The Best of the National Farm Machinery Show 2023
All right I've got John here from Rhino Ag and
he's going to tell us a little bit about their Products so I first became familiar with Rhino
AG because uh tractor time with Tim running that Ts10 on a little 2038r and then yeah as of it to
me it seemed like it's impossible to run a mower That big on a tractor that small but the the
uh bat wings give you a little bit more ability To do that but so I've been really curious about
what else Rhino AG has to offer so you guys kind Of specialize mostly in brush cutting or we do uh
we've been in business since 1930. we we started Out doing a lot of dirt work with rear blades so
many of you may have even heard about the Rhino Rear Blade the big Rhino and the little Rhino but
for many years we've been focusing mainly on brush Cutting and fine finish mowing making Tall Grass
short and so when I walk around here everything is Too big and too heavy looking for my tractor but
you guys do make them for us guys with the smaller Tractors right you have you have something all
the way down to a sub compact or probably mine's A 38 horse John Deere yeah absolutely so Rhino
does make its living on the roadsides mowing the Heavy duty stuff Mo reclaiming pasture land but
we didn't forget about the guys with the small Subcompact tractors so you're 20 38 or 2030
mower we make a single spindle what we call A single spindle mower mounts on the three-point
hitch and we make those in four five and six foot Mowers and that's clearly writing the game that
you're looking at so nowadays there's a hundred Companies that make brush Cutters yeah so from
your perspective why would someone choose a rhino At we weld these right here in Illinois right here
in the United States so that's a super important To me to represent a company that is right here
in the states we do buy some parts from overseas I'll have to say but we have Craftsmen and women
right in Gibson City Illinois who take pride in Their job weld them weld them up there and we
distribute all around the United States that's The thing that I like about Rhino and so I've got
another brand of brush cutter that hasn't held up Very well I bought an economy brush cutter yeah
and what there are points in the market for an Economy product they're sure built product and
I've kind of focused on this as being one of the Heaviest builts and uh looks like a great product
sure so the mower behind us here is a tw-37 that's A three inch cut the 30 the three means three inch
cut capacity it'll take down a tree seven feet Wide so yes that's the one we show at the shows
but the TW 14 or 15 is a one inch cut five foot Wide mower that would go right on your tractor one
of the other guys told me that you didn't bring It because you're having trouble building them
fast enough for the demand on them it's amazing Truckload after truckload go out of Gibson City
with those tw10 series all lined up on flatbed Semis heading out to go to all parts of the nation
we can't build them fast enough and so what size Tractor would you need to run this one at least
60 horsepower we don't want the tail wagon the Dog we want to make sure that the tractor's
stable enough to pick up that size more that's 2 000 pounds worth of cutter behind the tractor no
popping wheelies so you're you guys focus a lot of
Attention on brush cutting what other kinds of
implements do you still make so at Rhino we do Rear blades still which is our bread and butter
from 1930 so we make rear blades that fit your Tractor as well as long as we as as well as we
distribute a lot of landscape products uh rear Rock brakes uh pulverizers box scrapers driveway
scrapers rear tine tillers the rear tine tiller we Have right next to us is painted in New Holland
blue we'll paint them the color your tractor if You want us to yeah and so if someone's watching
this right now and they said boy howdy I want one Of those Rhino AG Cutters how are they going to
go about getting it 10-4 you're going to talk to Your local Rhino dealer and to find them you'll
check out www.rinoag.com check us out on Facebook You'll check out rhinox YouTube channel Channel
hey and see me telling you how to adjust clutches And how do you do a different few things don't
have my hat on but you'll notice me awesome well I really appreciate you taking time to talk to us
that's great let's get let's get some Rhino stuff On the back of his tractor that's what I'm talking
about so I thought I had met everyone here all the YouTubers just ran into a big Channel that I
didn't know much about this is Ryan from how Farms work how are you guys doing and uh he's
meeting at the Rhino AG Booth or even here all Week I'm here 10-4 today tomorrow we're walking
around the show this is Dad's first time at the National farm machinery show so we wanted to make
