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My other advice would be to rent a small tracked excavator soak the post hole locations with water and then rip the holes open with the toothed bucket to depth and be done with it. The other useable option would be a Toro Dingo with a trenching attachment to run the fence lines in one pass...

The Australian bush land is entirely different than what we have to deal with in North America as they have a year round wildfire fire risk. The less fuel he leaves to burn by mowing and maintaining a 2 inch height of sod brush in the wet seasons the safer it will be for the landowner as...

Think of it just like a metal drilling bit with a tapered end. The tapered holes he would be drilling in the soil eliminate friction and binding entirely as he uses a tree transplanting auger.

Do not waste your time with a standard auger, purchase the smallest tree transplanting auger it will dig and dig and not get hung up because it drills a tapered hole in the soil.

Hello Farmingthefarm, Before you sit down with a salesperson you need to decide whether to ask them one question; "Are you willing to lose a sale and not a customer" If they hesitate, blink their eyes, reach for thier coffee, or start swiveling in their chair, walk away. If they say: Yes...

The long cuttings will still be there even though the anti-discharge chains prevent objects being thrown. If at all possible, please hire the first brush mowing done, and then decide if you want that type of mower. I do not think you will because of the long brush that it leaves on the ground...

The post you are referring to describes scoop/duck foot/hammer knives and their limitations simply because the scoop knife/hammer knife total cutting edge length is much less than the side slicer knife in a 2 row, 3 row, or 4 row flail mower rotor carrying side slicer knives. I have always...

If you purchase and order it with turf tires you should invest in carbide V bar snow chains for it as well as loading the tires.

We have come this far with examining the wobble vibration. If the arc on the paint stripe curve is stationary when the PTO is spinning at the 540 RPM engine speed and on the ground preferably on solid ground. Replacing the existing power take off shaft with a dual constant velocity power take...

It is not out of phase, the out of phase momentum/knock would have shown up as the propeller shaft began spooling up to speed.

Please remove the rear access panel behind the impeller and ask your spouse to video tape the impeller closely as it is running at 540 rpm. If you have a white paint stick all the better as you can paint a single curved line on the Rear plate of the impeller and video tape the impeller paddle if...

The double edge of the side slicer knife will allow you to mow in reverse if you are mowing heavy brush and grass allowing you to back over standing brush and brush clumps and then drive forward to mow them a second time.

Scoop knives also referred to as duck foot blades and hammer knife flail knives have difficulty recutting material a second time as they do not have enough cutting edge length to generate a great deal of suction also referred to as the pressure gradient to lift the clippings or brush a...

We disagree, the 540 rpm rotation speed through the PTO shaft should not create the radial loading that is indicated here in the videos. AT a minimum a new power take off shaft with dual constant velocity joints is in order here to stop the radial loading and the shaking. The new PTO...

Call your dealer and tell them the impeller is not balanced and creating so much centrifugal force it is causing the tractor and the snow blower both to shake. ALSO the noise you hear when you throttle up should not be there. You should hear nothing more than the noise from the cross...

All V belts have a certain amount of stretch that is managed by proper creating the proper tension.

For now all you can do is extend the lower links fully to negate the shake and reduce the drive line angle of power transmission UNLESS you invest in a PTO shaft with dual constant velocity universal joints. They need to redesign the power transmission on this snow blower and use a roller...

The tension gauge measurement markings are used to do that for the specific belt size.

Are the lower links tightened up to prevent swaying??? Start with the gear box and check to assure the hold down bolts are tight; if not, they need to be torqued to the proper tension after the application of blue loctite. Check the open bearing housing in the rear of the snow blower that...

The shake is due to the impeller not being balanced on a high speed balancer and having weights welded to the impeller paddle sleeve weldment to counteract the imbalance created by the centrifugal force created by spinning the impeller. I had the same issues with the 42 inch snow blower on my...

Iron horse and another fellow in Australia use flail shredders successfully in their land clearing and mowing work.

Good evening farmingthefarm, In order to deal with that bush land you need flail shredder. With 3.24 Hectares to deal with and with your bobcats horsepower you will be limited to a 48 inch/122 centimeters /1.22 meters width of cut to mow and not overload the tractor. To manage this you...

Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Well Done. Now if we could only have trash doors installed on our flail mowers everyone would have less work to do to change knives and have no plugging in thick tall brush.

No, sadly at the time I ended up buying a keystoker as the AA, LL EFM and AHS units were all above $7,000.00 to $10,000 plus the installation cost w with no dealer support. The clown plumbers I hired on;y made it worse as they stuck me with a $5,000.00 bill counting the 3 days they spent...

Hello and good afternoon Quarryscapes, I want to welcome you as the newest resident member of the flail mower nations from Great Britain. The conditions/operating measures you describe are well defined and tell me that you have been mowing too fast for conditions and have worn hammer knives...

Rain and yuck due here tomorrow. I am debating starting the coal stoker to heat the place.

