Hello and good morning ukrkoz,
As for Betstco no longer offering flail mower knives that hoovers as "Bucky Cat" from the "Get Fuzzy" comic strip would say.
I hope the weather is favorable for mowing today where you are.
Now on to business; Each of your mounting stations has 2 spacers to allow you to mount and use the side slicer pairs to mow and keep them centered in each mounting station.
If you have 3 rows of mounting stations you will have 18 mounting stations per row if the are linear meaning straight across.
The cutting width of the scoop knife is what is going to determine how many scoop knives you can mount per row. In a spiral mounting method on a flail mower rotor that will not be an issue as the cutting edges will overlap as the spiral twists in each orbit like a drill bit or an earth auger.
If you could upload a few picture images of the flail mower rotor that would help me and the members that have your flail mower in their stables as well.
The full width of the scoop knife is what will determine your number of knife edges per row of knife mounting stations if your flail mower rotor has mounting stations that are linear-straight across.
The scoop knife will be a lot more forgiving as far as terrain goes and will still give you a good cut but you will need to mow at right angles to get a better finish and reduce the amount of waffle cut look after you mow.
The scoop knife will be mounted in the center of the mounting station with the spacers on either side of the mounting hole in the scoop knife to hold it in place and prevent it from sliding back and forth.
If you can purchase the scoop knives from flailmaster or clean cutter for the flail mower you have all the better. I look forward to hearing more form you.
I always mention to the members that if they can replace the mounting bolts with fine thread allen head bolts and 2 allen spring washers all the better as it reduces the amount of bruised and bloddy knuckles and money going in to the swear jar. The main worry is whether you need 2 metric 12 point wrenches to remove the existing nut and bolt.
Using a long allen wrench allows you to place the box end wrench on the nut and just move the allen wrench until the box end wrench meets some resistance on the flail mower rotor shell. If you can wash it with very very hot water all the better as the dust and fine clippings will be washed away from the nuts and bolts.
I look forward to hearing more form you when you have the time to chat.
leonz
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Question to Leonz.
Apparently Betstco discontinued all blades.
I was going to order "wings" referenced to in my previous post, to get better horizontal cut. So here I am.
My Y blades are mounted on a horizontal bolt, with 2 metal sleeves on each side, between the mounting brackets. So I have quite a leeway in getting wider mounting surface hammers in or same mounting width horizontal blades.
I am mowing grass only on partially very uneven terrain, with plenty of small rocks. That's what soil here is - rocky clay.
I am not sure how many Y blades mounting points I have. Something tells me 54 but I might be wrong, it's Betstco 59 inch tow behind mower.
Any recommendation on horizontal blade then?
