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04-28-2009, 02:39 PM #1Member
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Flail mower versus mulcher?
What is the difference between a flail mower and a mulcher?
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04-28-2009, 03:09 PM #2Gold Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
A flail mower is used to maintain areas that you would normally bushhog with a rotary mower. A mulcher is used to clear areas that has good sized trees or stumps, you would tear up a bushhog or flail mower. A bushhog and flail are a closer match. Flail mowers have blades that swivel and mulcher blades are fixed on a drum.
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04-30-2009, 01:01 PM #3Platinum Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
A flail is a heavy duty mower..... heavy grass, saplings, etc....
A mulcher is like the nastiest rototiller you've ever seen, on steroids, and with a very, very bad attitude!!! Google search "ironwolf slasher" and watch the videos!! They're the extreme, but you'll get the drift.
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04-30-2009, 09:02 PM #4Veteran Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
About $15,000.
Originally Posted by Redfox
Brush Mulcher2006 Kama 554, 92 Belarus 250AS, Bombardier Outlander Max 400.
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05-01-2009, 08:48 AM #5Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
That much I know. Originally Posted by Brad_Blazer
The real questions is:
Is a Mulcher just a really big and beefy flail mower, or are there other differences?
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05-01-2009, 08:50 AM #6Veteran Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
Did you mean a mulching mower?
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05-01-2009, 09:18 AM #7Veteran Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
The $17,000 3-point mulcher is only 48" wide and weighs more than a ton. It will probably mow grass just fine but it is pretty inefficient running a tractor that can haul that much on the 3ph (like the one pictured) to do the job of a 20hp machine, let alone the sacrifice in maneuverability. Originally Posted by Redfox
That much I know.
The real questions is:
Is a Mulcher just a really big and beefy flail mower, or are there other differences?2006 Kama 554, 92 Belarus 250AS, Bombardier Outlander Max 400.
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05-01-2009, 01:03 PM #8Super Star Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
More like a gang of stump grinders than a flail. They tend to have solid non pivoting cutting edges rather than pivoting knives or hammers like a flail mower. Originally Posted by Redfox
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05-01-2009, 01:22 PM #9Super Star Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
Originally Posted by Redfox
First picture is a flail mower. Second picture is the blades on a flail. Third picture is the cutting/mulching head on a mulcher. Last picture is a heavy duty flail axe. It will chew up to 2 in, trees, but leaves a lot of debri left over.
A flail mower can also have a thick chunk of sharpened steel to rotate around ,and flail the he** out whatever.J.J.
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05-01-2009, 09:37 PM #10Member
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Re: Flail mower versus mulcher?
Thanks guys. Now I understand.
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