I waded through the hundreds of posts, and ended up with a few questions.
What is the URL for Rears? (I amassed quite a collection of URLs for flails and parts for flails, but not a one for whoever makes Rears)
Who makes a flail that has at least a 24" hydraulic offset (on 84" minimum cutting width)?
My main interest in a flail is the safety (much less chance of objects being thrown)-- I have to mow near large glass areas and at 2000 per glass panel it is a bit of white knuckle at times, not to speak of people and animals that don't realize what a BH 278 can do. Secondary is being able to scalp paddocks down to the dirt (some horses are sensitive to the grass during high sugar phases and the vegetation needs to be nearly terminated), and the hydraulic offset as mentioned hundreds of posts ago can be used to do a tolerable job under the fence lines. Heavy cutting the 278 can do (or a chainsaw, or Stihl FS450), the flail is more for 1" and under grasses and weeds.
As for the hydraulic offset, I use 84" implements now, and allowing for wobbly fence lines-- i.e., running about 12" from the fence line-- an offset capability of at least 24" would be needed. Those wheel things that cut under fences are not attractive, I really DON'T want another special purpose tractor thingie to maintain, attach, detach, cuss at... but on one of the web sites for those wheel things they showed an Italian flail that had a 31" hydraulic offset for a 90"+- flail, ideal except that isn't what they were selling (they were selling the wheel thing WITH the flail, and I did not bookmark the site
).
Yes, a flail slope mower would work great, if I wanted to pay 4000 more and have a bunch of additional parts that could break and needed maintenance...
Thanks.
