Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[leonz]

I Saw the county out mowing ditches yesterday. Didn't get a great look but they were using a Alamo flail mower on the 3 pt hitch and had one on a boom on the right side. But the interesting thing was the tractor had a big Alamo sticker on the middle of the side of the hood, no other mfg logo I could see.

So a question for those in the know, did Alamo ever sell complete setups with tractors and relabel the tractors as Alamo tractors?

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HE double hockey sticks no!!!!!!!!!!!! They did not and do not thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You probably saw the side mount hydraulic tank for the hydraulic power for the boom
functions- lift/lower/swing boom in/swing boom out and the hydraulic drive for the Flail Mower Rotor itself.

What you missed was the radiator for the hydraulic fluid used to power the flail mower and boom which is powered by a PTO Hydraulic Pump and the low voltage electrical system to power the fan on some models.

 

[KenB2920]

===================================================================== HE double hockey sticks no!!!!!!!!!!!! They did not and do not thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!! You probably saw the side mount hydraulic tank for the hydraulic power for the boom functions- lift/lower/swing boom in/swing boom out and the hydraulic drive for the Flail Mower Rotor itself. What you missed was the radiator for the hydraulic fluid used to power the flail mower and boom which is powered by a PTO Hydraulic Pump and the low voltage electrical system to power the fan on some models.

I would actually like this set up, however my little 5240 doesn't seem to be big enough

 

[Weedy Fields]

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HE double hockey sticks no!!!!!!!!!!!! They did not and do not thank god!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You probably saw the side mount hydraulic tank for the hydraulic power for the boom
functions- lift/lower/swing boom in/swing boom out and the hydraulic drive for the Flail Mower Rotor itself.

What you missed was the radiator for the hydraulic fluid used to power the flail mower and boom which is powered by a PTO Hydraulic Pump and the low voltage electrical system to power the fan on some models.

Now you got me thinkin'
I'm going to keep a camera in the car and keep an eye out.
I'm pretty sure that the large Alamo Logo was on the hood of the tractor.
Yes there was some extra stuff on the front of the tractor but I didn't get a good look.

Now my inquiring mind wants to know.

 

[IslandTractor]

Now you got me thinkin' I'm going to keep a camera in the car and keep an eye out. I'm pretty sure that the large Alamo Logo was on the hood of the tractor. Yes there was some extra stuff on the front of the tractor but I didn't get a good look. Now my inquiring mind wants to know.

I wouldn't be surprised if an Alamo salesman put the decal on the tractor. Probably gave the shop foreman some Alamo swag and slapped the decal on as a special "gift" during delivery. Maybe Alamo even arranged for a slight rebate for placing their logo on the tractor.

 

[Weedy Fields]

Here its is, the Alamo Mower!
I can't believe my luck, It was at the end of my driveway when I drove out this afternoon. I rushed back up to the house grabbed my camera and snapped a couple of pictures. Here is the best of the bunch.
Its a Ford tractor.

But you can see the labels on the hood I mentioned in a previous post.

 

[IslandTractor]

Should've asked the operator about the decals. I still think it was a salesman.

 

[Billrog]

The emblem on the front of the hood looks like it says Ford.

 

[leonz]

Yup its a ford Mule,

That state Ford dealer won the low bid for supplying tractors and mowers to the municipality.
And most likely the same Ford farm equipment dealer is also an Alamo farm equipment
dealer and bids the equipment as a package for the low bid and they supply tractors and
mowers to the state/county/town/village municipality as the low bidder.

Everyone gets on the buying power gravy train to take advantage of the specific states
buying power as almost everything is put out to bid to make purchases of equipment,
parts and everything down to the smallest item needed like paper and pens and pencils etc.

The Oil radiator and gear pump for the hydraulic drive flail mower and the boom are run off
the crank shaft pulley like so many other powered implements in Europe that are front mounted.

2 more months and they NYSDOT mows my ditch, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[DT86]

Should've asked the operator about the decals. I still think it was a salesman.

I've seen several with the Alamo branding and just as many with out.
Same with Tiger, which is (now? always has been?) part of the Alamo family.

Check Tractor House, Ford tractors 40-99 hp, I'm sure there will be several of each.

 

[CobaltSky]

So, my Caroni TM1900 arrived!
It was too long for the lift gate and pallet was longer than the width of the truck, so I had to use my forks to offload it. Glad I have the 48" forks, as 42" would not have gotten it done.

Now I have an issue and a stupid question. It was shipped with the 3pt and the PTO shaft under the mower. What is the best way to get those out for assembly? My ideas so far include hooking up to 2 of the 3 points and lifting/tilting the mower until I can get the 3pt attachment assembly out. Or, trying to slide forks between the mower and the pallet without damaging anything and lifting it that way. What have others done?

