Snow and Ice Management Services in St. Clair County Illinois. Currently serving but not limited to Freeburg, Belleville, Smithton, Shiloh, Swansea, Fairview Heights, Ofallon, and Mascoutah Illinois. Website: Nickenslandscapingandexcavating.com Email: Nicke...
Nickens Landscaping & Excavating is Born
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
2023 Snow Season Prep, Kage Innovations Snow Blower Paddles
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
First Salt Run of the 2023/2024 Season
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
How to Install Residential Gutter Drains
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Swansea Project Week 4 & 5, Finished Product
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Bobcat MT85 Undercarriage Rebuild, Owners MUST Watch
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Swansea Project Week 2 & 3, Finishing the wall and starting Pavers
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Swansea Project, Week 1
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
4 Guys Throwing Sod, What Could Go Wrong?
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Christmas 2022, Salting & Plowing Snow
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
It's ALWAYS Something, Picking Up New Snow Plows
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We are a local lawn and landscaping company based out of Freeburg IL. Family owned/operated and started from the ground up. My brother (Nic) and I (Alex) are doing our best to build a company we will be happy to work in. It has been an adventure and a struggle at times but I wouldn’t trade it for the world! We began our journey on youtube to document our company history and we would be happy to...
Fall Clean Ups, Scag Windstorm In ACTION
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Fall Clean Ups, Scag Windstorm In ACTION
Installing a 20' x 30' Paver Patio with the Fam
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Installing a 20' x 30' Paver Patio with the Fam
MOWING Small TREES with the Diamond Brush Mower
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MOWING Small TREES with the Diamond Brush Mower
Landscape Contractor and Fence Contractor Working in the SAME BACKYARD, How Did it Go?
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Landscape Contractor and Fence Contractor Working in the SAME BACKYARD, How Did it Go?
Tearing Down a House, 3 Days in 20 Minutes
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Tearing Down a House, 3 Days in 20 Minutes
Plowing BIG Parking Lots, Ice/Snow Storm February 2/3 2022
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Plowing BIG Parking Lots, Ice/Snow Storm February 2/3 2022
Custom Skid Steer Plow Build for Bobcat MT85
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Custom Skid Steer Plow Build for Bobcat MT85
Paver Walkway Timelapse, $46,000 Landscape Project Walk Around
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Paver Walkway Timelapse, $46,000 Landscape Project Walk Around
Demolishing Hagrid's Hut, My Wife and I Bought Some Dirt
zhlédnutí 6KPřed 2 lety
Demolishing Hagrid's Hut, My Wife and I Bought Some Dirt
Operating a Tiltrotator for the First Time, A Guy from Instagram Bought the 331
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Operating a Tiltrotator for the First Time, A Guy from Instagram Bought the 331
REAL TIME SALTING, First Salt Run of the 20/21 Season
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REAL TIME SALTING, First Salt Run of the 20/21 Season
Staking a New Property for Snow and Giving Fall Clean Up Quotes
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Staking a New Property for Snow and Giving Fall Clean Up Quotes
"The Leaf Monster" Set Up, Mounting the Billy Goat DL37 Debris Loader
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"The Leaf Monster" Set Up, Mounting the Billy Goat DL37 Debris Loader
good video! I was looking at doing this soon. was harder to do in the middle of the woods with no resources to get it off the ground really. Also, noticed you're not too far from me in Columbia IL. Small world!
Nice job
Pipe wrench on the trunk and car jack underneath and poof! The fence post method.
Best method I've seen yet
You should concentrate on cash not on likes or clicks. Grow that business and good job getting married.
Been trying to decide which one I want and I think this is the one due to break out force and foot controls also its the heaviest in its class I believe so it should be the lease jerky in its class followed bt the yakeuchi which doesnt have zero tail swing
My brother n law says the best way is to hire Mexicans. They show up every day. They take pride in their work, and they do not beat up his equipment.
Thumbs up for an informative video. Used your information when I went shopping for my unit. Keepup the great content.
It looked like you put some polymeric sand down then you said it rain. Did you have to remove it before the rain? How long did you have to wait for the pavers to dry?
Great job! Great idea too to have a look in and see what might end up stuck around your blades. Have found wire, fencing mesh, a dead cow, steel posts etc in amongst vegetation here in Australia, and it slows you down when you have to get out and cut things free.
No offense but you are a pro and the video does not due. Any justice to the mower you’re one handing it! And you run a round in a circle. On a yard that clearly doesn’t need to be cut. And pov shot you’re not even showing how beautiful the Tiger Cat 2 is. I had that same year set up with Kohler command pro 52” and a stripe kit on it for my one acre yard. Over kill. Yes but that mower flys first of all it has Parker pumps w/ separate wheel motor’s you want to talk about classy. Responsive Ii had 3 badboy mower’s and a gravely. Needless to say nothing touches the tiger cat 2 for that price. I think I paid 10200.00 for the scag with the stripper installed. Now the clamshell is another 5300.00 and some change. But unless you go with the turf tiger2 and a 61” deck and the kobota diesel. J/s like I said show the mower in your next video. Plz I’ll watch for it.
what about sticks that get blown into the pile? hows it handle sticks??
How hard would it be to retrofit the mt100 rollers on the mt85?
