Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[Reg]

Sorry , not correct . The outer shaft bearing will run dry if the oil level gets that low especialy when it is elevated whilst mowing slopes . As for the breather , i have made them before for other aplications . If it still throws oil out it is a simple matter to scrunch up some bird wire and place it in the pipe which stops the oil but still allows it to breath . I drill an 1/8" hole crossways through the bottom of the pipe and Braze a cross bar into the hole to stop the mesh from dropping (a piece of Brazing rod works well for the cross bar ) When you need to refill the box you just need to unscrew the pipe .

I would have expected a half decent design to include some sort of oil slingers to get the oil out to the ends of the shafts.
Mayhap we're just talking early 20th century ag-tek here, so maybe not.

OK, so it has to be at least up to the bottom of the uphill seal, worst case that probably means FULL !
I was referring to the Caroni gear box atop the mower, not a lot of height difference in that little box when its tipped side to side.

 

[Reg]

I live in Canada and it isn't exactly standard issue. In fact, I don't know of a single place that stocks it. Or can order it for that matter, but then I haven't really asked. If I needed some I'd start asking at a place that worked on or installed irrigation equipment. Some of that is European and uses BSP.

If you got plumbing ...you got BSP.
If you get snow ...you got BSP.

SOMEWHERE ...you got BSP.

Check with your local hydraulics guys, wherever the back hoe guys get parts, wherever the SNOW plow drivers get parts.

Canada gets snow,
Canada has indoor plumbing (in some parts).

 

[GinNB]

NPT is not equal to BSP, or so I've been told. NPT is the North American standard, BSP is the British standard used in Europe.

As far as indoor plumbing goes, I'm a farmer. It's optional, but appreciated.

 

[SpringHollow]

NPT is not the same as BSP, you are correct.

Ken

 

[DirtHauler]

How do you manage to mow without a PTO shaft ?
Is this the shaftless option I've heard so much about ?
I bet it runs really quiet.

Now that's funny! noooooo, I'd just off loaded it from the trailer and was getting ready to disconnect, had removed the PTO before snapping a pic.

 

[Nuru]

I don't know about mowers but agriculture in general is definitely NOT in a slowdown. Demand for big tractors, combines, tires, fertilizer, diesel, etc etc is WAAAY up, and so are the prices. There is a waiting list for a lot of things. Corn, beans, wheat, rice, etc are worth a lot more than they used to be a few years ago and farmers are trying to cash in big and are spending big to do it. Many suppliers are having trouble keeping up with the demand.

I have seen a number of used units lately at dealers in 3 states, it seems that a lot of people are taking advantage of the deals out their in the lawn abnd Garden, and compact levels of equipment.

 

[Wombat125]

If you're fresh out of donuts and friendly machinists, try an air die grinder with a cylindrical carbide burr. Donuts are cheaper though.

I just used one of these for the first time a few months ago. I had one of those "Why didn't I get this years ago" moments.

I mean the burr, not the donut.

 

[GinNB]

NPT is not the same as BSP, you are correct.

Ken

Reg seemed to think that I was in Britain I guess. NPT is the American (and thus North American) standard.

 

[wstr75]

McMaster-Carr has BSP to NPT adapters.
McMaster-Carr
Search on bsp and you will see bsp to npt

 

[IslandTractor]

McMaster-Carr has BSP to NPT adapters.
McMaster-Carr
Search on bsp and you will see bsp to npt

For the Caroni oil vent cap you'll actually need BSP male and BSP female connectors as the vent cap itself is BSP. McMaster-Carr does sell these but the only BSPP female to BSPP female connector I found is a swivel type which will not work as the cap won't be in tight enough to prevent the fitting from leaking.

Discount Hydraulic Supply has the male to male and female to female connectors needed. They are cheaper too.