brandoro
Platinum Member
The local Kubota/Landpride dealer finally got a flail mower in, took the tractor in today and took the mower for a test drive. All there was to cut was some longish grass along the ditch but it seemed to work well enough. I was fairly well convinced it would suit my needs (wants ) based on all the posts I have read here.
Took it home and spent a couple of hours playing, err testing, on trails I had opened up with a rental brush mower. Violent machine but it turns trails that you might walk carefully wearing long pants and boots into trails you could walk in sandals and shorts. Still quite a bit of deadfall to be cleaned up but it turns all the punji sticks left by the brush mower into mulch. I'll try to wait for a cooler day to continue cleaning up trails, it was 30C here today, that's 86F for y'all down south. I know that isn't too hot for some of you but above average here.
I know, you need pictures, the camera is in the truck too so I have no excuse. Anyway, it's a sturdy machine. Two hours + of thrashing through the bush and it barely took any paint off the knives. The literature says it will cut up to 1" material, I can tell you that 1" is no trouble at all for it.
Took it home and spent a couple of hours playing, err testing, on trails I had opened up with a rental brush mower. Violent machine but it turns trails that you might walk carefully wearing long pants and boots into trails you could walk in sandals and shorts. Still quite a bit of deadfall to be cleaned up but it turns all the punji sticks left by the brush mower into mulch. I'll try to wait for a cooler day to continue cleaning up trails, it was 30C here today, that's 86F for y'all down south. I know that isn't too hot for some of you but above average here.
I know, you need pictures, the camera is in the truck too so I have no excuse. Anyway, it's a sturdy machine. Two hours + of thrashing through the bush and it barely took any paint off the knives. The literature says it will cut up to 1" material, I can tell you that 1" is no trouble at all for it.