 

[IslandTractor]

I'd use the forks to lift the mower, block it and then pull out the 3pt assembly. Don't worry about damaging the mower or scraping the paint. That will happen soon enough

 

[IslandTractor]

And, make sure you look carefully at the 3pt assembly before putting it together. It's perfectly possible to put it on backwards and it will in fact work that way though not as intended. Ask me how I know.:ashamed:

 

[Code54]

2 more months and they NYSDOT mows my ditch, YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thats funny - I was trying to figure out how you got to the head of the list, here they hit ours about every other year.....

 

[CobaltSky]

And, make sure you look carefully at the 3pt assembly before putting it together. It's perfectly possible to put it on backwards and it will in fact work that way though not as intended. Ask me how I know.:ashamed:

Thanks! That's what I was leaning towards. Too bad I'm gone this weekend, so I need to wait another week to play...

 

[Zerker]

So I finally got out to the land to use the mower, mowed great for the first 5 minutes until i found some old rusty tomato cages in the grass. Took about a half hour to untangle and pull all the junk out of the mower. I had to clean out my pants too after the sound the mower made when it got a hold of the metal cages. About 2 hours later, i'm almost finished mowing and the belt starts smoking like crazy. I knew the belt was worn down pretty good and was fully expecting it to go before I finished mowing anyways. I took the cover off to check out all the pulleys and whatnot. The belt had popped off the center pulley. To me it looks like my middle pulley is sticking out a little causing the belt to twist a little. I took a few pictures to show you guys and hopefully you can give me some advice on anything bad you see with the setup. I did just buy this mower so anything you see was done by the previous owner.



Hopefully the pictures show up correctly. I've never really posted pictures to a forum before.

Its hard to see in those pictures. But the middle pulley sticks out a little causing the belt to twist a little as it goes up to the top pulley. Maybe the tension spring just needs to be tightened up a little? I read somewhere that the Ford 907 mowers use the C52 belt. Is this correct?

 

[leonz]

Hello Zerker,


What you have is not good. NO twisting allowed.

If the center snubber pulley is not lined up with the two driven pulleys UGH, UGh!!!
There is no adjustment for belt tension on your flail mower other than the
spring used to apply dragging tension to the Flat Snubber Pulley.

OK, the V belt is toast file it in the garbage bag first.

Second, Take a metal straight edge and check to see if all three pulleys are lined up.

You may have a bent snubber pulley arm if the arm is stuck or sticking or unable to move much
due to the wrong belt size.

 

[Zerker]

Hello Zerker,


What you have is not good. NO twisting allowed.

If the center snubber pulley is not lined up with the two driven pulleys UGH, UGh!!!
There is no adjustment for belt tension on your flail mower other than the
spring used to apply dragging tension to the Flat Snubber Pulley.

OK, the V belt is toast file it in the garbage bag first.

Second, Take a metal straight edge and check to see if all three pulleys are lined up.

You may have a bent snubber pulley arm if the arm is stuck or sticking or unable to move much
due to the wrong belt size.

That center pulley is very loose and can move in all directions. Looking at it in person I can tell it's not lined up properly. I suppose the next thing to do is take that entire pulley and arm off?

 

[KenB2920]

So, my Caroni TM1900 arrived! It was too long for the lift gate and pallet was longer than the width of the truck, so I had to use my forks to offload it. Glad I have the 48" forks, as 42" would not have gotten it done. Now I have an issue and a stupid question. It was shipped with the 3pt and the PTO shaft under the mower. What is the best way to get those out for assembly? My ideas so far include hooking up to 2 of the 3 points and lifting/tilting the mower until I can get the 3pt attachment assembly out. Or, trying to slide forks between the mower and the pallet without damaging anything and lifting it that way. What have others done?

My only advice too ( just don't forget). Measure your PTO shaft and cut it to size if necessary ... If it's to long it will cause a doozy if a repair

 

[Jack Yuan]

Hi Leonz, I have a customer complain the flail mower throw the grass from front, after I watch his photos and video, I guess this is because the grass is wet and fall down on ground, but what can we do when flail mower cut such "grass"? Or this is not the "grass" which flail mower cannot cut?

 

[leonz]

Hello Mr. Yuan,


I do not have the ambition to yell in Mandarin; but once again this "flail mower owner" is not using the flail mower properly.

It is much too low to cut properly and as result it is scooping and shearing
the matted grass up like a sharp scythe with the scoop knives on your flail mower.

He certainly decided to mow without adjusting the rear roller(Lower the rear roller)
to raise the mowers cutting height-you can adjust the rear roller on your flail mowers
to adjust the cutting height I hope?

He has to lower the rear roller to raise the cutting height Mr. Yuan.