Flail Mower for Hedges?

[Suburban Plowboy]

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 a
SABRE SAMURIA to trim the hedges by mounting it on the bucket
for both flat trimming and vertical trimming and take it off when
you are done with it. You need long hoses to run it.

As I was saying above, I would be content just to get the sides trimmed. That alone would save me considerable aggravation.

The mower will be mostly for getting rid of brush with stems up to maybe an inch in diameter. If it helped with hedges, it would just be a side dish.

The Sabre Samurai looks nice, but $2400+ in addition to the mower cost.

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

The flail mower puzzle is confusing. I think I will pick up a Victory Trim-56 next month. It looks like it will work for me.

 

[RjCorazza]

Hedges and general vertical mowing were also a secondary consideration for me when I got a ditch bank flail. I guess it all depends on the type of vegetation and blades, but cutting anything vertical so far has been unimpressive for me.
It does do a basic hack job up to 6 or 7 feet

 

[Suburban Plowboy]

In my case, "hack job" is probably better than what I do now.