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DieselBound
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I ran my flail for not quite 2 hrs the other day, mowing in the homestead area (grass height under a foot, but enough woody debris to get an idea of how that will go). I'm pretty impressed at the cut quality of the hammers. The cut is better than the RC, and I was OK with the RC's quality of cut. Spanning past the tire tracks is also a big plus. The big thing, of course, is the ability to really break up tree debris.
I can now appreciate your comment about floating over uneven parts. My ground is pretty uneven. I am finding that the width of the flail and the large rear roller really smooths things out. Scalping, so far, is almost non-existent.
Mowing around trees, something that I have a LOT of, is a lot easier with the flail, with it fully side-shifted. I was also a bit nervous about cutting into tree roots, but am, so far, finding that, even with the low cut position, that that's not happening. Something I always had to be concerned about with the RC (mitigated by having the mower height raised a bit).
I managed to snag the flail's front bumper bar on my fence backing up. Ran forward and bent it back in as I bumped past fence posts
Oh, I was thinking that the flail wasn't as quiet as I was hoping (compared to the RC). Well, I was operating with my cab windows open. Duh! I really wanted to listen for problems, to get an idea of what "normal" sounds should be like. I suspect that with windows closed it'll be as quiet as I was expecting it to be, though when hitting thicker debris anything is going to make some noise.
The big test will be when I get outside the homestead area where the grass is really starting to shoot up and there's a lot of tree debris. I need to attach my grapple so I can sweep big debris away (stuff that I wouldn't want to run the RC over as well): "debris" also includes tree trunks More trees and more uneven ground; and, a lot more grass as well.
I can now appreciate your comment about floating over uneven parts. My ground is pretty uneven. I am finding that the width of the flail and the large rear roller really smooths things out. Scalping, so far, is almost non-existent.
Mowing around trees, something that I have a LOT of, is a lot easier with the flail, with it fully side-shifted. I was also a bit nervous about cutting into tree roots, but am, so far, finding that, even with the low cut position, that that's not happening. Something I always had to be concerned about with the RC (mitigated by having the mower height raised a bit).
I managed to snag the flail's front bumper bar on my fence backing up. Ran forward and bent it back in as I bumped past fence posts
Oh, I was thinking that the flail wasn't as quiet as I was hoping (compared to the RC). Well, I was operating with my cab windows open. Duh! I really wanted to listen for problems, to get an idea of what "normal" sounds should be like. I suspect that with windows closed it'll be as quiet as I was expecting it to be, though when hitting thicker debris anything is going to make some noise.
The big test will be when I get outside the homestead area where the grass is really starting to shoot up and there's a lot of tree debris. I need to attach my grapple so I can sweep big debris away (stuff that I wouldn't want to run the RC over as well): "debris" also includes tree trunks
More trees and more uneven ground; and, a lot more grass as well.