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Chugger 172, If you do not want to use wood brush killer the only other option is to invest in several brush grubbers from Gemplers to rip them out and renting a tracked backhoe to pull on the heavy chain and brush grubber and also enable you to dig out the clumps further if needed. Having...

The sod looks very good. How fast were you traveling? what is your cutting height measured at the tip of the side slicer knife and the solid sod ground? Have you considered mowing in an slightly overlapping spiral pattern to shred the clippings further?

The side slicer knives have been diminished in their quality of cut because they have been mounted on a narrow knife mounting station with twin weldments and as result the stationary side slicer knives move in a linear direction. Flail mowers with D mounting rings allow a side slicer knife...

lee zeldin strikes again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How fast are you mowing? Are you using a finish flail mower with a 4 row flail mower rotor with side slicer knives? What type of flail knife is your flail mower equipped with? Which brand of flail mower do you own? How sharp are the knife edges? Are you mowing at a 2 inch cutting height?

A great majority of them are COMER gear boxes, you should contact the folks at Boston Gear and ask who their representative is in your area. 1-888-999-9860 High horsepower gearboxes are very expensive. Another option is an ag salvage company like Wengers of Myerstown, Pa. for a used one...

The reason you do not see many of them is because of the mounting system on a front end loader of a farm tractor; one small impact can cause a massive twisting/racking of the loader arms, where an under frame mount to the rear axle and engine cradle provide more structural strength for the...

The folks at good works tractors are having a closeout sale on HLA SSQA snow plow blades with manual angle adjustment but no tilt. These snowplows have skid shoes and the hydraulic angle adjustment option can be purchased for extra cost. SSQA 6 way dozer blades can start at almost $4,000.00

You do not have enough oil flow for the lane shark. Your mule would work with samurai with the EZ mount bracket to trim vertically and horizontally

The 3 point hitch sickle trimmers will reach much higher than a flail shredder and a flail shredder will not reach the top of a hedge to mow it level where a hydraulic arm mounted sickle pruner will do this at a slow ground speed. If you have a loader for your mule you could take advantage of...

The three point mounted hydraulic drive sickle bars will be less money and will be easier to use for the hedges; Thay way you can buy a simpler to own and operate Del Morino or Maschio flail mower with hydraulic side shift.

You can use a boom mounted orchard and vineyard shredder to trim vertically but it would help if we knew how long your hedges are as you have to justify the very large expense for an orchard and vineyard shredder and have a large enough mule to carry one for doing the work. There are...

Tire pressure has always been the issue with mowers I have owned and used. Having tubeless tires on lawn mowers has always been a problem for mowing and holding snow and ice chains.

If that is your desired height of cut do not invest in one UNLESS YOU BUY A HINICKER 72 inch crop shredder.

The trash door on your Seppi Flail shredder serves 2 purposes; (1) it allows the user to mow/shred tall grasses and crops in one pass. (2) you can inspect the flail shredder knives without lifting it and crawling under it.

No, if you are sitting side saddle while clearing and your turning right the front wheels are pointing to the left A RAMMY 155 commercial snow thrower could be attached to the loader if you have an ssqa. WD-40 or Fluid Film applied in layers and allowed to dry between coats I have also...

I neglected to add this to my comment yesterday; As you have a small horsepower open station tractor and you are worried about snow dust causing visibility issues you should ask whether the manufacturer of the snow blower you are examining for eventual purchase has a chute extension option...

The cutting edge and how sharp it is makes huge difference in how well a snow blower scrapes. If you expect to clear snow with a push type snow thrower you needed loaded tires and or rear weights with V bar snow and ice chains sized correctly for the rear tires. The carbide coated V bar snow...

You want a small tree transplanting auger not a standard straight auger. Otherwise rent a small tracked excavator for one day and be done with it.

The only problem would be the metric pins it came with and whether they would fit the new bored slugs :eek: The other issue would be the required bronze bushings with the same issue of fit :eek:

A Rammy 155 commercial single stage snow thrower for the Kawasaki mule and V bar carbide ice chains for the kawasaki mule. I grew up using singel stage snow throwers on a 1968 IHC Cub Cadet, 1972 Simplicity and Wheel Horse garden tractors that were not junk and they never failed us. Lots of...

Hello Lou, I hope you are tolerating the dry weather, I am for sure, for once it is nice to see the clay all caked up and dried out in my sod that passes for lawn. Does the swing circuit cylinder on your shredder have a relief valve or a flow metering valve? I have not bothered to take...

Please ask for the dealerships owner to get help if you are sure you want to keep this mule in your stable.

If you follow the hose run on page 82 you see that part number/hose 8/1 is connected with the tractor with one port. The wing cylinders have 2 breather plugs in the base of the cylinder barrel which are part number 16/2 The wing cylinders have restrictor fittings on the rod side of the...

