Caroni TM1900 with Smooth-Cut Blades

[Charlesaf3]

you make a very good point!

 

[nunyabinis]

you guys are going to have me buying a flail at this rate...

I'd love to see pictures of the finish cut on any grass patches you have - or even the weeds!

I like pictures same as the next guy but take my word for it..... it looks just like I mowed it with a regular lawn mower. Just as I hoped and figured it would.


The 6ft flail mower coupled with the eHydro tranny of my new JD and I can whup up on some grass QUICK. Heck, I can even get within a couple inches of the chain link fence I have surrounding my yard since the flail sticks out one foot on the right side of the tractor.


And now that I have Jerome's Quick Hitch I can drop the bucket, hook up the flail and be cutting grass quicker'n the better-half can say "take me out on the town".


JEEZ. I'm gettin' all excited here!!!





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[Charlesaf3]

SO how much are the caroni running these days? You are really on the edge of getting me in trouble.

Do you have to sharpen the finish mower "blades" for the flail as often as you do for a regular finish mower? I could see that being painful...

No "lines" in the grass like some have said flails can produce?

 

[nunyabinis]

SO how much are the caroni running these days? You are really on the edge of getting me in trouble.

Do you have to sharpen the finish mower "blades" for the flail as often as you do for a regular finish mower? I could see that being painful...

No "lines" in the grass like some have said flails can produce?

1) Just over $1900 including tax from AgriSupply.

2) Too early to tell yet regarding sharpening frequency. Prolly depends on what you mow. Hopefully not often

3) No lines. Looks like a finish mower mowed the grass.

 

[IslandTractor]

1) Just over $1900 including tax from AgriSupply.

2) Too early to tell yet regarding sharpening frequency. Prolly depends on what you mow. Hopefully not often

3) No lines. Looks like a finish mower mowed the grass.

Does the $1900 include shipping?

I don't have the fine finish blades but with the stock blades I can say that after two seasons of mowing and bush hogging I am not yet ready to reverse them. Maybe next year. Given that I can anticipate three years on each side, that means I will replace 54 blades at about 2 bucks each once every six years. Not bad. Don't think it is worth the bother of resharpening them at that price but I may try one or two just to see what's involved.

 

[nunyabinis]

Does the $1900 include shipping?

Affirmative. $1,789.95 plus tax. I picked it up myself at the store.


It costs $2,097.95 if shipped to you.


FLAIL MOWER 73 WIDTH WITH PTO SHAFT - Agri Supply



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[Charlesaf3]

seems like a fair price.

I do worry about sharpening. On the rough cut I can see not bothering - my rotary cutter has seen no sharpener, and never will. I try to sharpen finish blades a couple of tiimes a season though. Note try... its a good theory. But no way would I ever sharpen 54 blades. I'd start crying just thinking about it.

 

[J_J]

You can just reverse a lot of the blades because the backside is sharp also.

 

[nunyabinis]

But no way would I ever sharpen 54 blades. I'd start crying just thinking about it.

Pbbbttttttt!!!


Get you one of these grinders:

DEWALT DW818 : 4-1/2" (115mm) Small Angle Grinder


And one of these flap disks:

Tool detail



And you'll be done before your eyes can get misty.






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[Zephrant]

Can you sharpen then in place, or do you have to remove/replace all of them?

Also, do the blades move towards the tractor on the bottom, or away? I'm going to go look at a used unit this weekend, and the seller thought that maybe it was a setup for a "reverse rotation PTO". I know my PTO turns clockwise, but which way are the blades supposed to turn on the flail?