Flail Mower Flail mower versus mulcher?

[Redfox]

What is the difference between a flail mower and a mulcher?

 

[Heavyduty]

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.

 

[jgrreed]

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.

-Jer.

 

[Brad_Blazer]

What is the difference between a flail mower and a mulcher?

About $15,000.
Brush Mulcher

 

[Redfox]

About $15,000.
Brush Mulcher

That much I know.

The real questions is:
Is a Mulcher just a really big and beefy flail mower, or are there other differences?

 

[pitt_md]

Did you mean a mulching mower?

 

[Brad_Blazer]

That much I know.

The real questions is:
Is a Mulcher just a really big and beefy flail mower, or are there other differences?

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.

 

[IslandTractor]

Is a Mulcher just a really big and beefy flail mower, or are there other differences?

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.

 

[J_J]

What is the difference between a flail mower and a mulcher?

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.

 

[Redfox]

Thanks guys. Now I understand.