Wow. Their smallest excavator flail is 15k after mount and shipping. I'm sure they're good but dang.We are using the US Mower brand or flails.
Wow. Their smallest excavator flail is 15k after mount and shipping. I'm sure they're good but dang.We are using the US Mower brand or flails.
I use a 84” rear finish mower and I’ve got a 72” Orsi flail mower. I use the flail mower to cut the edges of my roads and fields.
The correct adjustment of the flail mower, RPM, knives, rotating / driving direction, driving speed etc. is key. It’s like a box blade. If not adjusted correctly it’s not working good.
For the flail mower you can choose between knives and hammers. I’ve got hammers on mine, as I also let 4-5 inch trees, brushes, bushes etc through it. I mow stuff of that’s 2 feet tall down to 3-4 inches like nothing and I don’t get any standing stalks or patches either. But she needs to go full bore 540 PTO RPM and she is liking her fuel. Mowing in reverse is an absolute no go on mine. The tilt front rear (using the adjustable top link) doesn’t matter much, but it does affect the cutting hight. The only way I am having problems like you is when I don’t have 540 RPM on the PTO and or drive too fast.
Thanks.... for some reason I hadn't considered 4 gauge wheels. Guess I'll search and/or try to figure out why my draft control drifts.It will be less expensive to fix the draft control on your mule rather than install gauge wheels
on your flail mower as you need four of them and adapting them to mow 6 inches high will take
a lot of work.
I have no idea how much replacement bush hog caster wheel weldments would cost as you need
more steel to mount them on all four corners of the flail mower.
Yes, they are industrial grade units that last a long time.Wow. Their smallest excavator flail is 15k after mount and shipping. I'm sure they're good but dang.
Flails have full length rollers for heighth guaging. Lift arms need to have a float position to allow mower roller to follow ground contour independent of tractor position. Mott actually supplied chain lift arm replacements to allow that function. With out it, on very uneven ground the bearings in the roller end up being heavily stressed and tend to fail early.Yes, they are industrial grade units that last a long time.
If not working one commercially like ours are, I doubt it would ever need upgrading from using around the farm.
When first getting my Woodmaxx tractor flail, I had lots learn from not ever dragging one around on the 3-point, but Leonz here on TBN was very helpful.