Flail Mower Let's talk flail mowers

[leonz]

Thanks to everyone that helped with my adjustment of the flail mower. I am now very pleased with the cut.

Managed to do a number of acres of severely overgrown land and the alamo handled it like a champ.

Went over and through some things I probably shouldn't have and had no issues.

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Please be sure to check for any sticks or brush that may have become compacted under and in the engine cradle it is so equipped and be sure to wash the radiator and chaff screen out with hot water using dawn dish soap in a spray bottle set up for the garden hose when you have time.

when ever I do it I pour enough dawn in the screw on containers bottom to cover the bottom and then use hot water from the laundry sink. It works wonders for window mounted air conditioners too to clean out the heat exchanger and air inlet screen as you collect a huge amount of airborne dust.

I do the same thing for my Oreck electrostatic air cleaner when I put it in the Sanyo ultrasonic dinner ware cleaner I have.

I am glad it worked well for you ruse and it handled the 20 plus year scrub you went through. After you are done mowing on the first pass you can lower the gauge wheels one or two holes to keep the brush and the invasive plants back to the ground and you will burn much less fuel when you mow in a spiral pattern as you will not have to brake to a stop to turn around and back up the mule and mower and if you have ground speed controls for your mule you will save even
more fuel.

Welcome to the Flail Mower Nations.

 

[Ribz]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...37-lets-talk-flail-mowers-20170617_095709-jpg


Wow, that's impressive. Will my 25A do this?

 

[IslandTractor]

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...37-lets-talk-flail-mowers-20170617_095709-jpg


Wow, that's impressive. Will my 25A do this?

Most flails will do that. Here is a Caroni TM1900 pass through similar brush.

 

[shaeff]

Most flails will do that. Here is a Caroni TM1900 pass through similar brush.

IT- What kind of knives are on your flail? Hammers?

 

[IslandTractor]

IT- What kind of knives are on your flail? Hammers?

No. Caroni type B blades. I think of them as side slicers and they are mounted in pairs on a clevis. Caroni calls them "rough cut" blades. Same basically as used on Alamo and other flail mowers.

 

[Fallon]

Most flails will do that. Here is a Caroni TM1900 pass through similar brush.

My 30 year old Ford 917 flail would struggle but probably pull that off as well. At least as long as that brush wasn't to tough. It has the knives instead of hammers as well. My next flail will have hammers instead of knives. Of course my next flail will cost a lot more than $100 too, so I can't complain to hard about my tired iron that keeps on mowing.

 

[shaeff]

No. Caroni type B blades. I think of them as side slicers and they are mounted in pairs on a clevis. Caroni calls them "rough cut" blades. Same basically as used on Alamo and other flail mowers.

Gotcha, I just wanted to make sure it was an apples to apples comparison for Ribz, who has scoop knives. Close enough to call it a direct comparison in my opinion.

Ps- not sure if you noticed, but there's a rather large block of wood wedged into your flail rotor

Haha, sorry, couldn't resist!

 

[IslandTractor]

Gotcha, I just wanted to make sure it was an apples to apples comparison for Ribz, who has scoop knives. Close enough to call it a direct comparison in my opinion.

Ps- not sure if you noticed, but there's a rather large block of wood wedged into your flail rotor

Haha, sorry, couldn't resist!

Block of wood?? You're kidding right? That might explain a few things....

Actually when looking for a photo that showed the knives that was the one that popped up first. I selected it based on a thumbnail and didn't see the block until I posted. Still, it is a good example of how a flail can tolerate hitting junk without damage. I was mowing in thick grass and "captured" a firewood log which promptly stalled the tractor. I took a photo and then removed it by twisting the rotor backwards with the persuader du jour (crowbar as I recall).

This next photo shows a situation that was a bigger pain to deal with and required ten minutes of snipping the hose apart with pliers to resolve in the field. I now carry better snippers in the tool box to deal with such intruders.

 

[PRCWI]

Glad I am not the only one who has hit stuff so bad I stalled the tractor. :laughing:

Worst episode was catching a string of barbed wire and wrapping it up! That took a while to cut off. Wish I had grabbed a pic!

 

[leonz]

Thats OK PCRWI,

You should see all the scars I have from garden hose snakes biting back at me!!