Just did about 20 acres of this myself. Had a couple of cousins helping that made it a lot easier. Very similar to your job. I probably averaged gaining about 30 feet of field back all the way around my creek bottoms.
I’d love to have one for sure. It’d make boxblade work much easier too. Unfortunately they’re a bit pricey and I don’t have enough connections on the tractor to accommodate one.
Bought it as a kit from Titan and it’s been worth every penny! Got mine with 36” forks. I do wish I’d gone with the 48”ers though. Here’s the link if you want to check them out. palletforks.com/products/pallet-fork-grapple-v2?variant=47327967019312
Its super useful for me! Check out our pallet fork grapple video from 3 weeks ago where I talk about why I chose this attachment. I had to wait for my flail for about 6 weeks back in 2021 but I was able to get it through my Kioti dealer. And congrats on joining the Kioti nation!!
Be careful backing up into saplings the back angle iron tension above the roller holds the roller in - it is actually quite delecate. The angle brackets off the bearing plates will fatigue and break off leaving the tension bar flapping in the breeze then the roller bearing block can loosen or the mount plates can bend and the roller will drop out check for every hour of operation.
Good advice. Noted! I worry that the bolts holding the roller mounting brackets to the mower housing will break. Some of them actually came loose at some point and had to be cranked down tight again.
@@fourpasturesfarm yes I had 3 of the 4 roller bearing mount bolts shake loose. They are lock tited or permexed in place now but hammer breakage or hammer bolt spacer bushing loss can set the entire implemnt up for a bolt shedding vibration. The bolts spacers and hammers are a once per shift consumable if you hit rocks or wood over 4" I ended up buying complete sets bearing bolts bearing mount plates knives and knife spacers after about 8 hours testing on a different brand supplied by DLE a Walmart affiliate.
Okay...... You've just about got me sold on this mower. I see that they are made in Italy and imported into the United States. Have you had any issues with it at all? I have an LS 6158 that has about 50 PTO horsepower. Not sure what the horsepower of your tractor is but I want to make sure that this will not be too much for mine? How often do you have to sharpen those hammers or replace them considering the brush that you're going through? That is exactly the type of heavy brush that I plan on mowing. Does yours have a roller on the back and does it have options for wheels?
These things are made in the good ole USA; Tennessee to be precise. I run a 35 hp so your 50 should be no problem. You may even be able to go a bit bigger than what I’ve got. I’ll throw the link down below. So far I’ve sharpened them zero times and have broken zero! I think I’ve got one a little bent but I’m not 100% sure on that yet. Haven’t had time to inspect. It’s got one long roller on the back which I haven’t found to be a problem. Don’t think there’s a wheel’d option. Maybe another manufacturer has that? Keep us posted! www.ironcraftusa.com/fmh-series-mower/
Seems like you should suck in on the top link…would be less hard on the attachment when backing into the saplings and get a closer shave to the ground which would help it cut the saplings the first pass. Best wishes
The problem there is that the front edge may catch on a stump from a tree that I chainsawed down which would put a lot of pressure on the three point. I’m ok with it being a bit higher.
@@fourpasturesfarm hmmm…would think you would just raise it up a bit when passing over a stump. Certainly limited perspective from a vid vs being there. Best wishes
Agreed. They’re a bit hard to see sometimes even sitting on the tractor. I just didn’t want to take a chance that I’d overlook one and tear something up
I always wanted a flail mower until I started watching u tube Everbody claims to be "pushing it to the limit" with their flail mower but i run my rotary mower over anything my tractor is capable of pushing over and sometimes stuff I cant even get all the way over then you use the possi lever. yes i do buy shear bolts a few pounds at a time but have never broke anything else just have to retorque or replace the gearbox mounting bolts a few times a year
Flails will fail easier to some degree because they’re belt driven. Learned that the hard way when I sucked up a limb a couple years ago. I have a video way back showing belt replacement as a result. Other than that they’re pretty solid. I was taking down dimensions roughly twice what it was rated for and it held up just fine. Makes me wonder about the capability ratings…
I bought one that was on an arm and had high hopes but the only thing it did was pick the leaves of of the finger sized twigs on the side of my driveway. I traded it for a pto log winch
