Ok, curveball...idles anybody here know about towed atv flails? I'm in the UK and need a 42" or thereabouts self powered flail for a couple of acres.
Is hymari any good or just cheap Chinese rubbish?
What about quad-x and SCH?
Sorry to but in on the big pto powered discussion but you all seem so knowledgeable I thought I'd ask.
Cheers
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Good evening Doctor,
I hope things are well across the pond, we are getting ready for a heavy snow storm here in the Empire State.
AS with anything the issue is quality of build and parts availability.
seeing the few pictures of the Quad X rotary I would hesitate about buying it only because you have no idea about the wheel bearings as they only appear to be Bushings and I would not want this mower unless I specifically planned on changing the bushings each and every year!!!
The SCH towed motorised flail mowers use the rear roller as the main carrier when mowing and the rubber tired wheels for transport.
As with any flailmower the rear roller gives you a turf striper at no charge which is a plus if you have good turf.
The rear roller bearings and carrier wheel bearings are a concern with this flail mower. The other three issues for both SCH flail mower models are the mower hood thickness, the type of flail mower rotor that is installed and the side slicer or hammer knive mounting as it is not shown in the pictures given to the viewer.
The open flange bearings on the flail mower rotor are easy to replace or add pressurised grease cups with hoses to the bearings.
The big issue is the Flail Mower Rotor on this flail mower specifically.
The manufacturer has welded what appears to be a piece of angle iron to a small diameter rotor shaft and mounted the side slicers to the plate steel using three lengths of chain using bolts to secure the chain to the weldment.
The above in itself is very troublesome as you cannot see how the third row of side slicers is mounted to the supposed rotor asembly.
I can forward you a large amount of motorised flail mower information for your use to aid in your decision making. I can and will tell you what you need to look for in flailmower as far as wheel bearings and what will give
you no problems and a long life.
I have a 48 inch Mathews that is no longer manufactured and I would not be without it. I had my fathers 36 inch flail mower before this one and both of these units have collection baskets.
If you do not mind; please PM me with your E-mail so I can send detailed information to you for your use. It is somewhat difficult to go into great detail about this as the file uploading size is low.
There are about 20 models of towed motorised flailmowers+- that are available on your side of the Pond plus the ones built in Germany which I do not have current information about, as they are mostly large walk behind units and track drive remote control units. Before I forget it Makita offers a walk behind flailmower in Great Britain as well, I am unsure if it has a wheel driving mechanisim/gear box to aid in its movement.
LeonZ
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