Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[KennyV]

These look like they'd give a smoothed cut lawn than the original Y blades.

Those hammer blades are not for smooth cutting of grass, they are for breaking up large dense material...
The light Y blades are finish blades and will give a very nice finish cut of light material like grass...
The heavier Y is a compromise between the two. It will handle heavier material and still give an ok finish cut.

The lightest two piece Y will give the nicest finish cut. KennyV

 

[J_J]

Kenny is right about the quality of cut with the hammer blades. You may get a couple of cuts on new blades, but after they are worn, you are just tearing the grass off. Also, you can not just replace the hammer blds with fine cut blds, as the spacing is not correct. On my hyd flail, there are about 88 hangers, with two blades per hanger. On a hammer flail, there might be only 66 hangers for the hammers.

You might be able to use that stamped steel bld as the front edge is thinner, and will probably give a better cut than the hammer bld.

You should also know that if you lose or damage a bld in the center, that you can take a set of blds off the end and replace the damage set. If it has four rows of hangers, you take off 4 sets of blades around the drum, to keep the drum balanced.

The owner before me also renovated lawns by taking off the Y blds, and replacing them with a single straight bld for cutting slits in the lawn.

 

[IslandTractor]

There is a difference between "hammers" or "axes" and "scoop blades". Both are one piece and differ from the y shaped pairs that are commonly found on flails. As I understand it, the hammers and axes are solid,heavy and designed for heavy duty brush clearing but the scoop blades that beppington was refering to are in fact made for fine cutting of lawns. One scoop blade weighs about the same as a pair of fine cut y shape knives. Maybe IronHorse will chime in and clarify.

 

[J_J]

Here are some pictures of some that might be used for fine cut grass cutting.

 

[IslandTractor]

Here are some pictures of some that might be used for fine cut grass cutting.

Those are the scoop type I was referring to.

 

[Arcane]

So, I'm thinking to order a few different ones to see which one will fit over the clevis and be the right length? Those are from flailmaster? Thanks in advance.

 

[CCWKen]

I just ordered some "cup" knives from Ag Parts USA. Well, I shouldn't say just. I ordered them on 6/21 and haven't heard a word from them yet. They seem VERY slow to ship! I checked the order online and all it says is "Pending Fulfilment". It sounds to me they haven't shipped them YET. Also, their shipping is VERY expensive.

 

[IslandTractor]

I just ordered some "cup" knives from Ag Parts USA. Well, I shouldn't say just. I ordered them on 6/21 and haven't heard a word from them yet. They seem VERY slow to ship! I checked the order online and all it says is "Pending Fulfilment". It sounds to me they haven't shipped them YET. Also, their shipping is VERY expensive.

Flailmaster shipped immediately and they have free shipping for orders over $100.

 

[KennyV]

The 4 that J J has pictured are good finish blades, the second one is the most robust of all and will lend itself to more accidental abuse cutting small sticks and brush... If you are mowing a clean lawn area you can get a lot of life from almost any finish blade... but too many of us, myself included, tend to occasionally mow into places to reclaim over grown spots... depends on what you are mowing. KennyV

 

[sweettractors]

I have not read the entire thread, so this may be posted earlier. We are a dealer for Phoenix Flail Mowers and here is a link to more info about them for those that are interested in quality at affordable prices. Ken Sweet

http://www.unifarm.biz/component/option,com_virtuemart/page,shop.browse/category_id,8/Itemid,34/