sure you had time to walk around and check out a Couple of his favorite booths he plays with the
big tractors though oh yeah it was really nice To meet you though it's nice to meet you too
hey it's Brock here from Rock Hill Farms I'm Out here at the national farm machinery show
today we're gonna walk the whole show and I'm Gonna show you guys everything that I think is
interesting or that I think you guys might like So I've already ran into a bunch of my favorite
YouTubers we're going to say hi to some of those As well and should be a lot of fun so I think the
first place I want to go is the solar track Booth Select track almost said it wrong and look at
what they've got going on with electric so I just Walked up to the select track booth and they've
really been making waves in the compact tractor Market being the first that I'm aware of electric
tractor to come to Market with this 25 horsepower So when I talk about electric power equipment
on my channel it's like talking about politics People people are very uh polarized sometimes on
one side or the other and I just want some basic Information so first this is like a replacement
for a 25 horse tractor correct and and just to Echo up off your uh your first comment this is a
Tracker there's nothing political No Agenda here Right I mean the last time I checked tractors
do tractory things and so do we yeah and and Then I can definitely just ride off the bat see
some advantages for a certain Market but who do You think for this tractor right here is an ideal
customer well because it is a direct replacement It's good for anyone so you have you know your
uh hobby Farmers your homesteaders uh you have uh Equestrian owners equestrian centers because we're
quiet uh governments municipality school systems
Um you know nurseries landscapers Greenhouse
operations really so anywhere you would use a Traditional 25 horsepower tractor you can use this
I know tractor time with Tim has been doing some Tests on it and he's been getting some pretty good
results comparing this to a 25 horse diesel so the Next thing is what is a standard run time and I
know it can depend on the task you're doing for Sure well like anything else right the harder you
work something the quicker you're going to pull Down your power source uh just like with a natural
electric or diesel so if you're really working the Tractor hard you can expect three to four hours
of constant work out of it like pulling a rotary Mower or a tiller or something but if you're
doing light duty stuff pulling wagons cleaning Stalls you could get maybe almost a day out of it
I think at the initial release of this in my mind I think this is a great option maybe if you put a
couple hundred hours a year on your tractor I kind Of think uh someone who's putting thousands of
hours on it they might be have a hassle with the Um with Chuck needing to charge it but if you an
average homeowner probably isn't going to run the Battery down in one day that's correct right
I mean so you're looking at the the average Homeowner the the Homesteader the weekend
warrior you know they're not going to put a Lot of hours on it and this is a great alternative
for them you know when you disconnect the battery Supplies and you leave the tractor and you come
back to it and you turn them on you've got your Full power right uh but on the flip side of that
we've actually seen opportunities we're selling These into commercial applications like a large
Nursery where they're running you know 100 or 200 tractors out there well they'll take and run
one ship with the electric tractor pulling wagons Uh the laborers can all communicate safely to one
another over because it doesn't make any noise and There's and there's saving a lot on fuel right I
mean that's that's a big thing so I started off I Was trying to be negative now let's talk about
some reason other reasons that you would want One that's right because number one like it sounds
like a small thing but I don't don't like carrying Diesel cans around or storing it or have I have a
big diesel tank I have to go fill that up and so There's a big hassle you save you mentioned it's
not noisy nope we run about 40 decibels quieter Than the convention our conventional tractor so
literally this convention hall that we're in right Now is as loud if not louder the ambient noise
than what this tractor operates at so besides Not annoying your neighbors you're protecting your
hearing yeah that's correct hearing protection and It's got immediate torque yep it's got instant
torque you don't have to start this and let it Warm up for 10 minutes or anything like that so I
can see the advantages now right now where are you Selling this tractor so right now we're setting
up and recruiting dealers all across the U.S Um so right now if you're a dealer and you become
a dealer www.selecttrack.com uh we are so we're Recruiting dealers all across the US in open areas