You should add lime and gypsum in separate applications to your soil to destroy the fungus and dissolve the clay.

The European manufacturers use the same side frame weldment frame design for thier rototillers so they do not bother with designing in a spring tensioner which requires a snubber pulley arm with a spring.

You should check with a boating supply place for a filter and fittings, that is where I bought mine 15 years ago. I never regretted buying the RACOR 500FG as we used them at the mine where I worked because they prevented a lot of fuel system damage because of the crap in the fuel tanks and...

The RACOR 500FG is an all in one fuel filter water separator and can see flow of 10 gallons per minute with a 2 micron cartridge.

Hello and good afternoon NCG, Thank you for the detailed response. If you invest in a crop shredder with heavy side slicer knives your mowing and future crop shredding needs will be well met. How often do you wish to mow annually? The bigger issue is the pain in the a$$ SAPLINGS and how...

I would return them for a 24 inch tree transplanting auger.

Hello and good evening NCG, Both brands of flail mowers meet the European Union agricultural equipment safety standards which are greater than what the safety standards are here in the United States. Your mule has an 8.5 gallon hydraulic system. Your mule has an 8 speed forward, 4 reverse...

Do not buy anything but a tree transplanting for your use. The conical tree transplanting auger reduces the amount of resistance the auger as a whole will see and deal with as the point of the auger with the bits will be able to dig and the auger flighting will carry the dirt and rocks away...

Invest in centralizing discs for the wire and pull rope, don't let them use electrical tape to secure the wire or the rope as the glue they use on electrical tape is very bad for drinking water. Just use thick reusable black cable ties if you are not using cenrtralizing discs.

There are a lot of videos of the RAMMY snow blowers being used in deep snow on youtube. The V belt drive and slip clutch allow for better operation and easy repairs if you need a V belt.

A hydraulic power pack for a smaller mule like yours will never have the horsepower to torque ratio needed for a loaded mounted blower UNLESS you purchase a very large high flow power unit with 50 plus gallons of oil in its reservoir. If the power pack has been properly designed it will have a...

If your already running into that amount of Canadian loonies fora 2 stage snow blower you should look at the RAMMY 155 commercial single stage snowblower with the 12+ horsepower gas engine if you want a front mount that you could mount on your loaders mounting plate if it has an SSQA. AS you...

Do you want a finish cut flail mower or a three spindle rotary mower? Rodney Barbour at Agrisupply is the man you need to talk to obtain the correct mower for your needs. www.agrisupply.com

If you are still examining this perhaps a JD series 1 or 2 with one of the john deere 2 stages for the 1 or 2 series mules and a set of chains will be the better of the options for you

You both should consider adding or replacing the kubota fuel filter assembly with a RACOR 500FG fuel filter water separator as they can filter down to 2 micron with the right cartridge and also the water/dirt drain bowl prevents air from entering the fuel system due to its internal check valve.

The diaphragm on the lift pump is probably shot and has torn and cannot lift the fuel. That is ninety nine percent of trouble with an indirect injection engine like the Duetz, Hatz, Kubota and Yanmar engines as there is a cam that pushes the plunger to deliver fuel to the indirect fuel...

I am going suggest that you put the chains on the mule as soon as possible as you will need to make several trips a night and in the morning when it snows with that pull behind blower as you need to run high throttle at a low ground speed to be able to remove any snow without plugging.

I am glad that all you had to deal with is a broken chain. If you have not done it already clean the gear case with a heavy paper shop rag and some goop hand cleaner to dissolve the dirty waste oil from inside the gear case and be sure to buy the Eurocardan slip clutch to protect your...

I am always tired when I do most of my typing :sleep: Your rototiller utilizes a bevel gear drive system.

If the roller chain is not broken, I want you to send the Caroni company an e-mail before you even contemplate a teardown of the rototiller drive system as you will have to take the entire drive shaft and tube off of the rototiller starting at the drive sprocket and it requires a complete...

Chances are you broke the roller chain, you need to open the chain case to see if it has snapped. Drain the oil out of the chain case and remove the side housing-part no. 8 to see if the roller chain is broken first. You should have a new gasket or PERMATEX form a gasket on hand to make a new...

Shopping around will not help you much as a dealer is only interested in your wallet. If you find a dealer that is willing to lose a sale but not a customer all the better for you but you have to look at them as car dealers. They all pay the same price, the only difference is the freight...

If you have the tools you could line the impeller housing and chute with slick lining material to reduce plugging. You would need to use stainless steel grain elevator bolts from Mcmaster Carr or Fastenal to secure the slick lining sheets. Or use WD-40 or Fluid Film to coat the impeller...

Hire a welder with a rosebud torch or use a can of mapp gas and a torch and heat up the outer mounting to loosen up the pin and use a 4 pound hammer and a piece of round stock the diameter of the pin to drive it out.

Hello Rustyiron, That is why I suggested the Pronovost TRC 2 stage snowblower to him.

