AGTtactical
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I thought it might be useful to start a thread on your experience with various blades on your flail mower (for a certain person, yes, I've read the flail mower thread, but at over 500 pages, its getting too broad). For simplicity, we will define the 3 blade types as duckfoot, Y-type, and hammer.
Please tell us your:
1) Brand flail
2) Model (important because there is significant difference in blade tip speed depending on the model. For example, a LP 2572 has a tip speed of 12,046 fpm. A Woodmax FM78 has a tip speed of only 7680 fpm).
3) Type blade and why you like it (or not)
4) How it mows (like a finish mower, looks terrible, whatever).
4) Photos of the cut product would REALLY be great!
5) How many hours you got on a set of blades.
Sometimes the rotor is designed for a particular blade type, so you can't switch blades without changing the whole rotor....hence the importance of making a good choice of blades before buying the flail. For example, Landpride's FM25 Series offers all three type blades, but all three are mounted on different rotors...this is done to optimize the performance of each blade type but you can't change blades on the same rotor. FM25 Series Flail Mowers | Land Pride.
Woodmax has two blade types, duckfoot and Y-blades, but you can swap them without changing rotors. They call their duckfoot blade an H-blade, and also a hammer blade, depending on where you are looking on their website. Their duckfoot/Hammer is really more a cross between the too.
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Landpride says this about their blades: "High knife tip speed 12,046 fpm provides a clean cut, creates a vacuum effect when using hammer or ducksfoot blades, and slices through saplings with great force when using heavy-duty Y blades."
Ducksfoot blade can cut up to 1" small brush. Heavy-duty Y blade can cut up to 1 1/2" brush. Hammer blade can cut up to 2" small saplings."
Our land was recently forest then thinned out...most of the grass is under or within 20-30 feet of trees. Hammers would likely be best given the rough terrain and likelihood of limbs falling, but I also want nice grass. Since hammers lift grass better than Y blades, maybe the cut quality is better? Thanks for your input fellas!
Please tell us your:
1) Brand flail
2) Model (important because there is significant difference in blade tip speed depending on the model. For example, a LP 2572 has a tip speed of 12,046 fpm. A Woodmax FM78 has a tip speed of only 7680 fpm).
3) Type blade and why you like it (or not)
4) How it mows (like a finish mower, looks terrible, whatever).
4) Photos of the cut product would REALLY be great!
5) How many hours you got on a set of blades.
Sometimes the rotor is designed for a particular blade type, so you can't switch blades without changing the whole rotor....hence the importance of making a good choice of blades before buying the flail. For example, Landpride's FM25 Series offers all three type blades, but all three are mounted on different rotors...this is done to optimize the performance of each blade type but you can't change blades on the same rotor. FM25 Series Flail Mowers | Land Pride.
Woodmax has two blade types, duckfoot and Y-blades, but you can swap them without changing rotors. They call their duckfoot blade an H-blade, and also a hammer blade, depending on where you are looking on their website. Their duckfoot/Hammer is really more a cross between the too.
. Landpride says this about their blades: "High knife tip speed 12,046 fpm provides a clean cut, creates a vacuum effect when using hammer or ducksfoot blades, and slices through saplings with great force when using heavy-duty Y blades."
Ducksfoot blade can cut up to 1" small brush. Heavy-duty Y blade can cut up to 1 1/2" brush. Hammer blade can cut up to 2" small saplings."
Our land was recently forest then thinned out...most of the grass is under or within 20-30 feet of trees. Hammers would likely be best given the rough terrain and likelihood of limbs falling, but I also want nice grass. Since hammers lift grass better than Y blades, maybe the cut quality is better? Thanks for your input fellas!
