Flail Mower Del Morino Flipper Hammer Flail Mower

[innrkid]

Thank you for the compliment Innrkid, I will continue to try to live up to it.
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ransonjd,

You can have either the flail hammers or the side slicer knives.

I would just invest in the side side slicers for now if you are ready to buy and
get used to the flail mower over the summer and fall and then decide it you want
flail hammers for it.

Also keep in mind that with the flail hammers you will have less cutting edge in total
inches per foot of width of cut. The side slicer pairs will have more total cutting edge
length in inches per foot of mower width and you can flip the knives to expose a new
cutting edge.


Using a wet well grinder for maintaining the cutting edge will save you time and money
and will not overheat the knife edge and ruin it.

The MicroMark folks have a wet well grinder for $99.00 and its perfect for flail mower knives and
hammer flail cutting edges.

JUST keep in mind the hammers will not shred the brush/material a second time
and the side slicers will shred the material up a second time as long as the
mower is set up with the mowing height set at 2 inches or lower.

When mowing in good sod you will be able to mow it once but not recut it a
second time.

ideally if you have brush clumps its best to back over them and then drive
forward to shred them up even finer as the rear roller will help you a lot in that situation.
islandtractor has plenty of before and after images showing how well the B flail rotor on his B59 Caroni flail chews up the big brush clumps with immature weed trees he is clearing off the farm that he owns.

Recognizing that leonz has forgotten more than I know.....the manufacturer notes that hammers and knives are NOT interchangeable without a rebalance. It's on their website.

 

[innrkid]

Where are these flails mowers sold in the US?

Cummings and Bricker Is the eastern distributor I called them and arranged sale through Bane-Welker in Indiana. I'm sure there is somebody closer to you and C&B should be able to help.

 

[TractorToolsDirect]

Where are these flails mowers sold in the US?

You can buy them directly from us on our website: Tractor Tools Direct | Product Categories | Flail Mowers We generally have them in stock and we can have them sitting in your driveway in Vermont in 3 business days.

 

[Sid Dunn]

Anyone have experience with Del Morino flail mowers? I'm considering a flail mower as slightly safer alternative to a bush hog for keeping down grass and chopping up some brush. One local dealer sells the Del Morino Flipper FLI186M, a 74" mower with hammers rated for brush up to 1.5". I've only seen Del Morino mowers mentioned a couple times on the forums.

--John

does anyone have experience with Iron Craft Flail Mowers (is a US-based company that has been manufacturing flail mowers since 2002)?.

 

[Torvy]

does anyone have experience with Iron Craft Flail Mowers (is a US-based company that has been manufacturing flail mowers since 2002)?.

Very familiar with Ironcraft in general. They used to be called Titan Implement until an importer used a similar name and damaged their brand. I've got their Pallet Forks.

They also have a ditch flail I've been considering.

 

[Sid Dunn]

Very familiar with Ironcraft in general. They used to be called Titan Implement until an importer used a similar name and damaged their brand. I've got their Pallet Forks.

They also have a ditch flail I've been considering.

Super good info thanks

 

[Sid Dunn]

Thanks. I did not know that

 

[Torvy]

Thanks. I did not know that

I got a price on a Del Marino Centurion Super flail. It was almost double the Ironcraft pricing. I don't know enough either way, but even assuming the Del Marino is better in every way, it is pretty hard to swallow a 100% price difference.

 

[leonz]

Hello Torvy,

If you can live with/make good use of a standard flail with no side shift or extended boom
with your mule you should look at a wider Vrisimo flail mower.

 

[Torvy]

Hello Torvy,

If you can live with/make good use of a standard flail with no side shift or extended boom
with your mule you should look at a wider Vrisimo flail mower.

I need to do ditches at angles I don't think I want to traverse with the tractor.