sodamo
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- Big Island, HI
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- LS XR4140H (Mine) BX2380 (wife’s)
Ouch!!!
In my manual, looks like the roller and pins are replaced as a unit. Wonder what the costs.
David
Flail Mower value leader flail
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Ouch!!!
In my manual, looks like the roller and pins are replaced as a unit. Wonder what the costs.
David
DieselBound
Elite Member
What's the latest opinion on these flails?
I just spotted someone selling a near-new Value Leader 60" fail for a decent price. And, I got to thinking about my wife's recent comment that she wanted to learn to use the B7800 to cut grass. I'm a bit hesitant to unleash her on the tractor with the 5' rotary on it, and after seeing this flail pop up I got to thinking that perhaps this is the way to facilitate fulfilling her request (more safely and comfortably).
The B7800's have the quarter-inching valve to control the 3pt, which requires a lot more fiddling to get the 3pt height set as needed. Because our ground is pretty uneven and we have many trees and have to work around tree root crowns the rotary requires constantly adjusting (I recently replaced our 5' rotary with one that's got a floating top link and that seems to make a huge difference). For me, the adjusting, although it can get tiring, is pretty automatic (after 1,000+ seat hours on this tractor). Since the flail has a short footprint (no long tail) is my thinking that it would tend to bottom out on high spots less frequently than a rotary that this would translate into a reduced need to adjust the 3pt?
Before I shell out a bunch more money on such an implement (I've been pouring out money equipping the Kioti) I want to be able to communicate to my wife that this is justifiable. Keep in mind that we already have that 5' rotary (not to mention a 6' for the Kioti): I do not intend to part with it, as there is still a need to clear heavy brush in tight spaces.
I just spotted someone selling a near-new Value Leader 60" fail for a decent price. And, I got to thinking about my wife's recent comment that she wanted to learn to use the B7800 to cut grass. I'm a bit hesitant to unleash her on the tractor with the 5' rotary on it, and after seeing this flail pop up I got to thinking that perhaps this is the way to facilitate fulfilling her request (more safely and comfortably).
The B7800's have the quarter-inching valve to control the 3pt, which requires a lot more fiddling to get the 3pt height set as needed. Because our ground is pretty uneven and we have many trees and have to work around tree root crowns the rotary requires constantly adjusting (I recently replaced our 5' rotary with one that's got a floating top link and that seems to make a huge difference). For me, the adjusting, although it can get tiring, is pretty automatic (after 1,000+ seat hours on this tractor). Since the flail has a short footprint (no long tail) is my thinking that it would tend to bottom out on high spots less frequently than a rotary that this would translate into a reduced need to adjust the 3pt?
Before I shell out a bunch more money on such an implement (I've been pouring out money equipping the Kioti) I want to be able to communicate to my wife that this is justifiable. Keep in mind that we already have that 5' rotary (not to mention a 6' for the Kioti): I do not intend to part with it, as there is still a need to clear heavy brush in tight spaces.