Flail mower too Large?

[ncridgerunner1]

I was just offered a 6 ft.flail mower for a great price but feel it is too large for a Kubota BX 23 with 23 hp. Flail mowers are no common in our area, does anyone have any experience they can share?

 

[pdowling1]

How heavy is it? That will be the issue. You have adequate power.

 

[ncridgerunner1]

The model states 22-124. Some research says this is a ford model 907 flail with a weight of 602 pounds. Rear lift capacity of the bx23 is 684 lbs.

 

[gwdixon]

Yeah, that tractor / mower combination will be right at the limit.

Try to avoid heavy grass. Bush hog the heavy stuff first if possible. An alternative is to flail mow half a row a time to reduce bogging down.

Flail mowers take a lot of HP to turn. Good blades make a difference to efficiency as well.

 

[ncridgerunner1]

Thanks for the replies. I may reconsider and give it a try.

 

[SDT]

I was just offered a 6 ft.flail mower for a great price but feel it is too large for a Kubota BX 23 with 23 hp. Flail mowers are no common in our area, does anyone have any experience they can share?

MUCH too large.

Flail mowers eat HP. Don't even try.

Dean

 

[kuboman]

MUCH too large.

Flail mowers eat HP. Don't even try.

Dean

Ditto, way to big for a little bx. You can send it my way, I have a 48" that I wish was bigger because it is not as wide as my B3200

 

[Ross71]

I'm with Dean on this. I run a 6' flail topper on my DF254 which is 25hp. and only just enough power for the job. Unless Kubota horses are bigger than chinese ones, I reckon you'll struggle

 

[hawkeye08]

It really depends on what the mower is going to be mowing... If you are mowing tough 3' or taller garbage, you will have to go slow and not bog down... if you keep things maintained and it is not tough stuff, then you will be fine... if a good price, then try it, you can always sell and get your money back later. Who knows, maybe a bigger tractor is in your future...

 

[mikehaugen]

Ditto, way to big for a little bx. You can send it my way, I have a 48" that I wish was bigger because it is not as wide as my B3200

I think I foresee a trade...

 

[ncridgerunner1]

After your comments and more research I decided to pass. A good deal is not so good if the purchase doesn't work properly and since I am sending my daughter off to North Carolina State University School of Engineering in a couple of weeks, getting "bigger tractor fever" is not a financial option. Thanks again for your input.

 

[kuboman]

After your comments and more research I decided to pass. A good deal is not so good if the purchase doesn't work properly and since I am sending my daughter off to North Carolina State University School of Engineering in a couple of weeks, getting "bigger tractor fever" is not a financial option. Thanks again for your input.

Just to make you feel better I hooked up my 48" to my B3200 and cut some 2 to 3' tall grass and crawled along and used up 32hp. Just an idea of the power it takes. Light shorter grass is no problem. Depends on what you want it for. I use mine to go places I won't take a regular mower.