The weldments and pipe caps hold the compression springs tight against spring locators that hold the springs in place for the double spindle legs to maintain ground pressure on the wheel sets. The raptor and the predator-omni were designed to have to have single acting cylinders not double...

They are no different than the gravely single spindle mowers other than the dual swinging mower blades and being lighter in weight. The BERTA flail mowers weight will aid in the walking tractors stability on hills.

Good morning Mr. Maxwell, If you look closely at picture 836 you can see where the right ratchet jack is causing the rear wheel carrier to bind on the right side. I neglected to mention this last evening and I apologize for not doing so. The tie rod type of hydraulic cylinders on your mower...

Good evening Mr. Maxwell, The new ratchet jack is set at 11 threads the original ratchet jack is set at 7 threads.

Have I offended you? Both finish flail mowers and flail orchard and vineyard shredders with side slicer knives provide the user with a finer clipping that is recut and can be recut again on a second or third pass if the user wishes to quickly have the clippings dissolve and prevent dead grass...

The wing cylinders are connected and used as double acting cylinders Have you tried moving the draft controls with the engine shut off to see if the cylinders will bleed back to the oil reservoir in the transmission to eliminate an air lock condition? I neglected to ask you if the hydraulic...

You will not have a good cut of the grass and brush simply because the flail mower will not create the pressure gradient/suction needed to lift and cut the grass and brush to make short clippings. Tilting the mower above the horizontal plane with the top link will cause anything that is...

Have you ever broken sod or brush covered ground in clay? It won't happen in one pass. You need to spread a lot of Gypsum to dissolve the clay before you even think about tilling as the roots will be deep. Hire a spreader and buy a ton of gypsum either deep mined or chemically rendered...

Check with your John Deere dealer and ask if one or both of the remotes on your mule can be used with an electric valve splitter. One of the mounted remotes may only be single acting :^(

The mower is too wide and heavy for your tractor. If you are going to do this purchase either the smaller 48 inch Del Morino or 48 inch Maschio orchard and vineyard shredder.

Depends on your useable skills and the size of your tool box. Tires and wheels you can get from Palmetto Tire. If your Honda has a winch you could purchase Rammy atv Flail mower or buy my 48 inch Mathews lawn genie pick up mower and tow it behind the Honda.

My first suggestion is to contact the Moden Ag People and ask them for a manual for that mower and a parts list as it needs a lot of work. You may have the hoses connected wrong. You need to block the mower up and fix the hydraulic hoses before they are damaged and bundle them together with...

The small motorized 2 stage snow blowers have a lot of shiny metal that is too thin and the drive components are not simple in design and construction compared to the RAMMY single stage 155 snow blowers which use a simple V belt drive and slip clutch with a Briggs and Stratton snow service...

When turn buckles or chains are used on the lower links they prevent the lower links from shifting from side to side your mule does not have that ability. If your mule has the same hoisting arrangement for the integrally mounted 3 point hitch implements you will need to tighten the...

Do you have adjustable length lower links or are they solid steel castings? If they are adjustable are both lower links the same length? Are the turnbuckles adjusted to the same length? Are there chains holding the lower links in place and are they equal in length? You may end up...

If your right lower link is causing the gearbox to nearly touch the ground you need to adjust the right lower link so that it is level with the left lower link. This is the correct adjustment for an orchard and vineyard shredder/verge mower to work properly and hug the ground as well as...

No, the rigid top link prevents the flail mower from tipping forward and causing damage to the flail mower rotor. The left and right lower link create the level X axis and the top link creates the Y axis for the proper mowing height from side to side. The right lower link is used for in...

If that happens and the belt is routed correctly and the compression washers are no longer cupped the V belt is stretched too. A bad set of bearings will also cause this as the V belt will whistle past the pulley and do as you have seen as well. If you can purchase a kevlar reinforced V belt...

The problem dealing with the End Of Driveway Monster is three-fold, the first problem is the freeze thaw cycle, the second problem is ice being picked up from the shoulder of the road and dumped in the driveway and the third problem is rock salt or other deicing chemicals. First and foremost...

Hello tagslg, Judging solely on the two images you were so kind in uploading to the forum for us to look at it appears to me that one arbor/spindle appears to have only 2 flat washers and the other arbor/spindle has three flat washers. If you are not using a torque wrench and blue Loctite to...

The Harper Turf Equipment people make very large turf cleaners, their TV60 Turf Vac verticuts and vacuums in one pass and is PTO powered. The TV60 has a 60 inch pick up width and the hopper can hold 7 cubic yards of material. The manual for the TV60 turf vac is too large to upload here so...

The Cyclone Rake will do this for you if you have a belly mower. A good ground drive lawn sweeper will do this as well.

