Eagleview
Veteran Member
Just a little tip with flail mowers with hydraulic sideshift . It is OK to shift them back and forth whilst mowing say a fence line whilst your travelling but if you are stationary , lift it off the ground before shifting . It's easier on the mower , hydraulic ram and 3pl . With side shift , you can run along the wires on a fence with it partly extended and then suck it in to go around the post and then push it back out . Mowing around trees is a breeze , mow past a tree on it's left side with the mower extended to the right , run the mower face up to the tree . Lift and suck the mower back to the left and pass the tree and carry on . When you finish that run and come back to that tree do the same as before and carry on . Tree may just need a quick hit with the wipper snipper if your fussy . When your mowing close to objects it's better to mow to the left of them in most cases as the drive pulleys are usually on the left side and keep you out about 150mm (6" for you unmetricated chaps )