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   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,001  
I could go an inch or 2 more to the right. The cylinder runs out of stroke & the PTO shaft would hit the shift hose. A mark or 2 on the hose when I didny have the banjo fitting rotated fully away from the PTO. Fixed now, but I still try to leave it a few inches from testing that it hasnt rotated into a clearance issue again.
Gotcha. Mine's like Lou's. Same colors, different brand.
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,002  
Found this 10 month old Peruzzo Fox Cross 1600 on marketplace a few days ago. Reached out to the seller to see what the story was. Apparently he ran it for two passes around his pond and decided he wasn’t comfortable being that close to the bank due to how steep it was. It’s been parked in the bushes ever since.

Drove an hour to take a look at it. As soon as I saw it I made him an offer and he accepted. Other than a couple of small paint scuffs it’s a brand new mower. Hammers look perfect.

I’ll have to wait a bit before I’ll be able to run it. I need to get the rear hydraulics on order from Yanmar and get them installed but I’m happy to have it nonetheless. Between this and the Land Pride FDR3690 then I just picked up I should be able to handle everything around this property.
 

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   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,004  
You can run it without the hydraulics. It will just work like a non-shifting flail.
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,005  
Nice looking flair mower! Welcome to Flail Mower Nations!

You will find that it can also mow your lawn.

I occasionally go from a finish mower to my flail mower. Does nice striping with the roller.
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,006  
Found this 10 month old Peruzzo Fox Cross 1600 on marketplace a few days ago. Reached out to the seller to see what the story was. Apparently he ran it for two passes around his pond and decided he wasn’t comfortable being that close to the bank due to how steep it was. It’s been parked in the bushes ever since.

Drove an hour to take a look at it. As soon as I saw it I made him an offer and he accepted. Other than a couple of small paint scuffs it’s a brand new mower. Hammers look perfect.

I’ll have to wait a bit before I’ll be able to run it. I need to get the rear hydraulics on order from Yanmar and get them installed but I’m happy to have it nonetheless. Between this and the Land Pride FDR3690 then I just picked up I should be able to handle everything around this property.
I see that yours has the cylinder lock valves on the side shift cylinder, mine has them on the tilt cylinder which I thought was a strange location when the manual talks about using float on the tilt which will not work on a lock ported cylinder.
Also I see the tilt cylinder is using the slotted mount which allows considerable "float" to that cylinder and has the slotted position for your top link to allow the rear roller to float the top link.
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,007  
I see that yours has the cylinder lock valves on the side shift cylinder, mine has them on the tilt cylinder which I thought was a strange location when the manual talks about using float on the tilt which will not work on a lock ported cylinder.
Also I see the tilt cylinder is using the slotted mount which allows considerable "float" to that cylinder and has the slotted position for your top link to allow the rear roller to float the top link.
Can you enlighten me on the lock valve? I was too hot and tired to go through the operators manual this evening. Planned on going through it tomorrow.
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,008  
Can you enlighten me on the lock valve? I was too hot and tired to go through the operators manual this evening. Planned on going through it tomorrow.
Often a lock valve is used to hold a cylinder in place even when a valve has some leakdown, it requires pressure to open and allow fluid flow. They are often seen on hydraulic top links to prevent uncontrolled extension.
Hydraulic | LOCK VALVE | Doering Company

It is also possible that the valve arrangement on your offset cylinder is a cross over relief to allow the offset cylinder to relief if the mower snags on something
 
   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,009  
Can you enlighten me on the lock valve? I was too hot and tired to go through the operators manual this evening. Planned on going through it tomorrow.
You have a simple double acting check valve on one port that holds in one direction and releases by using the valve on the tractor to push oil flow in the other direction.

The other cylinder has an adjustable relief valve on one port to protect the boom and mower if you impact an object and it allows it to simply fold backward.

In image 1328 the hose on the rod end of the cylinder needs to be loosened and moved toward the other hoses loop as
it could be damaged otherwise.

Please take note of this!!!
You need a metric wrench to loosen that fitting move this hose to the other side following the arc of the other hose and then tighten it back up.
 
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   / Let's talk flail mowers #8,010  
Does anyone have the John Deere Frontier FL11S series flail made by Maschio? I believe it's the Giraffa M series by Maschio.

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