I hate lawn thatch, have you considered using a flail mower equipped thatching knives with a pick up basket that uses a hydraulic basket lift to dump it to do this job in one pass?

I understand that, I suggested he contact Joel as he was not being helped by anyone in Europe.

No, it is best that you replace it. The two dealers in or near Charlotte are Hydradyne LLC in Charlotte and AFP Industries in Mooresville. Hydradyne also has a store in Columbia, NC as well.

You have a Parker Gerotor hydraulic motor. Its best that you find a local Parker hydraulic dealer to obtain a new geroter hydraulic motor as this type of hydraulic motor is an over the shoulder and hit the scrap bin type of motor that is designed to provide high torque for any application...

Do you use a finish flail mower with dethatching knives?

Is your flail mower set at a 2 inch cutting height? If you buy a RAMMY flail mower you can do this for much less money.

Please contact Joel at www.earthtools.com he is the main importer for BCS and Grillo in the USA. Joel would be of greater help to you in solving this for you as he has a very good reputation with BCS and could help you wade through mess of lost communications and service needed for your BCS...

They work but 99% of your question depends on what your three point hitch can lift as a hydraulic power pack will be required to run a high flow attachment. To overcome the lift issue you can have a power pack mounted on heavy solid bush hog caster wheels. Skid steer attachments are...

UGHH!!!!!!!!!!! Are the flail mower rotor weights used to balance the flail mower rotor "by itself": and after "the mounting stations were welded to the flail mower rotor" still welded to the flail mower rotor??? Did you clean the hammers to bare metal with hot water and Dawn dish soap...

The "Y" blades are referred to as side slicer knives. Do not reuse the cotter pins or the nuts and bolts, please use new ones.

Flail Master or Clean Cutter

They are all like that, do not send them back.

The towed Wessex flail mower is further in the rear and any chaff is thrown backwards away from the tractor.

Please look at the 5 foot cut DEL MORINO and MASCHIO three point hitch mounted flail mower/flail shredders and the motorized Wessex towed flail mower before you pull your wallet out of your pocket. The major advantage of the towed Wessex flail mower with its Briggs and Stratton V-twin engine...

Hello Mtsoxfan, This thread will always be relevant for anyone wanting to invest in a mowing implement that will last several lifetimes and be useable on larger tractors. A properly sized flail mower is not slower than a rotary cutter. You have to understand that a rotary cutter uses...

Flail Master.

I have attached a copy of the owners manual for this snowblower for you. Single stage snow throwers are much easier to own and maintain. The following is my opinion and only my opinion: I wish these manufacturers would wake up and see this, of course they will not admit that they build...

Helo Mollydot, Look at the BCS 2 wheel tractors for what you want as they can do everything. I miss the lawn tractors we had with single stage snow throwers, the crap they sell today cannot hold a candle to them. If you have your heart set on an old reliable lawn mower with a horizontal...

The side slicer knives are sheared, punched with the correct mounting hole, ground to a fine edge and then pressed to create the correct angle. The scoop knives are created in the same manner with the knife forming done before the cutting edge is ground as far as before they are heat treated as...

I hope Mom takes the cost of the new shovel out in new chores and the rug rats allowance!!!! I am glad it was not a fiberglass handled shovel.

Your mule is much too light in weight even with loaded rear tires for a 60 inch boom mounted orchard and vineyard flail shredder. Please visit both the DEL MORINO and MASCHIO web pages and take the time to look at well designed rear views of the boom mounted flail shredders illustrating...

You have a Farmall Super A? Please post more pictures of that flail mower so I can help you. None of those parts should have been removed from the mower. These beautiful flail mowers were designed and used as belly mounted flail mowers.

If you do not mind calling south of the border contact the Flail Master folks for a price for these "scoop knives" as they are not cast hammer knives. Make sure you mention whether the land pride flail mower is actually built by Kubota or if it is the original imported MACHIO brand with metric...

That is great to hear Torvy, happy mowing.

Hello Torvy, Please be sure to use a torque wrench for the taper lock screws and a bead of blue Loctite on the taper lock screw threads to secure the taper lock bushing.

Assuming the wire is stuck between the side weldment and the flail mower rotor-please flip it over on its back so the entire rotor is exposed. in doing that you will be able break the wire and remove it with either a heavy flat screw driver or thin chisel.

The first thing you have to decide is whether you want to risk puncturing a radiator or losing a tire if you are going to clear second growth trash hardwood trees. If you have that much land to clear a 3 point hitch forestry mulcher will do this job for you but you have to understand that...

The OEM side slicers come from Europe and are heat treated.

Vrisimo, maschio, Del Morino are the three I would recommend. The Vrisimo orchard flail shredders have been made for a very long time and have very heavy heat treated side slicer knives that have been used in orchards in California for many years. The Del Morino and Maschio flail shredders...

Hello Mike, Do you think you have enough blowdown and brush to invest in the smallest 59 inch Rinieri TRR2? It sounds like you will have plenty of work for it for at least 6 months of the year. You would have no issue with putting it on a bigger mule in the future. The TRR2 would out...

It's very, very, very wishful thinking on their part. When you are dealing with winter storm damage both the small and larger limbs are usually already dead and have already lost a great deal of strength in the lignin and the longer they are dried out before you clear the easier they will be to...

A hydraulic powered side shift flail mower would be a good fit for you as you are a new owner and investing in a finish flail mower with a 4 row flail mower rotor will give you excellent results if you intend to overseed with grass seed ment for Florida or even Zoysia grass seed that will work...

Good morning Suburban Plowboy, I want to help you with this investment to assure you have the correct flail mower shredder for your needs as you will be able to use it easily on a larger mule if you decide to purchase a larger mule in the future. Your question is both relevant and is always...

Contact Joel at Earth Tools, He can help you quickly as a he is a BCS dealer.

Hello and good morning Foozle, I am going to suggest to you that you invest in a wet well grinder to sharpen the side slicer knives on your beautiful flail mower. If you try to sharpen them with a hand held grinder you will ruin the temper/heat treating and the metal will weaken. Home despot...

What brand of flail shredder is this? What is the cutting width? How many hammer knives are mounted on the flail shredder rotor? Please upload more pictures of the Flail Mower Rotor and the opposite end bearing.

You need to spread gypsum on your soil to break up the clay, preferably mined gypsum as it will be less expensive to use and easier to spread with less waste.

You should mark al the hidden known obstacles to enable you to remove them or hire a backhoe for an hour as frost heaving will only bring them closer to the surface.

The five blade trailblazer mounted on the three point hitch will serve you better and you will be better able to cut long limbs that will eventually sag down and enter the lane.

The coupeco folks have a boom mounted hydraulic drive triple circular saw that is mounted on the three point hitch. The model is the Cosmos 101 arboriculture pruning machine. Model 4500 has 4 circular saws that can be used at ground level and also raised to 3.8 meters and rotated to...

As I have written about this extensively on the forum you have to a decision tree if you want to come to a conclusion and then use an upside down decision tree to validate it. Another avenue is the Ben Franklin close which is less precise. No one is going to demo a flail shredder for...

These skid steers either have a flow flow or high flow system. The "Bobcat" meowbox you have uses a case drain connection due to the high pressure axial pump that is used for the hydraulic system to power the twin chain drive for the wheel motors and the 2 loader functions being the boom...

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need an entire replacement cross auger and gearbox with the 3 shafts and bearings that come with it. This nasty item is part number 2 on page 36 of the owners manual. I hope you are within their one year warranty period. :^0...

The Vicon pendulum spreaders are thee point hitch mounted and designed it be loaded at ground level. The agitator cam arm is operated with the gear box under the conical hopper and the open base is fully exposed to the material that is to be spread. The fiber glass or injection molded hopper...

The slotted attachment point at the top link allow for the flail mower to more easily follow the ground contour BUT they are an extra wear point and the steel will be subject to more top link stress UNLESS the lower link turn buckles/chains are tight to prevent additional stresses on the...

The added weight is: the heavier three point hitch, longer hydraulic cylinders, heavier boom steel weldments, wider flail mower rotor, more knives or hammers, more knife/hammer mounts more mounting bolts and nuts, wider rear roller, wider flail mower shroud.

The only two implement brands I would be willing to recommend to you without blinking an eye are Del Morino and Maschio. I would only want you to use a 60 inch flail shredder, no wider Owning and operating a boom mounted vineyard crop shredder involves operating an implement with no over...

Hello Three Oranges/Mitsubishi; I want to sincerely apologize to you and all the Permanent Resident Citizens of the Flail Mower Nations for coming back to the forum late as I have been dealing with health issues. To Three Oranges/Mitsubshi I sincerely believe you are dealing with the same...

Use never sieze paste with the brush in the bottle to coat the mating parts. Be sure to have some disposable gloves and hand cleaner on hand as it get everywhere- don't ask how I know this.

Gravel sand is what I use if the ice is bad enough, if you have room for a load you should invest in a pair of 20 by 20 high quality tarpaulins large enough lay on the ground and to cover the load as well. If you have room to store it indoors and keep it warm all the better as its easier to...

With your heavy wet coastal snow you need snow chains and loaded rear tires. Even the largest residential 2 stage snow blowers which are 32 inches wide would require you to spend 12+ hours clearing snow in two passes. With heavy wet snow a snow blower with a rotating impeller drum like the...

The original Single Stage Snow Throwers had fewer parts and had a simpler belt drive to roller chain final drive system that spun the snow thrower rotor at 600 Plus Revolutions Per Minute.

Hello and good morning TimP, Please wander over to a plumbing supply house and ask them for a long boiler tube brush to clean the female portion of the PTO shaft it will be easier to clean using the boiler tube brush. If they do not have a long enough boiler tube brush you can purchase one...

It depends on how much weight your loader can handle. Even the largest V twin engines would not be able to provide the torque needed. A 4 cylinder Wisconsin air cooled engine off a Hesston windrower with a Rockford power take off would work but you would need to mount wheels on the new...

Single stage snow blowers were the snow throwers mounted on most all lawn and garden equipment PRIOR to the use of vertical crank engines. The two stage units sold today for lawn tractors based on my past experience are extremely expensive to own and operate. The 44 inch 2 stage snow...

A 7 foot Del Morino or Maschio Flail Crop Shredder with hammer knives is what you need for this work. Its more money but the flail crop shredder will outlast the M7060.

Hard pass, only because leaving the grass and weeds secures the pond banks. Short of having an excavator to trim the walls of the pond to less than a 15 degree slope would make it much safer if you intend to seed it and mow it. Maschio but you need loaded tires, wheel weights on the left...

Does the 8540 have an all weather cab? The only safe way for you to manage this is to invest in a bat wing rotary cutter if you really intend on doing this. Leaving the pond banks un-mowed will not ruin anything in the scheme of things and keep the soil more stable. You have to keep in...

Hello and good morning MarkfromWA, What I was referring to was using wide rear Agrizeta Metal cletracks on the Carraro tractor in the winter season with your snow blower. I do not know who makes the track systems for the newest Carraro models. Is the seating platform on that beautiful...

Hello and good morning Mark from Washington, Are you located closer to Wenatchee or the East portal of the Cascade tunnel? I was wondering if you looked at Agrizeta steel tracks for your Carrero tractor for winter use? They have the metal cletrac tracks with long cleats for added traction...

Here is the manual for your snow blower. Page 30 shows items 18 and 19 which are the long bolt and nut that hold that half of the shaft. I am glad I did not buy kubota with a front mount snow blower.

Did you happen look at the Pronovost snow blowers before investing in the Frontier unit? If you ever decide to change snow blowers The Pronovost TRC 800 with the rotating impeller housing allows you to discharge heavy wet snows left or right without the chute and spout interfering with the...

Make sure you buy plenty of the silicone gel in the aerosol bottle and put it each electrical connection and use copper shield to coat the wiring connections in the engine compartment as the Canadian rock salt used there will ruin the snow blower connections and your rtv wiring quickly.

Rent a Lull forklift for a day or two, you will be surprised how quickly you can lift them and move them using straps If you have help on 2 sets of scaffolding tying them in will go very quickly if you have the spacers cut and extra batteries for the screw drivers using deck screws

Please do not purchase this attachment. Even with your tractor having loaded tires you will not have adequate control. You have to remember that you will not have the over center control of the object you are lifting. Every movement will cause the loader, boom and the object to begin...

Dont waste your hard earned money on a 2 stage unit, The RAMMY Commercial 155 single stage snow thrower is lighter and it has the large Briggs and Stratton snow engine with a V belt drive and slip clutch.

Invest in a RAMMY single stage commercial snow blower for your RTV. There are lots of videos on youtube showing them clearing deep snows.

The Landoll DP4 Power Ditcher is an option but you may have to rent a larger tractor for one day. www.landoll.com/farm-equipment/landoll-additional/power-ditcher/ The AMCO, Hurricane and Remlinger power ditchers are too large and require much greater horsepower

Have any of you used taper lock bushings to repair the John Deere LA115 lawn mowers rear wheels to secure them to the transmission shafts when the steel wheels keyways have worn away? My newer E100 rear axle is identical to the LA115 rear axle. Thanks much, leonz

Buy the sheet gaskets from Mcmaster-Carr.

Tire chain mending tools eliminate the fuss and muss of fixing and adjusting side chains and cross chains. A bolt cutter can be used safely and efficiently to shorten cross chains and side chains.

No its not really, the operator will be able to dig down and destroy every honeysuckle stump below the ground for you and later on you can spot spray the suckers with woody brush killer. With any land clearing you add the cost of clearing it to value of the land. The day rate is simpler...

NO, NO, NO, the brush is too thick. Rent a skid steer with a forestry flail mower. Skid steer loaders are not that difficult to operate, you cannot safely use them near roads with a flail mower or rotary cutter. The only other option would be to hire a dozer for a day etc.

They would not honor this as a warranty repair????????????????????????????????????? Why not???????????????

Hello Chris from Wisconsin, You should visit the www.armorskids.com web site as they have skids for the wood max snow blowers. I have attached the page for them here. I have a set of armorskids on my original troybuilt walk behind and I am very happy with them, I would recommend then for any...

First question for you, is the inner chain as tight as it can be locked to the last useable link? If not, you can release some air straighten the ladder chains and then reattach the locking link and tighten the outer locking link to the same tension and then reinflate the tire and you should...

4 link carbide V bar ladder chains or carbide road grader chains with chain tensioners-they are a must have. www.tirechainsrus.com www.tirechains.com

That Screams Warranty Repair right there. I hope you have purchased the extended warranty for your mule.

It is long past time to have a properly designed single stage snow blower with the correctly sized snow blower rotor brought back to the market as they are simpler to own and operate.

Please upload an image of this pilot operated check valve to the forum at your convenience. Are the lower links fully extended or retracted? Are the adjustment turnbuckles or chains for the lower links of equal length?? They should be of equal length as you are not operating a moldboard...

The spindle and bearings are replaced as a unit. You can send MASCIO an e-mail with the mower serial number and I am sure they will send you a pdf of the owners manual to help you.

Hello nikdfish, The lady fingers are used for holding the hose ends only when the mower is off your mule. This is to keep them from dropping in the dirt. The hose bundles go under the three point hitch top pin and then the hose ends are attached to the lady fingers. I want to welcome you as...

nikdfish, Please order the 2 restrictors per cylinder per the Maschio design as you need complete control of each cylinder to provide the slow movement of the mower that is needed as the flow of oil on the unrestricted cylinder port back to tank will react quickly due to the weight exerted by...

Hello and good morning Tinhack, If your hydraulic system is cold it will be sluggish. Please do not make extension handles for the spool valves on your mule. If you do this, you will damage them, and they will all leak prematurely. each spool valve is a finely polished chromed cylinder...

I forgot to add this yesterday but you cannot use schedule forty water pipe fittings as they will break from the pressure. If your dealer has an Eaton Parker Hanafin or Aeroquip hydraulic fittings catalog they can obtain the correct hydraulic pressure rated steel elbows and pipe nipples for...

I will add to what bdhsfz6 has wisely said; you need metering valves on all three circuits meaning that you must install one metering valve on both cylinder ports as there will not be enough room to mount them on the hose ends As the common restrictor valve will have no restrictor on the return...

Good morning Doug, It is heavier than molasses, apparently Tractor Supply has it in squeeze bottles. I would buy at least 3 bottles which should cover the bearings in the cross shaft tube as well. Happy mowing

Hello Doug, I would prefer that you used corn picker grease for now as the shaft will be worn as well and by using the corn picker grease you will not have leakage and dirt collecting on the gearbox. There is no point in replacing the seal and not the shaft at the same time.

What mule are you mounting the snow blower on??? If you have the extendable lower links on this mule you may not have to cut the Power Take Off at all. Order the Eurocardan Power Take Off shaft from AGRISUPPLY, its simpler and a heavier stronger Power Take Off shaft. Whatever you do...

Roof trusses were not designed to carry a loading like this, they were designed to support the roof and support the roof in the event of a heavy snow load. You will rip out the truss bottom planks and then you have to have the truss fixed and then certified as safe. Putting the mower in a...

They will only have to come out "once" to examine your property and explain in greater detail what you should do with it in a detailed report that is sent to you by mail. A large enough forestry mulcher will let you knock down everything on either side of the lane for the width of the mulching...

The fact that it will throw impacted material and could also break glass in a cab. I guess I would look at renting a feller buncher or a loader with a forestry mower.

If you have that much growth and work you should have a USDA forester come from A+M to mark every trash tree to get rid of them. Renting a 4-wheel drive aerial lift would be safer than using a lane shark.

Renting or hiring a self propelled mulcher for a few days will be more effective and cost you less money.

Greetings RjCorazza and mserafin14571, I want to welcome you as the newest members of the "Flail Mower Nations" To solve your belt tension issues you should invest in a V belt tension gauge, you can purchase them from Goodyear or the Gates rubber company through amazon or a reliable...

You ment two stage snow blower. Sadly no one manufactures a high quality single stage snow thrower for lawn mowers except the grasshopper folks. The mkmartin single stage snow throwers are too large in diameter and as a result require too much power versus the original smaller diameter...

NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, it will not work. You need new bearings and seals. Flail Master is one source for parts and Messicks is another.

Do not ask for anything less than a full refund and prepaid shipping for returning it to them AT NO COST TO YOU!!!!! If they balk at that request, tell them they will be hearing from the attorney generals office in Olympia.

UGH, I guess you have to have decide whether you want to have it cut up and repaired with better hinges and adding more flat proof tires in front to reduce the stress on the hinges. As old as this mower is it may be time to send it the happy bush hog pasture and invest in a folding flail mower...