where we don't have a current dealer we we will Sell direct and support that tracker with our own
dedicated team because the next objection back to
The negativity the next objection is going to be
well this is new I won't if something breaks I Won't be able to get any support well that's right
that's why we're going with a blended approach Right where we've got our own field support staff
but they can't take care of all of it that's why We're going through traditional dealers tractor
dealers power equipment dealers to have level of Support you know they're required to keep special
tools they're required to do training they're Required to have Parts on hand to become a dealer
but then as far as everything outside of the fact It doesn't have a diesel engine on it everything
else is the same right it's PTO your three-point Your hydraulic fluid your couplers all that's
just a standard the solid tractor just a normal Tracker it just again operates quieter with zero
emissions and with instant source and performance I think there's no question that there's a future
that has electric compact tractors being popular And then we'll see how long it takes to get into
the bigger machine but I think this is definitely The future and it's coming so well good uh it
is we're very we're excited you know we're the First to Market in North America um you know we we
uh we're excited about the product and basically Just spreading the word that there is a cleaner
alternative out there well um congratulations on The succession thank you I appreciate you taking
time to talk thank you thank you for the signs We're going to head down to the tym booth right
now because in about five minutes they've got Their big YouTube Meetup Daniel's over there we
almost like jokes because he has a line This is The line to meet Daniel owns I'm about to break
the rules here which are don't record someone When they don't know they're being recorded but
you'll see Hank Hamilton is the same guy in person As he is on video better I be twins yeah that
means I feel so good they need to be too happy Yeah I I was making a joke about the fact that
uh his line goes all the way out yeah I mean I'm Talking about going against my camera so that I
could just kind of film that oh yeah I told him We were going to come down here and see who had
the longest line but it's not you and it's not me So no it's not well it's only Daniel really you
guys don't know this is Evan from Country View Acres here's Tony Hanks right there and then
Stoney Ridge is on past him Nathan's in there Too from out of the woods yeah great group
of guys we're having a good time today as I Turn here you'll see Mike from dirt perfect
and then Courtney from Good Works tractors Ask tractor Mike was over here for a while too
and it really was great getting to know these Guys better and I've ran into my one of my best
friends and one of my favorite YouTube channels This is Tony from Tony's tractor Adventure say
90 of you know who he is but just in case you Don't tell him who you are real quick so I'm Tony
with Tony's tractor Adventure my wife Tanya and I We're building our Homestead we we've got into
sawmilling we actually just built a greenhouse So we're gonna eventually work our way over into
nurseries and we that's the plan anyway but we're We're cutting our Homestead Out of the Woods
ourselves and doing because me and her do 90
Of everything we don't quite hire anything out
hardly at all I think a roof on a barn is the Only thing that we have not done everything else
we do ourselves so it's awesome content and if Any of you guys are in the Louisville area for the
next three days you can see Tony here at 10 A.M at The tym booth so 10 30. yeah I got to have my my
beauty sleep I need all of it I can get all right I guess we need to swing through the John Deere
Booth see what they've got going on treatment Here we go this looks like what I need [Music] I've said since I started the
ideal tractor to me is the 4066. They are proud of it but it's it's a nice machine Kubota is one of the few brands that
I have not really featured in a video Or at one of these farm shows but I promise
you guys I'm gonna get one of their reps on Camera with me walking through their Booth
today I was kind of impressed with their side By sides I'd love to get a chance to drive
one of these around I'm in a big city which Is uncomfortable for me but this thing
looks like a luxury vehicle extended cab Six person I think if I called an Uber
today this might be what picked me up A lot of you have probably seen I mounted
an electric winch on the back of my tractor With the receiver Mount and it's fine but
it barely pulls harder than the tractor so I think a huge upgrade and it is more
expensive but a huge upgrade would be Getting one of these actual skidding winches