How much is the clamshell? If it over $3k, it should be able to dump the bucket vs opens the door only.
Komentari. 286
Could you use t6 Rotella?
Love skid steer grading work! Great content!
Why do you use the straw??
I sacrificed a large socket and welded it directly to a piece of 1” thick by 2” wide flat stock two feet long then put a piece of 2-1/2” steel pipe about 5 foot long to do chin ups off of until they broke loose lol😂
Just wondering if you're still running a Walk behind mower or if you've switched over to a Stand on?
You're going to hate this but it's the truth, Bobcat now makes a upgraded greaseless design for this it's a little bit more money but you'll never have to use a grease gun on the undercarriage again
The insects going mad was somethin else.
What is the name of the rock salt you use?
they charge $300 for that stupid metal piece and repairing the motor, might as well buy a new truck.
Great videos, plow would of matched good white to your skidd steer, beautiful work
Great videos, love your shop , nice to have you back. Nice logos my work trucks are white and duramax
awesome video
After watching this, if I ever have a plow last this long, it's going out for blasting and powder 😅
Haha, me too! This was rough
what's the aftermarket controller you mentioned?
Buyers has an aftermarket for the newer spreaders. It’s digital with a pause button. It may have a few other features
Yeah, we learned our lesson too. After the first one, just the straight cloud. But you're better off buying a gallon of paint and put it on with a brush and roller. It's a mathick or layer. Paint will cover a quicker and last longer. You're fine probably beans at spray paint that it'll wear a lot quicker because it's only 10 Coats even though you put several on and I think we're getting some just toleration is where you had parts of the playing there. Rock garden block or paint it block. And some part of yellow and then some part for prime were that you were touching up the rusyellow is A. You would think it would cover. All right, but it's hard to get the coverage with spray paint.
Yeah we have rolled a few dump body and that works really well. May go that route next time or just sand blast and powder coat.
Treat your own salt not hard to do at all no need to buy expensive treated salt do it yourself save tons
Nice. Dumping some windshield de icer into the spreader will move that chunky stuff down to your auger when it’s cold. I always keep a few in my bins and in my truck for the salt dogg. Snow ex helix is a beast. It’ll break frozen stuff down the size of your thigh.
Why the blue light on the back ideas if the normal led color
All chain drive. Never had problems again. Get extra chain, Change the chain every other year and soak the other in a bucket of oil.
Nice. We have about 5-6 plows in and over a dozen salts this Jan. Hopefully Feb pans out the same and we will be back on track from non existent December and November. Wisconsin.
It’s not looking good for us high 30’s and beginning of February is high 40’s. Making room for more snow!
Nice work bud! Not many people realize how hard it is to get footage while working a snow event! I say switch to treated salt also, yes its more expensive, but you wont use as much, and wont have issues with it. I haven't purchased straight white salt in 8 years. Nothing but treated 🙂
That shpe looks like it does nice. I've been looking at the shpe and pro 2000's. Not sure how much longer I can take cuttin bags for a tailgate unit.
Yeah we love these, so simple and efficient. I hear you there. Did way too much of that ourselves! Straw that broke the camels back was 14 pallets in 2 days through tailgate spreaders lol
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating I'm not even sure what to say to that! Knife would be worn out lol
If you have access to treated salt it won’t freeze in your spreader, it cost a few more dollars but it works better at lower temperatures
Yeah we do. I just can’t justify the extra cost for the once or twice a year it would make a difference.
What controller is it, The digital one? Does the blue light help you see better?
It’s the newer black one, it has two knobs, a power button, and a vibrator button. It needs to be digital and have a pause button.
Blue light helps us to see the salt when the ground is white
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating ah, I've have that controller on my salters you just turn it off there's no difference imo I've never had a pause tho. I like thease tho because they are robust and don't have communication issues all the time it directly controlled the voltage to the motors.
We were used to the older one for the shpe series spreads and use the pause constantly on those so when we got the new spreader I was disappointed with the controller. It works like it should and hasn’t broken I just feel it’s super bare bones
@@nickenslandscapingexcavating fear enough it is lol that why I got it has so meany issues with other I wanted simpler ones
Is that black truck the old school bus you made and the switch and go looks good make the money
This was not the bus but we did build this one as well!
Great video
Thanks Logan!
Terrible video... No action audio sounds like Charlie Brown Wa Wa Wa...
Looks awesome
Thanks Abel!!!
This is great. I'd like to see more videos over it if you are still using it. How does it perform, and what is the deepest its pushed?
Works great! We have used it in the big skid too. Most it’s pushed is like 6” but it’s been great since we built it
Turn your blades on and mulch that thatch up
That’s a good idea lol
Does the blue light help you see the salt being spread better than a white light? Also where did you get the blue light from? Thanks
Yes the blue light helps see the salt when the ground is white.
So freakin glad we don't have snow to deal with here in the Midlands of SC!
Snow is good haha
Hey man how diesel fuel do you go though a year
What kind of a stupid question is that lmao
We burn through a lot. Not exactly sure how much. They come every couple week and fill everything up.
These snow monkeys do a good job.
Haha, thanks Dave
Nice job bro! Been there before a couple times in the end it's worth it.
Thanks man! Always worth it in the end