The pins are bound up on both sides of the bucket weldments UGH. You are going to have to have the bucket weldments and the cylinder rods line bored and new bushings installed. Short of hiring a welder to come and use a rosebud torch to heat the cylinder rod eye and use a bronze punch to...

If you are intent on pushing that much snow and if you end up with huge ocean fed dumps of the white mold, a rear mounted 8 foot Pronovost TRC 2 stage snow blower with the rotating impeller drum to discharge heavy wet snows left or right avoiding the chute and spout. Short of that a...

Chugger 172, If you do not want to use wood brush killer the only other option is to invest in several brush grubbers from Gemplers to rip them out and renting a tracked backhoe to pull on the heavy chain and brush grubber and also enable you to dig out the clumps further if needed. Having...

The sod looks very good. How fast were you traveling? what is your cutting height measured at the tip of the side slicer knife and the solid sod ground? Have you considered mowing in an slightly overlapping spiral pattern to shred the clippings further?

The side slicer knives have been diminished in their quality of cut because they have been mounted on a narrow knife mounting station with twin weldments and as result the stationary side slicer knives move in a linear direction. Flail mowers with D mounting rings allow a side slicer knife...

lee zeldin strikes again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How fast are you mowing? Are you using a finish flail mower with a 4 row flail mower rotor with side slicer knives? What type of flail knife is your flail mower equipped with? Which brand of flail mower do you own? How sharp are the knife edges? Are you mowing at a 2 inch cutting height?

A great majority of them are COMER gear boxes, you should contact the folks at Boston Gear and ask who their representative is in your area. 1-888-999-9860 High horsepower gearboxes are very expensive. Another option is an ag salvage company like Wengers of Myerstown, Pa. for a used one...

The reason you do not see many of them is because of the mounting system on a front end loader of a farm tractor; one small impact can cause a massive twisting/racking of the loader arms, where an under frame mount to the rear axle and engine cradle provide more structural strength for the...

The folks at good works tractors are having a closeout sale on HLA SSQA snow plow blades with manual angle adjustment but no tilt. These snowplows have skid shoes and the hydraulic angle adjustment option can be purchased for extra cost. SSQA 6 way dozer blades can start at almost $4,000.00

You do not have enough oil flow for the lane shark. Your mule would work with samurai with the EZ mount bracket to trim vertically and horizontally

The 3 point hitch sickle trimmers will reach much higher than a flail shredder and a flail shredder will not reach the top of a hedge to mow it level where a hydraulic arm mounted sickle pruner will do this at a slow ground speed. If you have a loader for your mule you could take advantage of...

The three point mounted hydraulic drive sickle bars will be less money and will be easier to use for the hedges; Thay way you can buy a simpler to own and operate Del Morino or Maschio flail mower with hydraulic side shift.

You can use a boom mounted orchard and vineyard shredder to trim vertically but it would help if we knew how long your hedges are as you have to justify the very large expense for an orchard and vineyard shredder and have a large enough mule to carry one for doing the work. There are...

Tire pressure has always been the issue with mowers I have owned and used. Having tubeless tires on lawn mowers has always been a problem for mowing and holding snow and ice chains.

If that is your desired height of cut do not invest in one UNLESS YOU BUY A HINICKER 72 inch crop shredder.

The trash door on your Seppi Flail shredder serves 2 purposes; (1) it allows the user to mow/shred tall grasses and crops in one pass. (2) you can inspect the flail shredder knives without lifting it and crawling under it.

No, if you are sitting side saddle while clearing and your turning right the front wheels are pointing to the left A RAMMY 155 commercial snow thrower could be attached to the loader if you have an ssqa. WD-40 or Fluid Film applied in layers and allowed to dry between coats I have also...

I neglected to add this to my comment yesterday; As you have a small horsepower open station tractor and you are worried about snow dust causing visibility issues you should ask whether the manufacturer of the snow blower you are examining for eventual purchase has a chute extension option...

The cutting edge and how sharp it is makes huge difference in how well a snow blower scrapes. If you expect to clear snow with a push type snow thrower you needed loaded tires and or rear weights with V bar snow and ice chains sized correctly for the rear tires. The carbide coated V bar snow...

You want a small tree transplanting auger not a standard straight auger. Otherwise rent a small tracked excavator for one day and be done with it.

The only problem would be the metric pins it came with and whether they would fit the new bored slugs :eek: The other issue would be the required bronze bushings with the same issue of fit :eek:

A Rammy 155 commercial single stage snow thrower for the Kawasaki mule and V bar carbide ice chains for the kawasaki mule. I grew up using singel stage snow throwers on a 1968 IHC Cub Cadet, 1972 Simplicity and Wheel Horse garden tractors that were not junk and they never failed us. Lots of...

Hello Lou, I hope you are tolerating the dry weather, I am for sure, for once it is nice to see the clay all caked up and dried out in my sod that passes for lawn. Does the swing circuit cylinder on your shredder have a relief valve or a flow metering valve? I have not bothered to take...

