I haven't been around in quite a while and sorry for the long post. So I recently bought a Kubota B26TLB that has a claimed 19.5 HP at the PTO. I am in the process of buying 20 acres that is mostly wooded but has some areas that were previously cleared/ mowed and need to be mowed again now so we can get moving forward on building a shop and then a home. I would really like to go the flail mower route and wanted one years ago when I was still in western NY instead of using the rotary cutter. Main question is anyone's thoughts on the Land Pride FM2560 flail mower. There is one used locally with the ducks foot blades for what I think is a decent price. From what I have read the Land Pride seems quite expensive to swap blades and rotors if needed. Kubota does not recommend this mower for the
B26 and actually none of their flail mowers for the
B26. They only recommend the 48" for the
L47 and
M62. I assume Kubota is being very conservative in their recommendations.
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Land Pride lists the weight at 965 lbs. and Kubota lists the
B26 at lift at 1676 lbs. 24 inches behind 3 pt. hitch lift point. I have read some say if you can lift it then you can spin it but I'm thinking this may be just too much mower for the little Kubota? What I will be cutting is not real thick and I know I can take smaller bites. The Land Pride looks well built from what I have seen. Seems like most 60" flail mowers are out of stock. The Novatractor mentioned above appears to be in stock and would that be a better route? There is also a used Maschio Birba 135 around that looks to be in good condition but fairly small. My other option is to pick up a 60" rotary cutter for getting going on things and wait for the flail mowers to come back in stock and also keep waiting for the "right" used one to show up. What do you guys think? Thanks for any input.
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