Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[CCWKen]

Those blades work well on light brush but for cutting grass, they should be sharp. The edge I see is rounded and dull. Your blades are just ripping the grass instead of cutting so the grass builds up on the fronts. They should be "lawnmower blade" sharp. My flail uses the flat edge spoons and it cuts like a finish mower and takes down tough brush. The only place I get a little grass accumulation is in the chain link above the blade.

 

[Ozarks Landowner]

Those blades work well on light brush but for cutting grass, they should be sharp. The edge I see is rounded and dull. Your blades are just ripping the grass instead of cutting so the grass builds up on the fronts. They should be "lawnmower blade" sharp. My flail uses the flat edge spoons and it cuts like a finish mower and takes down tough brush. The only place I get a little grass accumulation is in the chain link above the blade.

Those blades are brand new and that's the way they came. I was surprised that they were not sharp.

 

[leonz]

I thought the same thing about the dirt. The actual height adjustment is a top link mounted to the hinged hitch and the body of the mower. I have it hooked to my draw bar to raise and lower. Most of my property has high and low spots so a pull behind may not be the best. I'm really not going to use it much for any kind of lawn maintenance but just food plots and fields so I will be able to keep the cut a little higher hopefully.
The tires are holding air.

Back to the vacuum affect you were talking about way back I can certainly see the grass starting to lift even before the drum is over it.

It looks to me that the knives do not open up while rotating. I can easily spread them with my hand though.

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Hello OzarksLandowner,


AH yes it is the dreaded mounting hole
issue rearing its ugly head again.

A Side Slicer Knife with a slotted mounting hole one half an inch long by one quarter inch wide allows
the knife to become an air foil and lift to the horizontal to allow the knife to slice the grass and
brush cleanly with no dirt digging.

The issue for Clean Cutter, Flail Master and the other manufacturers of these knives
is that they have to create the knives exactly to the specifications of the original knives.

AS I have mentioned previously the flail mower rotors are smaller in diameter and the
knives are longer in length and mounting stations are either D rings or weldment's on
the steel tube used for the typical Flail Mower Rotor except in the JD models where
they have the second weldment welded to the steel tube which is a machined and
modified block of tubular or solid steel to allow mounting the D ring straps.

Hopefully when flail mowers become the dominant way to mow all types of grass and
brush for the homeowner and mowing contractors they will start making Flail Mower
Rotors with a larger diameter welded pulley that will allow smaller knives to be mounted
on the rotor with a tool less knife hanging system that is spring mounted and slotted
knives can be used to thier advantage to create smaller clipping and recut the clippings
much faster.

 

[Ozarks Landowner]

Made a little repair to a weak spot today.

 

[IslandTractor]

<img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=471583"/> <img src="http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=471584"/> Made a little repair to a weak spot today.

First thing I saw in the photo was the little riveted ?serial number plate. Thought maybe you'd just riveted a bit of 16 gauge aluminum across a crack. Nice work with the pop rivet gun!!!

 

[Ozarks Landowner]

First thing I saw in the photo was the little riveted ?serial number plate. Thought maybe you'd just riveted a bit of 16 gauge aluminum across a crack. Nice work with the pop rivet gun!!!

Doubt the pop rivets would help much lol. I just wish I could id the sucker from that plate.

 

[leonz]

Doubt the pop rivets would help much lol. I just wish I could id the sucker from that plate.

Hello Ozarks Landowner,


Did you try rubbing a pencil over a piece of writting paper or legal pad paper to get the the numbers or what remains of them to ID it??

 

[CobaltSky]

Almost time to welcome me to Flail Mower Nation. Received word that my Caroni TM1900, that I ordered in April, finally came in and is shipping out to me today! They have a few more in stock today, so get em while they are still there if you have been waiting.

 

[Ozarks Landowner]

Hello Ozarks Landowner,


Did you try rubbing a pencil over a piece of writting paper or legal pad paper to get the the numbers or what remains of them to ID it??

yes I tried that with no luck. I can see where there was more numbers on it at one that were not stamped but they are no longer legible.

Are you saying that the knives that do not have the slotted holes will not open up when rotating?

 

[Greenland South]

I've been looking for a used flail, and came across this. It's a front mount. Can it be modified to sit on the 3 point. Rotation? I haven't seen this in person yet