Please ask for the dealerships owner to get help if you are sure you want to keep this mule in your stable.

If you follow the hose run on page 82 you see that part number/hose 8/1 is connected with the tractor with one port. The wing cylinders have 2 breather plugs in the base of the cylinder barrel which are part number 16/2 The wing cylinders have restrictor fittings on the rod side of the...

The weldments and pipe caps hold the compression springs tight against spring locators that hold the springs in place for the double spindle legs to maintain ground pressure on the wheel sets. The raptor and the predator-omni were designed to have to have single acting cylinders not double...

They are no different than the gravely single spindle mowers other than the dual swinging mower blades and being lighter in weight. The BERTA flail mowers weight will aid in the walking tractors stability on hills.

Good morning Mr. Maxwell, If you look closely at picture 836 you can see where the right ratchet jack is causing the rear wheel carrier to bind on the right side. I neglected to mention this last evening and I apologize for not doing so. The tie rod type of hydraulic cylinders on your mower...

Good evening Mr. Maxwell, The new ratchet jack is set at 11 threads the original ratchet jack is set at 7 threads.

Have I offended you? Both finish flail mowers and flail orchard and vineyard shredders with side slicer knives provide the user with a finer clipping that is recut and can be recut again on a second or third pass if the user wishes to quickly have the clippings dissolve and prevent dead grass...

The wing cylinders are connected and used as double acting cylinders Have you tried moving the draft controls with the engine shut off to see if the cylinders will bleed back to the oil reservoir in the transmission to eliminate an air lock condition? I neglected to ask you if the hydraulic...

You will not have a good cut of the grass and brush simply because the flail mower will not create the pressure gradient/suction needed to lift and cut the grass and brush to make short clippings. Tilting the mower above the horizontal plane with the top link will cause anything that is...

Have you ever broken sod or brush covered ground in clay? It won't happen in one pass. You need to spread a lot of Gypsum to dissolve the clay before you even think about tilling as the roots will be deep. Hire a spreader and buy a ton of gypsum either deep mined or chemically rendered...

Check with your John Deere dealer and ask if one or both of the remotes on your mule can be used with an electric valve splitter. One of the mounted remotes may only be single acting :^(

The mower is too wide and heavy for your tractor. If you are going to do this purchase either the smaller 48 inch Del Morino or 48 inch Maschio orchard and vineyard shredder.

Depends on your useable skills and the size of your tool box. Tires and wheels you can get from Palmetto Tire. If your Honda has a winch you could purchase Rammy atv Flail mower or buy my 48 inch Mathews lawn genie pick up mower and tow it behind the Honda.

My first suggestion is to contact the Moden Ag People and ask them for a manual for that mower and a parts list as it needs a lot of work. You may have the hoses connected wrong. You need to block the mower up and fix the hydraulic hoses before they are damaged and bundle them together with...

The small motorized 2 stage snow blowers have a lot of shiny metal that is too thin and the drive components are not simple in design and construction compared to the RAMMY single stage 155 snow blowers which use a simple V belt drive and slip clutch with a Briggs and Stratton snow service...

When turn buckles or chains are used on the lower links they prevent the lower links from shifting from side to side your mule does not have that ability. If your mule has the same hoisting arrangement for the integrally mounted 3 point hitch implements you will need to tighten the...

Do you have adjustable length lower links or are they solid steel castings? If they are adjustable are both lower links the same length? Are the turnbuckles adjusted to the same length? Are there chains holding the lower links in place and are they equal in length? You may end up...

If your right lower link is causing the gearbox to nearly touch the ground you need to adjust the right lower link so that it is level with the left lower link. This is the correct adjustment for an orchard and vineyard shredder/verge mower to work properly and hug the ground as well as...

No, the rigid top link prevents the flail mower from tipping forward and causing damage to the flail mower rotor. The left and right lower link create the level X axis and the top link creates the Y axis for the proper mowing height from side to side. The right lower link is used for in...

If that happens and the belt is routed correctly and the compression washers are no longer cupped the V belt is stretched too. A bad set of bearings will also cause this as the V belt will whistle past the pulley and do as you have seen as well. If you can purchase a kevlar reinforced V belt...

The problem dealing with the End Of Driveway Monster is three-fold, the first problem is the freeze thaw cycle, the second problem is ice being picked up from the shoulder of the road and dumped in the driveway and the third problem is rock salt or other deicing chemicals. First and foremost...

Hello tagslg, Judging solely on the two images you were so kind in uploading to the forum for us to look at it appears to me that one arbor/spindle appears to have only 2 flat washers and the other arbor/spindle has three flat washers. If you are not using a torque wrench and blue Loctite to...

The Harper Turf Equipment people make very large turf cleaners, their TV60 Turf Vac verticuts and vacuums in one pass and is PTO powered. The TV60 has a 60 inch pick up width and the hopper can hold 7 cubic yards of material. The manual for the TV60 turf vac is too large to upload here so...

