Pairing Flail Mower Size And Cutting Conditions To Tractor PTO Horsepower

[K5lwq]

So then how are consumers supposed to figure out how much power they need to buy for their cutting conditions?

Not everyone has the time nor the desire to go slow.

1. They know because their tractor is in the HP range.

2. Then buy a Mower that is closest on the high side to your tractor's PTO HP rating. Or buy a tractor that has more power.

There is no way for anyone to know what requirements someone else might have unless they are told.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

Maybe there's not a simple answer?

Maybe or maybe no one has discovered it yet?

 

[zonedar]

Maybe or maybe no one has discovered it yet?

Sounds like an opportunity.

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

Sounds like an opportunity.

I agree :thumbsup:

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

1. They know because their tractor is in the HP range.

The problem with this idea is the range is too wide. We're talking on average of a 30-75hp range. That's a lot spread to be working with.

2. Then buy a Mower that is closest on the high side to your tractor's PTO HP rating. Or buy a tractor that has more power.

The problem with this concept is flail mowers on average are very hp hungry and buying a tractor on the high end of the range could be way out of budget, oversized, a waste of fuel and could burn up belts as one guy has already mentioned on this thread.

There is no way for anyone to know what requirements someone else might have unless they are told.

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

 

[K5lwq]

The problem with this idea is the range is too wide. We're talking on average of a 30-75hp range. That's a lot spread to be working with.

The problem with this concept is flail mowers on average are very hp hungry and buying a tractor on the high end of the range could be way out of budget, oversized, a waste of fuel and could burn up belts as one guy has already mentioned on this thread.

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

What I mean is, how many acres are you cutting, how often are you going to cut, what are you cutting and how long do you want to spend cutting it? It might be that a 48" flail will work or you need a 15' batwing. I have no idea unless I am told.

 

[TerryR]

How do you correctly pair a particular size flail mower for a particular type of cutting conditions to a particular tractor's PTO power output?

You have specified three variables, but only two of them can actually be measured:
1- Size of mower. The width is easy to specify.
2- PTO horsepower. That's easy to find most tractors.
3- Cutting conditions. How would you propose anyone specify that? Consider:
-- Wet or dry? - no such thing, it can be anywhere in between. What number would you use to specify that?
-- Type of material being cut? - all sorts of material can be cut, grass, weeds of many types, brush. How would you specify how difficult your material is?
-- Density of material being cut? - it make a lot of difference how thick the material is. Tall or short? Lush or sparse? How would you specify that?
-- Acceptable cutting speed? - as has been said by others, the same HP can cut different material at different ground speeds. What speed to you think is minimum?
-- Steepness of terrain? - steep terrain also eats HP. What grade do you expect to cut on?

Until you specify all these variables you haven't specified your cutting conditions. How would you have anyone cover these, the most important of which have no objective way to measure, in a piece of literature?

You have the answer - it's a wide range. You just don't want to accept that.

 

[Richard]

The problem with this idea is the range is too wide. We're talking on average of a 30-75hp range. That's a lot spread to be working with.

The problem with this concept is flail mowers on average are very hp hungry and buying a tractor on the high end of the range could be way out of budget, oversized, a waste of fuel and could burn up belts as one guy has already mentioned on this thread.

I'm not sure what you mean by this.

Just get some goats!

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

What I mean is, how many acres are you cutting, how often are you going to cut, what are you cutting and how long do you want to spend cutting it? It might be that a 48" flail will work or you need a 15' batwing. I have no idea unless I am told.

This thread is about flail mowers not rotary cutters so that is off the table. So suppose you knew all those variables, what would be your process for coming up with an answer?

 

[Cahaba Valley Farm]

Just get some goats!

:laughing: