anyone used ebay's flail mower
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The 3" log was actually an accident; it got ripped out of my hands by the shredder. I was going to post this later, but I can say that the Mackissics chipper/shredder didn't even flinch at this, even though it says it will only take up to 1" in the shredder. I ran up and turned off the PTO in less than 3 seconds after it went into the shredder, and when I opened up the chipper to see what damage there was, it was already chopped to bits. I cleaned out the shredder and ran it for another few minutes and it worked fine.
Anyway.....my problem is that I'm clearing some land, and I use my chipper/shredder to get rid of everything I don't use for fire wood, and I'm always left with piles of 'brush' type material that is 1" or less in diameter. So far I've been fighting with it and cutting it up and trying to shove it into the shredder. Would much rather trim the bigger branches, shred them, and then run over the trimmings. This would save me hours of work!!!
Thanks for all the feedback, I plan on calling betst today and also looking online some more!!!
Anyway.....my problem is that I'm clearing some land, and I use my chipper/shredder to get rid of everything I don't use for fire wood, and I'm always left with piles of 'brush' type material that is 1" or less in diameter. So far I've been fighting with it and cutting it up and trying to shove it into the shredder. Would much rather trim the bigger branches, shred them, and then run over the trimmings. This would save me hours of work!!!
Thanks for all the feedback, I plan on calling betst today and also looking online some more!!!
Well, stopped by my local JD dealer today on my way home from TSC (which was a HUGE waste of time btw) and low and behold he had a used LX-4 on the lot. Two of them actually, but one had the slip clutch and after an entire 20 seconds of thinking about it I purchased it and brought it home with me. I had to go back and pick up the pins since there weren't any on the mower and as I was leaving the store, guess who finally returned my two phone calls from this morning????? Betst.com. Anyway, I'm happy with my purchase, and I'd still be out mowing with it if I didn't get chased inside by a thunderstorm.
thanks for all the responses!!
thanks for all the responses!!
davitk
Platinum Member
ummmmmmm................... pictures?? 
Flatheadyoungin
Veteran Member
yeah, who do you think you are not giving us a report AND adding pictures!
what's an lx-4? since you didn't tell us, i guess i'll have to take time to google it!
what's an lx-4? since you didn't tell us, i guess i'll have to take time to google it!
meb9796 said:
God I love this forum....sorry about no pics. Wife got caught in the rain on her bike on the way home from work , so I took her out to dinner, blah blah blah...anyway....the LX4 is John Deere's 4' rotary mower. I was looking for a flail mower, but this kinda fell into my lap, and after my extensive 7 minute test I gave it before it started raining, I love it!! It chopped up a pile of trimmings that would've taken me 30 minutes to cut up and shove into the shredder, in less than a minute!!!!!
Here are a couple pics I took of it sitting in my garage. I would post pics of what it does cutting brush, but don't we have enough of those on here already???? I did notice a few post where people were asking if the 2305 could handle a rotary mower, and in the 7 minutes I had it out, I was able to cut, lift, etc with it, with no problem.
, so I took her out to dinner, blah blah blah...anyway....the LX4 is John Deere's 4' rotary mower. I was looking for a flail mower, but this kinda fell into my lap, and after my extensive 7 minute test I gave it before it started raining, I love it!! It chopped up a pile of trimmings that would've taken me 30 minutes to cut up and shove into the shredder, in less than a minute!!!!!Here are a couple pics I took of it sitting in my garage. I would post pics of what it does cutting brush, but don't we have enough of those on here already???? I did notice a few post where people were asking if the 2305 could handle a rotary mower, and in the 7 minutes I had it out, I was able to cut, lift, etc with it, with no problem.
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Lefty_Kubota
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just got my Betstco 56" "ebay" flail mower 2 days ago
for $800 bucks shipped to my door..
Already mowed 5 acres with it.. nice unit for the price and works great
for $800 bucks shipped to my door..
Already mowed 5 acres with it.. nice unit for the price and works great
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Hooked_on_HP
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How do you adjust the belt tension on the Betsco. I keeep looking at these mowers but havent found enough info on them . In Davitk's pics I dont see a tensioner.
Bill
Bill
Lefty_Kubota
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Lefty_Kubota
Silver Member
here is a pic of mine after mowing 5 acres this evening