The Cyclone Rake will do this for you if you have a belly mower. A good ground drive lawn sweeper will do this as well.

I hate lawn thatch, have you considered using a flail mower equipped thatching knives with a pick up basket that uses a hydraulic basket lift to dump it to do this job in one pass?

I understand that, I suggested he contact Joel as he was not being helped by anyone in Europe.

No, it is best that you replace it. The two dealers in or near Charlotte are Hydradyne LLC in Charlotte and AFP Industries in Mooresville. Hydradyne also has a store in Columbia, NC as well.

You have a Parker Gerotor hydraulic motor. Its best that you find a local Parker hydraulic dealer to obtain a new geroter hydraulic motor as this type of hydraulic motor is an over the shoulder and hit the scrap bin type of motor that is designed to provide high torque for any application...

Do you use a finish flail mower with dethatching knives?

Is your flail mower set at a 2 inch cutting height? If you buy a RAMMY flail mower you can do this for much less money.

Please contact Joel at www.earthtools.com he is the main importer for BCS and Grillo in the USA. Joel would be of greater help to you in solving this for you as he has a very good reputation with BCS and could help you wade through mess of lost communications and service needed for your BCS...

They work but 99% of your question depends on what your three point hitch can lift as a hydraulic power pack will be required to run a high flow attachment. To overcome the lift issue you can have a power pack mounted on heavy solid bush hog caster wheels. Skid steer attachments are...

UGHH!!!!!!!!!!! Are the flail mower rotor weights used to balance the flail mower rotor "by itself": and after "the mounting stations were welded to the flail mower rotor" still welded to the flail mower rotor??? Did you clean the hammers to bare metal with hot water and Dawn dish soap...

The "Y" blades are referred to as side slicer knives. Do not reuse the cotter pins or the nuts and bolts, please use new ones.

Flail Master or Clean Cutter

They are all like that, do not send them back.

The towed Wessex flail mower is further in the rear and any chaff is thrown backwards away from the tractor.

Please look at the 5 foot cut DEL MORINO and MASCHIO three point hitch mounted flail mower/flail shredders and the motorized Wessex towed flail mower before you pull your wallet out of your pocket. The major advantage of the towed Wessex flail mower with its Briggs and Stratton V-twin engine...

Hello Mtsoxfan, This thread will always be relevant for anyone wanting to invest in a mowing implement that will last several lifetimes and be useable on larger tractors. A properly sized flail mower is not slower than a rotary cutter. You have to understand that a rotary cutter uses...

Flail Master.

I have attached a copy of the owners manual for this snowblower for you. Single stage snow throwers are much easier to own and maintain. The following is my opinion and only my opinion: I wish these manufacturers would wake up and see this, of course they will not admit that they build...

Helo Mollydot, Look at the BCS 2 wheel tractors for what you want as they can do everything. I miss the lawn tractors we had with single stage snow throwers, the crap they sell today cannot hold a candle to them. If you have your heart set on an old reliable lawn mower with a horizontal...

The side slicer knives are sheared, punched with the correct mounting hole, ground to a fine edge and then pressed to create the correct angle. The scoop knives are created in the same manner with the knife forming done before the cutting edge is ground as far as before they are heat treated as...

I hope Mom takes the cost of the new shovel out in new chores and the rug rats allowance!!!! I am glad it was not a fiberglass handled shovel.

Your mule is much too light in weight even with loaded rear tires for a 60 inch boom mounted orchard and vineyard flail shredder. Please visit both the DEL MORINO and MASCHIO web pages and take the time to look at well designed rear views of the boom mounted flail shredders illustrating...

You have a Farmall Super A? Please post more pictures of that flail mower so I can help you. None of those parts should have been removed from the mower. These beautiful flail mowers were designed and used as belly mounted flail mowers.

If you do not mind calling south of the border contact the Flail Master folks for a price for these "scoop knives" as they are not cast hammer knives. Make sure you mention whether the land pride flail mower is actually built by Kubota or if it is the original imported MACHIO brand with metric...

That is great to hear Torvy, happy mowing.

Hello Torvy, Please be sure to use a torque wrench for the taper lock screws and a bead of blue Loctite on the taper lock screw threads to secure the taper lock bushing.

Assuming the wire is stuck between the side weldment and the flail mower rotor-please flip it over on its back so the entire rotor is exposed. in doing that you will be able break the wire and remove it with either a heavy flat screw driver or thin chisel.

The first thing you have to decide is whether you want to risk puncturing a radiator or losing a tire if you are going to clear second growth trash hardwood trees. If you have that much land to clear a 3 point hitch forestry mulcher will do this job for you but you have to understand that...

The OEM side slicers come from Europe and are heat treated.

