woodmaxx flail mower?

[Ricn]

Tommott - I have the same mower, it is new, less than two months old. I do like it but having few hours on it time will tell. Mine does have NSK bearings and new scraper idea as well. I had my Kubota dealer put rear hydraulics on to run the side to side option plus top and tilt for other things I use. Had some issues with the tilt bleeding off to fast due to the mowers weight almost matching the valves bleed down pressure? so they put a locking valve recommended here on TBN for the tilt connection that works well. I too thought of running mine off the loader control but wanting top and tilt as well, decided to go ahead and get all three remotes...I had to make some adjustments to the mower because, the cylinder hose fittings were hitting against the protective cover over the shaft connection on the mower end when sliding the mower L and R; no biggie but still required some mods there.. Mine came with the roller in the center so wanting the highest cut possible I lowered to the third hole or, the bottom. Also raised the side slider shoes up all the way due to scalping of my grass when turning and this helped a lot to prevent it. Still wishing it cut higher, I tilted the mowers front up using my top cylinder control but not that much to be gained in cut grass height, Now, and having the mower adjusted where I think it needs to be, everything works with ease so far....

Ricn

 

[airbiscuit]

With the NSK bearings and relocated scraper, it sounds like the Woodmaxx flail mower is a pretty nice mower at a pretty nice price.

 

[3fordasho]

Hi all,

and from what I've read the scraper has been re-positioned as well, the only two complaints I've come across reading up on them as much as possible here.



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I'm curious what the conclusion is on the scraper - mine just seems to load up with clippings and prevent the roller from rolling after a while. I removed the scraper this spring and have not seen any down side but it must be there for some reason?

 

[RoyJackson]

I'm curious what the conclusion is on the scraper - mine just seems to load up with clippings and prevent the roller from rolling after a while. I removed the scraper this spring and have not seen any down side but it must be there for some reason?

Wet grass clipping would load up pretty quickly without the scraper...guess you could space it out a bit.
Mine also loads up, but is pretty easy to clean with air or a pressure washer

 

[IslandTractor]

Wet grass clipping would load up pretty quickly without the scraper...guess you could space it out a bit.
Mine also loads up, but is pretty easy to clean with air or a pressure washer

Odd. I don't recall the roller on my Caroni (same as Roy's) ever loading up. I don't even remember if it has a scraper.

 

[tommott77]

Tommott - I have the same mower, it is new, less than two months old. I do like it but having few hours on it time will tell. Mine does have NSK bearings and new scraper idea as well. I had my Kubota dealer put rear hydraulics on to run the side to side option plus top and tilt for other things I use. Had some issues with the tilt bleeding off to fast due to the mowers weight almost matching the valves bleed down pressure? so they put a locking valve recommended here on TBN for the tilt connection that works well. I too thought of running mine off the loader control but wanting top and tilt as well, decided to go ahead and get all three remotes...I had to make some adjustments to the mower because, the cylinder hose fittings were hitting against the protective cover over the shaft connection on the mower end when sliding the mower L and R; no biggie but still required some mods there.. Mine came with the roller in the center so wanting the highest cut possible I lowered to the third hole or, the bottom. Also raised the side slider shoes up all the way due to scalping of my grass when turning and this helped a lot to prevent it. Still wishing it cut higher, I tilted the mowers front up using my top cylinder control but not that much to be gained in cut grass height, Now, and having the mower adjusted where I think it needs to be, everything works with ease so far....

Ricn

Great, I really appreciate the report. I'm curious as to how high of a cut you're able to set with your mower? One of the things I'd like to improve upon from my current cheap Betstco flail mower is better qaulity higher cut. I use my flail as the mower on my lawn and it's great 90% of the time but when I try to adjust the cut any more than 3" the cut performance falls off dramatically.

 

[Ricn]

So far, the scraper on mine does not load up but then, it is dry out now...My two Sons own Kubota excavators with USA built flail mowers on the boom arms doing custom cutting; both have said they like this Woodmaxx and thinking it well built. They helped in getting mine set up on the tractor as well.

Ricn

 

[Ricn]

Well, cut height is an issue I think, maybe with all drum type mowers? I too have issues there and after setting my roller all the way down, I still get a shorter cut than I'd like; also the finish product is not as good a cut as when the roller was higher. Evidently the suction created by the roller and cutters is not as great with the roller set all the way down..My old pasture is not the best of condition having lots of weeds now so the mower will often leave those long stems uncut in places.

Ricn

 

[atomchaser]

I've been satisfied with mine (FM78H). The only issue I've had was that the threaded gland nut on the hydraulic cylinder somehow backed out and i had to reassemble it. The manual is rather lacking in detail regarding how to setup the mower properly. It took me a little trial and error but it is working well for me now.

 

[Ricn]

I find that same issue with about any instructions thee days; seems the manufacturers spend more on adding lawyer safety pages with signs, stickers etc "do's and don'ts" than all else...Guess we are all idiots but then, the government has been thinking that for years.

Ricn