and they're not cheap but I think they'd Definitely be worth it and the only reason I
don't have one is that I have a skid loader You guys know I'm in the market
for some new mowers this year And there's a lot of great Brands out there and
I spent quite a bit of time looking at them but I decided not to go too deep into mowers on
this video so I've been coming to this show For a little while and I come across this booth
today and there's a wide range of attachments here But the brand is iron craft and I thought I've
never heard of this is this a new company and So I've grabbed someone who can maybe answer that
for us yeah thanks Brock so uh we've been in this Booth for several years actually the founding
company was founded in 2014. it was called Titan Implements of Athens Tennessee and middle of last
year uh maybe let me back up just a little bit Previously Titan name got confused with some other
Titan Brands and products and industries that are Very similar to ours but we actually manufacture
in Athens and Decatur Tennessee we also have A facility in Denton North Carolina we pride
ourselves on focusing on American made first and Then we will Outsource and we will use some parts
that we can't get here but uh since 2014 we've Been building the product and in since 2014 we've
been in this very booth on their Titan implements Uh middle of last year we changed our name to iron
craft and we think it's really taken that Fusion
Out of the marketplace and allowed us to display
all the great products that we have and just a Quick story for you guys and for you as well I saw
some of your products online and in my mind I said I think there might be two Titan attachments and
I don't I'd heard some negative things about the Other one and that kind of stopped me from buying
so a Rebrand is probably a good thing but there's A Titan in every category I think it's a really
really another product name so you want to tell Me a little bit about the products you guys have
yeah so uh we have three point attachments we've Got skid steer loader attachments and we're adding
in several mini excavator attachments we have a Few but we're adding and we're working to expand
that portfolio all of the three-point attachments Are made in Athens and Decatur Tennessee and
then our Denton North Carolina formerly CID we Acquired CID middle of last year as well we are
manufacturing those in Denton North Carolina and Selling them through dealers under the iron craft
brand so you guys know so anytime I can I want to Buy something that's made in America so that's
a great part of the story what do you think is Probably your biggest Market or your number one
thing you sell the most of right now so the colors Are really what the 1205 the Cutters are really
what we're known for and now with the flux swing Especially if you saw the red white and blue Flex
Wing over here that is what's really taken off so That market is just expanding just like a wing
suggests is it just red white and blue today For the show or do you sell it that way we'll
do anything the way the customer wants to that One does have a slight price difference from a
normal cutter but uh we will sell them in in the Standard gray or the Kubota orange or the you
know blue we match what the customer needs and Getting ready to walk around and look at some
of the other stuff but I think you just said It but if someone wants to buy this or they're
ordering it for you from you or is it all through Deals it's all through dealers we work with our
dealer Network very closely uh you can go on our Website ironcraftusa.com and go to the dealer
locator put your ZIP code in and that'll bring You to the closest dealer uh and then they'll
have inventory and be able to provide you with Uh pricing and availability I'm really intrigued
over here you've got like an extendable boom brush Mower for a speed loader yeah it's cool is that a
new product for you guys or so we've actually had It for a while but it's kind of been at the back
of the booth we brought both of the the offset Coil mower for the three points and the swing
boom mower with a skid steer up to the front and Unlike a lot of Cutters you do not have to have
high flow for that one so you can go 90 degrees Out it's like 30 degrees down extend it out or
work with it in front of you all right hold on I'm gonna go check that out a little bit more but
I really appreciate you taking the time to talk To me yeah thanks bro appreciate it I actually
forgot to film an end for this video so I'll Wrap it up just by saying if you like this kind of
content think about subscribing to the channel I Come to a lot of these shows and I review a lot of
equipment but I also just record a lot of videos
Using my tractor my skid loader on my own property
and getting work done so I'm excited for weather To warm up so we can get back to that thanks
for watching and I'll see you on the next one