Vrisimo, maschio, Del Morino are the three I would recommend. The Vrisimo orchard flail shredders have been made for a very long time and have very heavy heat treated side slicer knives that have been used in orchards in California for many years. The Del Morino and Maschio flail shredders...

Hello Mike, Do you think you have enough blowdown and brush to invest in the smallest 59 inch Rinieri TRR2? It sounds like you will have plenty of work for it for at least 6 months of the year. You would have no issue with putting it on a bigger mule in the future. The TRR2 would out...

It's very, very, very wishful thinking on their part. When you are dealing with winter storm damage both the small and larger limbs are usually already dead and have already lost a great deal of strength in the lignin and the longer they are dried out before you clear the easier they will be to...

A hydraulic powered side shift flail mower would be a good fit for you as you are a new owner and investing in a finish flail mower with a 4 row flail mower rotor will give you excellent results if you intend to overseed with grass seed ment for Florida or even Zoysia grass seed that will work...

Good morning Suburban Plowboy, I want to help you with this investment to assure you have the correct flail mower shredder for your needs as you will be able to use it easily on a larger mule if you decide to purchase a larger mule in the future. Your question is both relevant and is always...

Contact Joel at Earth Tools, He can help you quickly as a he is a BCS dealer.

Hello and good morning Foozle, I am going to suggest to you that you invest in a wet well grinder to sharpen the side slicer knives on your beautiful flail mower. If you try to sharpen them with a hand held grinder you will ruin the temper/heat treating and the metal will weaken. Home despot...

What brand of flail shredder is this? What is the cutting width? How many hammer knives are mounted on the flail shredder rotor? Please upload more pictures of the Flail Mower Rotor and the opposite end bearing.

You need to spread gypsum on your soil to break up the clay, preferably mined gypsum as it will be less expensive to use and easier to spread with less waste.

You should mark al the hidden known obstacles to enable you to remove them or hire a backhoe for an hour as frost heaving will only bring them closer to the surface.

The five blade trailblazer mounted on the three point hitch will serve you better and you will be better able to cut long limbs that will eventually sag down and enter the lane.

The coupeco folks have a boom mounted hydraulic drive triple circular saw that is mounted on the three point hitch. The model is the Cosmos 101 arboriculture pruning machine. Model 4500 has 4 circular saws that can be used at ground level and also raised to 3.8 meters and rotated to...

As I have written about this extensively on the forum you have to a decision tree if you want to come to a conclusion and then use an upside down decision tree to validate it. Another avenue is the Ben Franklin close which is less precise. No one is going to demo a flail shredder for...

These skid steers either have a flow flow or high flow system. The "Bobcat" meowbox you have uses a case drain connection due to the high pressure axial pump that is used for the hydraulic system to power the twin chain drive for the wheel motors and the 2 loader functions being the boom...

UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You need an entire replacement cross auger and gearbox with the 3 shafts and bearings that come with it. This nasty item is part number 2 on page 36 of the owners manual. I hope you are within their one year warranty period. :^0...

The Vicon pendulum spreaders are thee point hitch mounted and designed it be loaded at ground level. The agitator cam arm is operated with the gear box under the conical hopper and the open base is fully exposed to the material that is to be spread. The fiber glass or injection molded hopper...

The slotted attachment point at the top link allow for the flail mower to more easily follow the ground contour BUT they are an extra wear point and the steel will be subject to more top link stress UNLESS the lower link turn buckles/chains are tight to prevent additional stresses on the...

The added weight is: the heavier three point hitch, longer hydraulic cylinders, heavier boom steel weldments, wider flail mower rotor, more knives or hammers, more knife/hammer mounts more mounting bolts and nuts, wider rear roller, wider flail mower shroud.

The only two implement brands I would be willing to recommend to you without blinking an eye are Del Morino and Maschio. I would only want you to use a 60 inch flail shredder, no wider Owning and operating a boom mounted vineyard crop shredder involves operating an implement with no over...

Hello Three Oranges/Mitsubishi; I want to sincerely apologize to you and all the Permanent Resident Citizens of the Flail Mower Nations for coming back to the forum late as I have been dealing with health issues. To Three Oranges/Mitsubshi I sincerely believe you are dealing with the same...

Use never sieze paste with the brush in the bottle to coat the mating parts. Be sure to have some disposable gloves and hand cleaner on hand as it get everywhere- don't ask how I know this.

Gravel sand is what I use if the ice is bad enough, if you have room for a load you should invest in a pair of 20 by 20 high quality tarpaulins large enough lay on the ground and to cover the load as well. If you have room to store it indoors and keep it warm all the better as its easier to...

With your heavy wet coastal snow you need snow chains and loaded rear tires. Even the largest residential 2 stage snow blowers which are 32 inches wide would require you to spend 12+ hours clearing snow in two passes. With heavy wet snow a snow blower with a rotating impeller drum like the...

The original Single Stage Snow Throwers had fewer parts and had a simpler belt drive to roller chain final drive system that spun the snow thrower rotor at 600 Plus Revolutions Per Minute.

