I'd like to create a dedicated thread for tow behind mowers.
Flail tow behind.
This thread here:
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/118882-lets-talk-flail-mowers.html
Is not just 600 pages long, what is overwhelming at the best but, also, took on so many tracks that it became to significant extent non flail related.
I'd like to refresh and center on this topic as tow behind flails slowly start entering the USA and, hopefully, thread will become useful for current and future owners.
I have Betstco 69 inch tow behind with Y blades. Chinese Honda 15Hp knock off engine, electric start.
4 rows 8 blades stations each, non spiral arrangement. 4x16= 64 Y blades.
First question I have is:
1. how do you determine cutting height? As blades can't be seen when cranking the height adjustment handle, so it's a guess. Do we go by skids gap to the soil? I'd like to mow as short as possible without damaging blades too much on rocky clay soil and occasional mole mounds.
2. What blades are recommended for horizontal cut? Reason being, Y blades do not cut dandelions, just comb them down, then they sprout back up. This is why I'd like to have horizontal cut blades, as we have millions of them. About an acre of my property is very uneven, lots of short hills and valleys. My tow behind did well so far, but that terrain needs needs to be taken into consideration as sometimes blades inevitably scalp high points. I mow grass exclusively, with maybe young blackberry saplings, nothing major. When recommending blades, who sells them?
Thank you
Flail tow behind.
This thread here:
https://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/118882-lets-talk-flail-mowers.html
Is not just 600 pages long, what is overwhelming at the best but, also, took on so many tracks that it became to significant extent non flail related.
I'd like to refresh and center on this topic as tow behind flails slowly start entering the USA and, hopefully, thread will become useful for current and future owners.
I have Betstco 69 inch tow behind with Y blades. Chinese Honda 15Hp knock off engine, electric start.
4 rows 8 blades stations each, non spiral arrangement. 4x16= 64 Y blades.
First question I have is:
1. how do you determine cutting height? As blades can't be seen when cranking the height adjustment handle, so it's a guess. Do we go by skids gap to the soil? I'd like to mow as short as possible without damaging blades too much on rocky clay soil and occasional mole mounds.
2. What blades are recommended for horizontal cut? Reason being, Y blades do not cut dandelions, just comb them down, then they sprout back up. This is why I'd like to have horizontal cut blades, as we have millions of them. About an acre of my property is very uneven, lots of short hills and valleys. My tow behind did well so far, but that terrain needs needs to be taken into consideration as sometimes blades inevitably scalp high points. I mow grass exclusively, with maybe young blackberry saplings, nothing major. When recommending blades, who sells them?
Thank you
