Flail Mower Titan Flail mower

[leonz]

I bought one and got it yesterday. I'll have to get the gearbox oil and replace a grease nub that I broke before I can test it. It seems solid. I had to put together the upper third point connection, but that was just some bolting. The hammers are really big.

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Hello and good afternoon Guidshir,


I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the "Flail Mower Nations". Please let us know how well the titan is working for you as many of the TBN members are shopping for flail mowers.

When you have a minute would you be so kind to fill in the rest of your details if you do not mind doing that so we know what type of mule you have and whether it is a two or four wheel drive mule with hydrostatic or mechanical drive transmission.

If you can find 90 weight gear oil with the squirt spout bottle(Kendall is one brand) that makes filling the gearbox.
much less messy.



Happy mowing.

 

[Aquamoose]

I too am interested in the Titan flail mower and am curious of how other members who have them are performing to date.

Question, is there a reason why the mower appears to be offset?

 

[Fallon]

I too am interested in the Titan flail mower and am curious of how other members who have them are performing to date.

Question, is there a reason why the mower appears to be offset?

Because most 3pt flails are offset i'll assume this one is too. My ancient Ford 917 is, my new Peruzzo goes from centred to way offset to the right with hydraulic offset (no offset photos offhand). Pretty much all I've seen have the drive belts on the left & hang out to the right a fair ways. That lets you get the right side get closer to obstacles without risking the belts or dealing with the extra bulk preventing you from getting close to stuff.

 

[Guidshir]

I am mowing ~6 acres with my new Titan on Sunday. I'll see how it goes.

 

[Aquamoose]

Sweet! Look forward to your assessment. What size is it?

 

[HEC]

I am interested in how it goes also , been trying to decide to get one or not . It is interesting how some like the hammer blades better than the side slicers as the side slicers or Y blades are what some companies recommend for grass . There are 3 interesting videos and tips on you tube on how to change bearings on the Woodmax flail mowers if anyone has never done it before . I would imagine it would be fairly similar for most bearing replacement . He goes by ( bigdavid1 ) on you tube . It would also be a good idea to check on what brand of bearings titan is using as Woodmax ( China made mower) had some problems with the China made bearings and changed over to NSK .

 

[Guidshir]

Sweet! Look forward to your assessment. What size is it?

60" My acreage is a little over knee-high now so I really needed it. Had been hiring someone
and it just costs too much.

 

[Aquamoose]

Any reason you didn’t go larger? I have a Branson 3520h and I’m looking at a size bigger & didn’t think the 60 would be wide enough.

 

[Guidshir]

I didn't want to overdo it. Based on today's performance I think I made the right choice. I have quite a bit of slope on more than half of my property and with high vegetation and mowing up hill the flail can bog down. Down hill is fine of course, but what goes down must first go up.

 

[troverman]

Im on my second full season of using the Titan I bought last summer...72" for me. It takes all of my L4310's 43HP to run this thing in tall grass. The hammers are very heavy.

It worked great for me last fall cutting about 60 acres on three different properties (30 acre slope mowing, than about 15 and 15 mowing around reservoirs. The only failure point being the front chain safety that hangs down to prevent debris from flying forward...the rod came out on one end and I lost half the chain. Titan offered to warranty that if I sent pictures but I guess I don't care.

Now this summer is different. It cut the first 30 acres without issue. But on my second job I hit a rock (nothing out the ordinary) and the mower shakes badly now. All flails are intact and the drum spins freely on the bearings. In my opinion, either the gearbox shaft is bent or the drum is bent.

As has been noted, the rear roller grease fittings are installed straight down with only about an inch of clearance. They are quickly destroyed in a day of mowing. I think you can remove and reinstall the bearing with the fittings aiming backwards which offers more protection.

The main drum has bearings on the inside and outside of the casing. The outer bearings are easy to grease, but the inner ones becomes covered with a layer of grass and dirt build up which must be scraped clean before greasing. It's more awkward to access these grease fittings since the flail must be raised and you have to be somewhat underneath the mower.

The cut quality is fair. My Vrismo mower makes a much nicer, more finished looking cut. The Titan knocks everything down but leaves a somewhat rougher cut. Nevertheless, it is acceptable.

The top-link supports on my mower have both cracked the metal about an inch or so. A weld would fix it, but after only a year of use, it's not a good sign. However, the mower casing seems very rugged. The flails are tough and take hits very well. The rear roller is too small.

Titan seems willing to warranty my shaking flail (I called them last Friday) but their method is to determine what failed by pics and video. I'm doubtful they can make the determination but maybe.

The belt arrangement is four separate v-belts. The tensioning method is by raising the horizontal shaft from the gearbox to belt pulley via a bolt. I don't really care for that method, but the belts have remained tight.

Overall, its a good flail for the money but you can see the quality lapses compared to a higher-end unit.