Considering a flail mower and just used a slow work day to read ALL 157 pages in this thread.
I got some advice in another thread but thought I could get some more here.
Currently I'm building a house on 16 acres. In June I'll be buying a Mahindra 4035
to maintain my little homestead. I'm thinking of a getting a 6 ft flail to go along with
the tractor instead of a 6ft bushog and 6ft finish mower.
Land will be divided up as follows:
<1 acre around the house, manicured lawn for the kids to play on.
Zoysia cut short, either with my existing push mower or a basic lawn tractor.
~5 acres between the house and road that will be shorter bermuda grass (<3 in)
but not manicured lawn. Probably have some landscaping mixed in, a small fruit orchard
+ grape vines on about 1 acre.
Remaining 10 acres would be rougher pasture probably bermuda.
No brush to speak off, only tall weeds from time to time. Ground tends to grow rocks
from time to time which is part of the interest in a flail along with maneuverability.
Based on what I've read and my budget I've narrowed it down to the Caroni with the B
rotor or the Befco H40 with finish blades.
The Caroni comes in at about $2k while the Befco is about $3k.
For comparison from my local dealer a 6ft Sitrex RFM plus a 6ft MD bushhog
would be about $2600 so I'm bracketing either side.
Which of the above options would be more appropriate for what I want to do?
I know the Caroni would do the rought pasture perfectly well my main concern
is how well it would do the shorther Bermuda in front of the house.
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Greetings,
Dont yell to much, but look at Island tractors before and after photos on the farmstead to
see how well his B rotor unit mows and shreds everything.
I think one you see how well it mows you will want to purchase the Caroni with
the B rotor with no question whatsoever.
The flailmower will be a safer mower as far as the 2 and 4 legged rug rats are
concerned as well as the shroud contains anything the side slicers would impact as well.
That is the major reason he owns the caroni for mowing.
You may have to overlap or mow in spiral pattern if the area is big enough but you can also overlap in opposing directions while mowing and the bermuda will pop back up in a day or two with much less injury from mowing as well.
I have a mathews flailmower and there are a very happy bunch of caroni flail mower owners here too and they can offer you their insights as well. DrJay has a huge amount of florida grass and pasture he mows and he could not be happier.
They are pretty vicious with garden hose snakes that have been sleeping in the weeds all winter too HAHA
