Dadnatron
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I have 85ac horse farm put into grass and am having difficulty keeping it mowed regularly.
What is the maximal height you can set a flail mower to cut?
I'm sick of not having the time to mow my pastures, and the grass tends to grow pretty tall before I can get to it. I have a 15' Woods Batwing, and it works fine, although, it leaves 2 big tractor tire sized tracks in the grass which tend to accumulate all the clippings, and mulch down, killing the grass underneath.
I suspect if I could get out there and cut it more consistently and keep it 9-10", this wouldn't be such a problem. However, it is getting up to 24-30" sometimes before I can get to it. (Weekends and rain) The grass is growing well, but the crushed and mulched down tire tracks basically is killing the grass underneath. This is really, the major problem I'm trying to solve.
I was thinking (short of hiring someone to mow it for me) that if I could use a front flail with side flails on back. (I know... $$$) I wouldn't be leaving the long crushed stuff and the tracks wouldn't be accumulating the clippings. The front flail would mow before the grass was ran over by the tractor tires, and the back/side flails would simply drop clippings like a regular flail.
The one issue, (Other than the $) would be the max height I could set the flails. I don't want the pastures scalped to 2-4". I have a flail which I use for road/pond sides etc. But it is just 8' and wouldn't do the job. It rests on a roller, which really wouldn't be ideal for my pasture needs of cutting to a min of 8".
I'm looking for thoughts...
What is the maximal height you can set a flail mower to cut?
I'm sick of not having the time to mow my pastures, and the grass tends to grow pretty tall before I can get to it. I have a 15' Woods Batwing, and it works fine, although, it leaves 2 big tractor tire sized tracks in the grass which tend to accumulate all the clippings, and mulch down, killing the grass underneath.
I suspect if I could get out there and cut it more consistently and keep it 9-10", this wouldn't be such a problem. However, it is getting up to 24-30" sometimes before I can get to it. (Weekends and rain) The grass is growing well, but the crushed and mulched down tire tracks basically is killing the grass underneath. This is really, the major problem I'm trying to solve.
I was thinking (short of hiring someone to mow it for me) that if I could use a front flail with side flails on back. (I know... $$$) I wouldn't be leaving the long crushed stuff and the tracks wouldn't be accumulating the clippings. The front flail would mow before the grass was ran over by the tractor tires, and the back/side flails would simply drop clippings like a regular flail.
The one issue, (Other than the $) would be the max height I could set the flails. I don't want the pastures scalped to 2-4". I have a flail which I use for road/pond sides etc. But it is just 8' and wouldn't do the job. It rests on a roller, which really wouldn't be ideal for my pasture needs of cutting to a min of 8".
I'm looking for thoughts...