Flail Mower high grass

[tony floyd]

will a frail mower cut high grass i have a 8 ft mower hooked to a 4320 deere

 

[lungdoc]

A flail should cut tall grass without much problem. Sharper knives as opposed to hammer-type flails will likely do a better job. 8 foot is a big mower for a 4320 but if you get bogged down just do it in more passes (either take a smaller row or cut high first then lower).

 

[tony floyd]

thanks i am new to a frail mower

 

[Piston]

thanks i am new to a frail mower

Flail, it's flal not frail. your in the best place to learn!

 

[leonz]

Hello Tony,

Welcome to TBN as new member,
and as you own a flail Mower you are
a member of the Flail Mower Nation.


You will recieve a lot help if you need
it regarding your flail mower from many
of the members that own flail mowers.

The important thing to remember is the flail
mower will do the work for you and leave a nice
cut. My father used a Ford Jubilee and a seven foot
John Deere finish flail mower on his acreage to knock down
10 foot overgrown pasture and thick golden rod.


As you are new to Flailmowers:

Be sure to pump a few shots of grease in the rotor bearings every four hours of mowing or every time you mow to purge the oil grease and andy dust near the bearings.

Also pump some fresh grease in the open bearing(s) on the V belt Side of the mower and the Snubber Pulley for the V belt if it has a grease fitting.

Be sure to grease the fittings under the V belt cover as well with afew pumps of grease. You need to be doubley sure that you have found all the grease fittings so you will want to dig all the rubber dust and grass dust out from under the V belt cover to assure that you have found all the fittings-if you have the manual for the flail mower all the better; Please be sure to grease the rear roller as well if it has grease fittings/open bearings on the roller mounting plate.

The oil gear box should be checked fror the proper oil level every week or two or more frequently if you are mowing a lot.


Please be sure to have the mower adjusted with the rear roller so the skids are flat on the ground for your mowing job. you want the rear roller and skids at the same level for mowing.

The top link adjustment of the three point hitch needs to be adjusted to allow the flail mower to tilt forward a little while mowing to follow the ground contour for a closer cut-you dont want the top link to be so loose that the flail mower will nose dive scalp the ground as you mow it as you will dull the grass slicers quickly.

The flail mower knives are something that requires a bit more of an explanation to maintain them for you mower and many of the members have discussed this in the attachment section as well.

Please tell use what brand of flail mower you have and we love
pictures. I have to dig out my wife digital camera to shoot
pictures of my flailmower and post them before the snow flys.


Welcome to TBN as new member, and we are proud to have you as a new member of the Flail Mower Nation.


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Once you go flail you never go back.:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[leonz]

Please forgive the question Tony, but is your 4320 a John Deere with anywhere near or greater than the horse power for the John Deere 4020 model row crop tractors?

I guess that dates me a bit

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Once you go flail you never go back:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[lungdoc]

4320 (at least the modern ones, I think there were old larger farm tractors with similar numbers circa late 60"s) are 48 hp, MFWD, 40 PTO HP. That's one in my signature pic.

 

[leonz]

Thanks Much Dr., I was wondering what they had done with their designations and power.

I spent a lot of time on a JD3020 tricycle with an 8 foot JD flailmower mowing the same pasture my father did.


Sent you a PM.


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Once you go flail you never go back:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[JoeinTX]

Flails are good for golf courses and cotton stubble. That's pretty much all. Great for either, but.............all else is the realm of the rotary cutter. Do not sink your money into a flail for any other than the above.

Gospel and done...

 

[leonz]

He owns one and apparently wants to use it,
so he came to the right place.


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Once you go flail you never go back:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[Piston]

Flails are good for golf courses and cotton stubble.

That goes against everything I've ever read about flails. Granted, I have no real world experience....

 

[leonz]

That goes against everything I've ever read about flails. Granted, I have no real world experience....

I certainly appreciate the good comments
about flail mower use for golf courses.


The "flail choppers" of which he is referring to
are a crop shredder version with a very wide
flail scoop knive which make use of the
pressure gradient created by the wide scoop knive
while it rotates and slices away the corn stubble,
cotton stubble, sugar cane stubble, sugar beet tops,
potato vines, pre-frost alfalfa and clover growth at a
very high speed of rotor rotation which makes the
the flail chopper scoop knive ideal for the job of
crop shredding.



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Once you go flail you never go back:thumbsup::licking::drool:

 

[lungdoc]

Flails are good for golf courses and cotton stubble. That's pretty much all. Great for either, but.............all else is the realm of the rotary cutter. Do not sink your money into a flail for any other than the above.

Gospel and done...

Nonsense. There are lots of good reasons to get a flail well documented on many of the other threads here. A rotary is in my opinion superior in rough and unknown terrain (rocks, stumps etc.), a flail gives a nicer cut on grass (near finish mower depending on the flails) and is certainly more maneuverable. Offset is much easier to achieve with a flail than a rotary so cutting the sides of a road is much better. I am talking about the sort of country shown in the picture below - neither a golf course nor a cotton field! Note we have an MX6 and use it on rough trails and clearings, we use the flail for roadsides, smooth turnarounds/clearings and the grass that grows in the center of rarely used roads. We bought the flail after the MX6.

 

[jobguy]

Lungdoc: Thanks for the terrific pic. Makes me want to visit.