No real way to know until we see a few pictures as it could be the hinges are sprung, welds broken and wracked/twisted.

The reverse lever and the spring connected to the lever are all you need. Have you applied some grease the steel edge that the roller rides up and down on?? If the V belt is glazed or cracked it needs to be changed.

It is nothing more than a sales pitch, it is nice and shiny, and they have a convenient mule to use for the photography. You have to have a lot of mass and adhesion/traction to be able to use these things. The other thing they won't tell you is if you hit something with it screws up the...

You really do not have enough weight to use a snow pusher. The snow will build up and will weigh 52+ pounds per cubic foot and just keep rolling and compacting and then you have to raise the loader and keep pushing until it stops you again. Have you thought about mounting wings on your snow...

If you have the loader for this thing you would have to remove it. I am unsure if erskines rear to front PTO system and lift would fit on this mule. You may end up being to use a rammy single stage snow thrower with the bucket removed and an ATV/RTV mounting plate with an atv winch bolted to...

I guess I am going to be a wet blanket here. You should look at the Del Morino and Maschio Literature describing boom mounted offset flail mowers literature and compare the three brands of offset boom mounted flail mowers and you will see the differences. If you are going to buy a land pride...

Hello Jcichy71, Your TC18 is too small for that Mott fine cut flail mower and it does not have enough horsepower or torque. Your TC18 may not have enough torque and horsepower to manage a 4 foot rotary brush mower. Your TC18 would be able to run a Caroni 48 inch flail mower with the A rotor...

Hello and good afternoon Jcichy71, I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the "Flail Mower Nations". You have a mott fine cut flail mower that you can use to also mow brush with. 90 weight gear oil is what you need for the gearbox. You will have to check with flailmaster to...

UM, the tractor dealers that you have talked to have no idea what they are talking about period! Pull their hands out of your wallet pocket, they just want your hard earned money!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They obviously have never used them, know anything about them or want to sell...

The oil bath air filter is better and will not clog as long as the reservoir is cleaned and fresh 30 weight motor oil is added back to the full level markings. The oil bath base is there to do one job, act as an oil reservoir and dirt collector. The intake air is pulled through the top of the...

Your wire mesh element is damaged and needs to be replaced. If the reservoir is low on oil the combustion air can and would carry dust and debris that would impact the wire mesh and cause it to break. You need a new wire mesh insert or a complete oil bath filter. Are you using 30 weight...

Thanks dodge man, I guess my mistake was asking if anyone had looked at the SOLEX dryer for grain drying using dry steam. My second mistake was describing how grain trailer dump doors could be more efficient by eliminating the low voltage electric motor and worm gear driven rack and pinion...

Hire the dozer, broadcast good grass seed and then plant no maintenance/no pruning/no trimming blue phitzer junipers 8 feet apart after the grass is established and watch the blue phitzer junipers grow in good sunlight using miracle grow a few times per year.

Please look at the Buckeye Tractor Company for what you need. www.buctraco.com

As you are new at this I want to help you with your purchase, I am not just spending your money. The Maschio company has been manufacturing orchard and vineyard shredders for many years and these implements are required to meet to more stringent European Union Safety standards for farm...

Have any of you been banned by the combine forum?? I have been banned based on my talking about the solex grain dryer and a much needed and improved method of operating sliding dump gates using low speed high torque air motors rotating an ACME worm to open and close the dump gates. LeonZ

Joel is the owner of Earth Tools and is a BCS 2 wheel tractor dealer and small acreage farmer that uses 2 wheel tractors.

An orchard and vineyard shredder mower will provide you with the most side shift but as your mule has only one remote and not very heavy to counteract the over center forces created by the mowers movement it would not work. The most off set is going to depend on the flail mowers actual...

Spend your good money on a hydraulic driven weeder with whisker switch/limit switch control and you can weed and protect all your fruit trees no matter how old that are.

Del Morino or Maschio are the only ones you should consider.

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You have a broken cell.

Hello oosik, yes it can be tedious but it's a rainy day or off season job. Wet grinding is not hard to do as long as you have the proper knife angle on the tool bed which for me is 37 degrees.

Fixing this: It could be that your starter solenoid is not engaging. It could also be that the battery has a broken cell causing the issue. Remove the battery and have it checked with a battery load tester. If it lacks continuity/ohms you need a new battery. If the battery is good it's time...

TerryR - did the John Deere help you with your hydraulic system problem? What happended with your hydraulic system? Was the issue with your mules pressure relief or the relief valve on the flail shredder? ----============================================ Hllo Oosik, If a single hammer...

Love those beautiful roller mowers for good turf. Now all you need is a Wessex paddock cleaner to pick up the clippings. Check the alternator belt for proper tension and check the battery cables to be sure they are tight. If you are not generating enough amperage and voltage to light up your...

