How did you go about flipping the flail mower on end. I would like to do that with my Sicma Flail Mower to pressure wash it and put New paddles on it. Mine has NO rear door to open on it.
With proper adjustment and maintenance, the flail mower replaces a rotary mower and a finishing mower. I run an FM2160 on my lawn and do rough ditch and pasture cutting with it, all with and underpowered 20 hp tractor. I haven't used my rotary mower in 3 years now.
Hi which model of tractor do you have? I am asking because I want to get a flail mower for my Zetor 2511 and the dealer tells me that my tractor cannot carry the FM2160.
Harry Psichogios I'm currently using a mid 1980's John Deere 750, I also had to add a full rack of suitcase weights to keep the front end down, but my rotary mower could also lift the front of the tractor too.
Great! Thank you for the response! This proves to me once more that flail mower manufacturers (as i read in another post) ask for much more HP than is actually needed for the mowers to work, just to be safe. FYI i read in another post that someone has a 40hp John Deere tractor and runs a flail mower that is rated at min 60hp without any problem.
Harry, they are just trying to cover themselves in case something happens. Your tractor probably can operate the mower but it might need extra weights to hold the front end down and you might have to go slower due to the horsepower available from your tractor.
The Land Pride rotary cutter has a hole in the top that enables you to access the blade nut. It has a rubber cap from the factory, and may not be obvious. I am able to easily remove both blades for maintenance.
The rotary cutter would cut thicker material. Here's a link to our blog post that goes into more detail about the differences between the two mower types: blog.townlineequipment.com/2016/07/15/its-field-mowing-season/
@@TownlineEquipment sorry but your wrong flail mower can cut thicker stuff we use them on our vine yard they eat vine canes like it nothing most flails can eat wood up to 5cm thick they use up sized flails in forestry to grind down tree stumps brush hogs are cheaper but when it come to performance the fail wins in every way and the ones with more modern blades will happily eat and pulverize small rocks as long as the tractor has the kW to power it.
Well... You're wrong about the horsepower. Flail deff takes less power to turn. Seems like a kid who doesn't have much in field time on multiple machines.
This guy has no idea what he's talking He's trying to sell something that cost you double the price If your mowing grass you don't need anything but a Bush hog
Actually, most flail mowers can eat wooded brush up to 2-3" in diameter - whereas that would break a shear pin on a bush hog. Bush hogs are made to cut down tall grass and lay it down for hay. Flail mowers are meant to cut through tall grass, brush and bramble and mulch it into little teeny tiny pieces that rot and become part of the soil quickly by being blown down into the grass instead of cut, laid down and thrown out in large pieces like a bush hog does. If you want to care for the soil and have a really nice golf course type cut, you get a flail mower. If you want to cut and bale hay, you buy a bush hog... Yes, flails are more expensive - but the results are usually worth the expense. My dad bought a Ford flail mower back in '72 and he is dead and buried now - the flail mower is STILL operating on one of our little farms... I have owned both types - and they both have their uses...
@@possumfarms - Actually rotary mowers are not good for hay production because they cut the grass into smaller pieces -- larger than flail, but smaller than cutters designed for hay. Sicklebar and disk mowers cut the grass ONCE and keep it long so it will bail better. I do use a rotary cutter (bushhog) to cut grass for short hay that I bag instead of bail.
Strange to hear a professional equipment salesman say “they both cut grass”. While they certainly do, this is not what they are intended for. Guess why rotary cutters are known as brush hogs? Also, according to Neil Messick, flail mowers require less hp compared to the same size rotary cutter. Something makes me trust Neil more than this expert.
