Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

IslandTractor · Dec 16, 2015

Alien said:
Maschio is a UK mower. I can't find any reference in Oz to them and apart from that they are twice as expensive. I am a pensioner. I will be sticking with the Hayes.

I think it is Italian like Caroni. For some reason Italy is a big producer of flail mowers.

xtn · Dec 18, 2015

All flail mowers have a spiral configuration. Oh yes they do. It's just that the 'turns per foot' or whatever is higher than the one you showed.

Xfaxman · Dec 18, 2015

xtn said:
All flail mowers have a spiral configuration. Oh yes they do. It's just that the 'turns per foot' or whatever is higher than the one you showed.

Define "spiral configuration".

Mine looks straight.

xtn · Dec 18, 2015

Nah. That's a spiral. Looks like maybe one twist every 6" or so. It LOOKS straight because a knife happens to be placed around that imaginary spiral line with a spacing that results in there being a straight line of them along the rotor.

Xfaxman · Dec 18, 2015

Here is the "Straight on view"

Alien · Dec 18, 2015

That is a straight mill. No spiral about it but probably pointless arguing with him. :laughing:

leonz · Dec 18, 2015

The Toro Flail mower head in question is a finish cut flail mower.

A finish cut flail mower will have:

Balanced FLAIL MOWER ROTORS that have THREE or FOUR rows of paired side slicer knives that are spaced to follow behind and slightly left or right of the knive pair in front of it to provide adequate coverage and provide a finish cut quality to the mowing job.

Scoop knive flail mowers/shredders have wider cuting edges ment ot cut material ONLY ONCE and cannot recut the material as it has ben cut to its final length no matter how tall the grass or brush.

The Spiral mounting of a sccop knives/hammers on some flail shredders is simply a way to enable the end user to have an all purpose shredder/mower with fewer knives and a poorer cut in thew scheme of things that will not shred and slice the material finely enough to rot and dissolve quickly.

I hope this settles the issue.

xtn · Dec 21, 2015

Alien said:
That is a straight mill. No spiral about it but probably pointless arguing with him. :laughing:

That's because I'm being silly. See? Spiral:

Xfaxman · Dec 21, 2015

Alien said:
That is a straight mill. No spiral about it but probably pointless arguing with him. :laughing:

xtn said:
That's because I'm being silly. See? Spiral:

Yep, I can see a very tight spiral.

I can also see straight rows of hangers slightly offset from the previous row.

Hoochy · Dec 22, 2015

Hello all. I must say this is one long thread! New to TBN and want to thank you for all the info, specially on this thread, which help me with my decission to buy a flail. It's an Alamo SH74, fine cut. It was state DOT owned and all it needs is a decent paint job.
I have been mowing with the belt it had on but ordered a new one. The new one appears to be a little shorter than the one it had on and the idler pulley sticks out too far to attach the belt cover.
Original belt