Hello and good morning TimP, Please wander over to a plumbing supply house and ask them for a long boiler tube brush to clean the female portion of the PTO shaft it will be easier to clean using the boiler tube brush. If they do not have a long enough boiler tube brush you can purchase one...

It depends on how much weight your loader can handle. Even the largest V twin engines would not be able to provide the torque needed. A 4 cylinder Wisconsin air cooled engine off a Hesston windrower with a Rockford power take off would work but you would need to mount wheels on the new...

Single stage snow blowers were the snow throwers mounted on most all lawn and garden equipment PRIOR to the use of vertical crank engines. The two stage units sold today for lawn tractors based on my past experience are extremely expensive to own and operate. The 44 inch 2 stage snow...

A 7 foot Del Morino or Maschio Flail Crop Shredder with hammer knives is what you need for this work. Its more money but the flail crop shredder will outlast the M7060.

Hard pass, only because leaving the grass and weeds secures the pond banks. Short of having an excavator to trim the walls of the pond to less than a 15 degree slope would make it much safer if you intend to seed it and mow it. Maschio but you need loaded tires, wheel weights on the left...

Does the 8540 have an all weather cab? The only safe way for you to manage this is to invest in a bat wing rotary cutter if you really intend on doing this. Leaving the pond banks un-mowed will not ruin anything in the scheme of things and keep the soil more stable. You have to keep in...

Hello and good morning MarkfromWA, What I was referring to was using wide rear Agrizeta Metal cletracks on the Carraro tractor in the winter season with your snow blower. I do not know who makes the track systems for the newest Carraro models. Is the seating platform on that beautiful...

Hello and good morning Mark from Washington, Are you located closer to Wenatchee or the East portal of the Cascade tunnel? I was wondering if you looked at Agrizeta steel tracks for your Carrero tractor for winter use? They have the metal cletrac tracks with long cleats for added traction...

Here is the manual for your snow blower. Page 30 shows items 18 and 19 which are the long bolt and nut that hold that half of the shaft. I am glad I did not buy kubota with a front mount snow blower.

Did you happen look at the Pronovost snow blowers before investing in the Frontier unit? If you ever decide to change snow blowers The Pronovost TRC 800 with the rotating impeller housing allows you to discharge heavy wet snows left or right without the chute and spout interfering with the...

Make sure you buy plenty of the silicone gel in the aerosol bottle and put it each electrical connection and use copper shield to coat the wiring connections in the engine compartment as the Canadian rock salt used there will ruin the snow blower connections and your rtv wiring quickly.

Rent a Lull forklift for a day or two, you will be surprised how quickly you can lift them and move them using straps If you have help on 2 sets of scaffolding tying them in will go very quickly if you have the spacers cut and extra batteries for the screw drivers using deck screws

Please do not purchase this attachment. Even with your tractor having loaded tires you will not have adequate control. You have to remember that you will not have the over center control of the object you are lifting. Every movement will cause the loader, boom and the object to begin...

Dont waste your hard earned money on a 2 stage unit, The RAMMY Commercial 155 single stage snow thrower is lighter and it has the large Briggs and Stratton snow engine with a V belt drive and slip clutch.

Invest in a RAMMY single stage commercial snow blower for your RTV. There are lots of videos on youtube showing them clearing deep snows.

The Landoll DP4 Power Ditcher is an option but you may have to rent a larger tractor for one day. www.landoll.com/farm-equipment/landoll-additional/power-ditcher/ The AMCO, Hurricane and Remlinger power ditchers are too large and require much greater horsepower

Have any of you used taper lock bushings to repair the John Deere LA115 lawn mowers rear wheels to secure them to the transmission shafts when the steel wheels keyways have worn away? My newer E100 rear axle is identical to the LA115 rear axle. Thanks much, leonz

Buy the sheet gaskets from Mcmaster-Carr.

Tire chain mending tools eliminate the fuss and muss of fixing and adjusting side chains and cross chains. A bolt cutter can be used safely and efficiently to shorten cross chains and side chains.

No its not really, the operator will be able to dig down and destroy every honeysuckle stump below the ground for you and later on you can spot spray the suckers with woody brush killer. With any land clearing you add the cost of clearing it to value of the land. The day rate is simpler...

NO, NO, NO, the brush is too thick. Rent a skid steer with a forestry flail mower. Skid steer loaders are not that difficult to operate, you cannot safely use them near roads with a flail mower or rotary cutter. The only other option would be to hire a dozer for a day etc.

They would not honor this as a warranty repair????????????????????????????????????? Why not???????????????

Hello Chris from Wisconsin, You should visit the www.armorskids.com web site as they have skids for the wood max snow blowers. I have attached the page for them here. I have a set of armorskids on my original troybuilt walk behind and I am very happy with them, I would recommend then for any...

