Flail Mower Finally a flail member, but need help

Kodiak45 · May 28, 2022

I finally got a flail and cut today. The cut is amazing and I’m fortunate to have found a good deal on the mower. I need some help identifying what model this mower is and then any general advice would be appreciated.
This mower is heavy and it looks like there is a place for gauge wheels on the back. Where could I find gauge wheels for this mower?
Thanks in advance!

seville009 · May 28, 2022

I'd check Tractor Supply for gauge wheels - they seem to have a lot of generic parts like that

Kodiak45 · May 28, 2022

TSC has plenty of gauge wheels, but none with shafts that would fit this mount.

K5lwq · May 29, 2022

Were the shafts bigger or smaller than the mount? Looks like you could modify one or the other to work.

TerryR · May 29, 2022

Why do you want to add gauge wheels? It's supposed to run on the roller at the back. Adjust its position to change the height of cut.

leonz · May 30, 2022

Hello and good morning mgraham112,

I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the "Flail Mower Nations" from the Great State of North Carolina.

The fasted way to put gauge wheels on your flail crop shredder is to buy them from MCMASTER-CARR and have a welding shop fab up a mounting plate with a stub shaft welded to the plate for the stub shaft mount. You can have the welding shop drill a hole for a spring clip to hold flat washers in place to set the gauge of the wheels meaning stacking 1, 2, 3, or more washers under the sleeve bolted to the tube steel frame. You would leave one or more washers on the mounting plate to help keep the stub shaft from bending.

The 8 inch pneumatic caster wheels are the ones I think you need but you need to measure the height of the steel mounting point from the bottom of the tube to the ground.

The inventory number for these 8" casters is #22925T712 each pneumatic caster is $47.90+tax and shipping.

I am not sure if agrisupply would have a comparable flat free rotary cutter tire and stub shaft mount but it would be worth checking on.

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Hello and good morning Terry,

the rear swivel caster wheels keep the flail mower level at all times to maintain a level plane while shredding/slicing crops/brush on uneven ground. They are especially helpful when you are shredding crops that are planted on ridges/hills like peanut vines, potato vines, sugar cane stubble, pineapple stubble, agave, sugar beet tops , corn stubble, cotton stubble, pea vines, soybeans etc.