Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[lostcreekranch]

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Good Afternoon Mr. Gufstason,

Have you considered a used JD290 (84") or JD390 flail mower(96")?

The Caroni flail and John Deere mowers still have the adjustable rear roller to to control the mowing height.
The spare parts drawings for the caroni flail mowers make the height adjustment holes hard to see.
The Vrisimo flail mowers have large adjustable skids and an adjustable rear roller as well.

The skids on flail mowers should always be raised above the ground to help protect the flail mower rotor from possible impact damage. With flail crop shredders the hydraulic lift cylinders hold the mower at the cutting height.


Any time you raise the flail mower up above the ground on blocks when its not in use saves you time and aggravation when reattaching it to the three point hitch. You just have to be sure its level from side to side to avoid having it slide off the blocks.

Leonz;

Thanks for your comments.

Flail mowers are rare in this part of Texas, new or used. Most tractor dealers have little clue on what a flail mower even is, when I ask most about FM’s I get blank stares.

My use will be 100% cutting grass as, I have an 8’ dual spindle Bush Hog 3008 for brush and heavy stuff.

I had a 6’ Wood’s rotary cutter but, sold it in anticipation of getting a flail Mower.

Do you find anything lacking with the WoodMaxx FM88H?

Both of my tractors have Cat 2 hitches.

I believe that they are shipped on a HD steel skid. I would probably modify it, install some HD 10” casters that I already have, and park the FM on the skid, on concrete. That should make hookup much easier.

If I park Tractor with the FM still mounted, I’d set it down with big wood blocks under the skids instead of having the roller sitting on the ground / concrete.

Thanks in advance for your guidance.

 

[Ricn]

My 62H came bolted to a steel angle iron frame bolted to a wood pallet. Took about an hour getting it all unhooked and on the ground whereby I could connect to the 3 point. The roller is adjustable for height so lowered mine all the way down. I broke one side grease fitting doing this so be careful, easy fix though if having spares around. So once mounted to the three point, and setting it down on the shops level floor using a piece of 1/2 inch plywood underneath the roller, then laying a 3 ft level across the housing (not a lot of room) I then picked it up using the three point maybe 4 inches whereby the level showed it was tilted down on the right. Having top and tilt cylinders I then made the mower level followed by dropping it down onto the plywood and tilted the front up so the skids are about 1/2 to 3/4 inch off the ground at the front with rear of the mower setting only on the roller and that on the plywood. In this configuration, and when mowing, the mower does not scalp grass but very slightly and then only on tight turns around a few trees. Also leaves the grass a little long which I like as it helps hold moisture in the summer, accept in August. If not having a level floor I might bury a log or old wood beam in fine gravel making it level then back the rear tractor wheels onto that then level my mower side to side. After use, my tractor and mower are parked inside the shop/shed on concrete and plywood with other implements under a metal roofed pole building. I never leave stuff outside in the rain because we get so much of it things rust easily. BTW- I use this same process when attaching the Box Blade or Land Plane. Have recently installed a Fast Hitch that has made life so much easier it's A joy backing up and connecting to things now. I had to fabricate the top hook some but now that is done I only back up once to pick things up.

Ricn

 

[leonz]

PM sent.

 

[Ricn]

Leonz - sorry to say I don't know where PM's are stored, never had one until now. Please direct me.

Ricn

 

[leonz]

The private messages are stored in your ALERTS section at the top of the page and if you receive one it will tell you that a PM is waiting for you.

 

[Ricn]

Looked there before and just now too, nothing shows up, weird.

Ricn

 

[lostcreekranch]

Looked there before and just now too, nothing shows up, weird.

Ricn

PM was to me.

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Just discovered that Alamo made a dual rotor flail mower called "Grass Gator". It must not have been very popular because it is no longer produced.

 

[DavesTractor]

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Man, that would cost a fortune to swap out the knives!

 

[TheFarmerInAdell]

Man, that would cost a fortune to swap out the knives!

No kidding! not only is it two rotors, but it's fine cut on top of it. That's 4x the knives of a regular rough cut mower.