First question for you, is the inner chain as tight as it can be locked to the last useable link? If not, you can release some air straighten the ladder chains and then reattach the locking link and tighten the outer locking link to the same tension and then reinflate the tire and you should...

4 link carbide V bar ladder chains or carbide road grader chains with chain tensioners-they are a must have. www.tirechainsrus.com www.tirechains.com

That Screams Warranty Repair right there. I hope you have purchased the extended warranty for your mule.

It is long past time to have a properly designed single stage snow blower with the correctly sized snow blower rotor brought back to the market as they are simpler to own and operate.

Please upload an image of this pilot operated check valve to the forum at your convenience. Are the lower links fully extended or retracted? Are the adjustment turnbuckles or chains for the lower links of equal length?? They should be of equal length as you are not operating a moldboard...

The spindle and bearings are replaced as a unit. You can send MASCIO an e-mail with the mower serial number and I am sure they will send you a pdf of the owners manual to help you.

Hello nikdfish, The lady fingers are used for holding the hose ends only when the mower is off your mule. This is to keep them from dropping in the dirt. The hose bundles go under the three point hitch top pin and then the hose ends are attached to the lady fingers. I want to welcome you as...

nikdfish, Please order the 2 restrictors per cylinder per the Maschio design as you need complete control of each cylinder to provide the slow movement of the mower that is needed as the flow of oil on the unrestricted cylinder port back to tank will react quickly due to the weight exerted by...

Hello and good morning Tinhack, If your hydraulic system is cold it will be sluggish. Please do not make extension handles for the spool valves on your mule. If you do this, you will damage them, and they will all leak prematurely. each spool valve is a finely polished chromed cylinder...

I forgot to add this yesterday but you cannot use schedule forty water pipe fittings as they will break from the pressure. If your dealer has an Eaton Parker Hanafin or Aeroquip hydraulic fittings catalog they can obtain the correct hydraulic pressure rated steel elbows and pipe nipples for...

I will add to what bdhsfz6 has wisely said; you need metering valves on all three circuits meaning that you must install one metering valve on both cylinder ports as there will not be enough room to mount them on the hose ends As the common restrictor valve will have no restrictor on the return...

Good morning Doug, It is heavier than molasses, apparently Tractor Supply has it in squeeze bottles. I would buy at least 3 bottles which should cover the bearings in the cross shaft tube as well. Happy mowing

Hello Doug, I would prefer that you used corn picker grease for now as the shaft will be worn as well and by using the corn picker grease you will not have leakage and dirt collecting on the gearbox. There is no point in replacing the seal and not the shaft at the same time.

What mule are you mounting the snow blower on??? If you have the extendable lower links on this mule you may not have to cut the Power Take Off at all. Order the Eurocardan Power Take Off shaft from AGRISUPPLY, its simpler and a heavier stronger Power Take Off shaft. Whatever you do...

Roof trusses were not designed to carry a loading like this, they were designed to support the roof and support the roof in the event of a heavy snow load. You will rip out the truss bottom planks and then you have to have the truss fixed and then certified as safe. Putting the mower in a...

They will only have to come out "once" to examine your property and explain in greater detail what you should do with it in a detailed report that is sent to you by mail. A large enough forestry mulcher will let you knock down everything on either side of the lane for the width of the mulching...

The fact that it will throw impacted material and could also break glass in a cab. I guess I would look at renting a feller buncher or a loader with a forestry mower.

If you have that much growth and work you should have a USDA forester come from A+M to mark every trash tree to get rid of them. Renting a 4-wheel drive aerial lift would be safer than using a lane shark.

Renting or hiring a self propelled mulcher for a few days will be more effective and cost you less money.

Greetings RjCorazza and mserafin14571, I want to welcome you as the newest members of the "Flail Mower Nations" To solve your belt tension issues you should invest in a V belt tension gauge, you can purchase them from Goodyear or the Gates rubber company through amazon or a reliable...

You ment two stage snow blower. Sadly no one manufactures a high quality single stage snow thrower for lawn mowers except the grasshopper folks. The mkmartin single stage snow throwers are too large in diameter and as a result require too much power versus the original smaller diameter...

NOPE, NOPE, NOPE, it will not work. You need new bearings and seals. Flail Master is one source for parts and Messicks is another.

Do not ask for anything less than a full refund and prepaid shipping for returning it to them AT NO COST TO YOU!!!!! If they balk at that request, tell them they will be hearing from the attorney generals office in Olympia.

UGH, I guess you have to have decide whether you want to have it cut up and repaired with better hinges and adding more flat proof tires in front to reduce the stress on the hinges. As old as this mower is it may be time to send it the happy bush hog pasture and invest in a folding flail mower...

No real way to know until we see a few pictures as it could be the hinges are sprung, welds broken and wracked/twisted.

The reverse lever and the spring connected to the lever are all you need. Have you applied some grease the steel edge that the roller rides up and down on?? If the V belt is glazed or cracked it needs to be changed.