The major reason I always mention the Wessex brand is because of the higher quality of wheel bearings they use with their heavy flail mowers, their tandem axles and the 23 horsepower V twin power option on their commercial models.

You could always have a local welding shop build a simple tow hitch for the Rammy flail mower with offset mounting holes in the front plate to allow you to mow to one side or the other. Otherwise you should also look at the towed Wessex flail mowers AFR160 commercial flail mowers as they...

The stone burrier smashes the rocks down and essentially lifts the dirt and pushes the dirt it up at the same time. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- www.triginer.com The Triginer rock pickers like both the...

He probably uses hardox steel for the blades. You really should look at the Rammy atv flail mower for your use.

I would spend the money on renting a row crop tractor and a hydraulic drive rock picker like the Degelmen or Schulte rock pickers for a few days.

Most of your decision will be based on the amount of brush will be growing back to the driveway and how much canopy will be growing back in. I would hire a forestry mulcher for at least one day to dig out the weed trees and any invasives like poison oak, poison sumac and poison ivy. The...

More shredders: Brillion 12' Kuhn 90" Perfect 83" Seppi 79"-108" Rhino 15' Dragone 78" Rinieri TRD 79"

The next larger size Hiniker shredder is 15 feet wide.

Hello Shaun, Please consider the towed Hiniker 5710 flail shredder also. It has a 6 foot cut and a constant velocity universal joint to allow tight turns while mowing and an overrunning clutch.

Have you lubed the brake cables with brake cable lube or Fluid Film Aerosol spray? It honestly sounds as if the brake cables are sticking or stretched or the sheath is slipping in its mounting points. Saying that I am not aware if the rotation of the 749's handle bars have to be turned...

Hello and good afternoon ShaunM4, You should look at the 6 foot cut Hiniker 5710 crop shredder as an option for your needs. If you have a category 2 hitch on your mule you can offset it and mow past the left or right rear tire. The 5710 has an overrunning clutch and a constant velocity...

You could try it I guess, but I would hate to see you lose a set of knives ;0 Wen is offering a slow speed wet well grinder on amazon for $137.22 plus tax and shipping.

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If you do sharpen them, use a hand file wet or a slow speed water bath grinder as you will lose the temper in the casting and they will become more brittle and ruin them.

Either a Maschio or Del Morino Orchard and Vineyard boom mounted flail shredder with cast hammer knives.

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It is a small Oliver flail chopper based on its coloring.

Hello ShaunM4, The European flail mowers, vineyard and orchard shredders also referred to as verge mowers being the boom mowers are built to a very high standard and higher EU agricultural safety standards. Prior to kubota kicking Maschio to the curb the Maschio flail crop shredders...

The Del Morino and Maschio Flail mowers are companies you should look at as well. Kubota was buying and importing the heavier Maschio flail mowers in landpride paint before they decided to make thier own flail mowers which is a shame as the Maschio quality of build is better in my opinion...

If they do not have a stocking dealer right now SICMA they can have a dealer in England will ship them to you if they have the hammer knives in stock. The SICMA folks in Italy would know if any of their stocking dealers in North America has hammer knives, otherwise you would have to wait 6 plus...

Hello Greenland South, Check with Martin Deerline in Mayerthorpe, Alberta 1-888-919-0046.

Hello and good morning Baalams Jackass, I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the Flail Mower Nations.

The rear roller helps to maintain the cutting height which is the height of the knife edge from the ground. The flail mower rotor shroud does not have a very thick rolled steel weldment and as most all the flail mowers sold now do not have a rear tubular cross brace welded to the flail mower...

Good morning Macinnis, Did the stub weldment of the rear roller break resulting in the loss of the rear roller?

One more reason to buy Maschio or Del Morino Ditch bank flail mowers.

Hello John_Mc:, If the person behind the parts counter does not know what and why a V belt has a lot number on it the counterperson needs to be educated as to why V belts have lot numbers and will continue to have lot numbers as lot numbers are used as a quality control method. They are...

The most important thing is to keep the flail mower level from front to back by using a small bubble level and lock the lower link draft control to maintain the cutting height. You have to decide whether you like how the mowing job looks without the roller and whether you want a striped lawn.

Hello Jethro, When we refer to the belt tension it is the amount of flex that is allowed and created after the adjustment of the V belt. Please invest in the Gates V belt tension gauge as it will give you the correct tension required to transmit the amount of torque needed to spin the flail...

Hello Max, Do you use ear muffs or disposable ear plugs? Gemplers has ear muffs with AM-FM radio. The burning belt issue is strictly do to extremely heavy brush and too fast a ground speed. The scoop hammer knives cannot cut and recut the brush as quickly as the side slicer knives and the...