Mott Flail Mower

[Jcichy71]

I have seen some other posts on here some of you guys are experts on these mowers, hoping to get a little more info!

Picked this up at the end of a farmers driveway last night for 800$. Might of got ahead of myself, i was looking for something to cut brush with.

 

[scootr]

That is more of a grass and weed cutter than stick cutter. A stick and branch cutter would have hammers vs the knives on that machine.
On a positive note that is a great price on the Mott mower which you may want to keep.

 

[cbg8670]

And you may be able to get "hammers" for it. Someone with more knowledge of Mott can say definitely

 

[ArlyA]

I thought you could get various cutter styles for all flail mowers?

 

[ericm979]

Flailmaster.com has blades and parts for a lot of flail mowers.

 

[rgr33]

If it checks out mechanically, you got a steal there
I have been running a 60 inch for many years, very nice cut, and easy to get parts for

 

[Jcichy71]

Well good to hear it was a good buy either way! Its missing several blades… before I buy them does anyone know if I can throw brush style blades on this mower? Also any suggestions for gearbox oil?

 

[leonz]

I have seen some other posts on here some of you guys are experts on these mowers, hoping to get a little more info!

Picked this up at the end of a farmers driveway last night for 400$. Might of got ahead of myself, i was looking for something to cut brush with.

Hello and good afternoon Jcichy71,

I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the "Flail Mower Nations".

You have a mott fine cut flail mower that you can use to also mow brush with.

90 weight gear oil is what you need for the gearbox.

You will have to check with flailmaster to see if they have a heavier heat treated side slicer knife for it if you
want to change all 166 knives.


You need to mount the same model and part no. knife on this mower to maintain a balanced flail mower rotor.

 

[Smokeydog]

A real bargain!

All signs point toward Failmaster to see your options for blades and blade holding hardware. The fine cut may run a different rotor than the SHD.

Need blades in all positions to run properly.

Should have a properly adjusted slip clutch on the driveline also.

 

[Jcichy71]

Awesome I’ll have to touch base with them and see what my options are. The slip clutch goes between the gearbox and the PTO shaft correct? It came with a PTO shaft, but it is in rough shape. I don’t even know if it’s useable