[AT] Flail mowers

Darrell Ratliff dbigdog at columbus.rr.com
Fri May 15 07:35:13 PDT 2015


I have a flail mower for one of my Farmall Cubs.  It does a nice job of cutting but it is not the choice for tall heavy grass.  The tall stuff tends to wrap if it is a little tough.  For shorter grass or thin populations of tall grass it works fine.

Bigdog

From: charlie hill 
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 8:17 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
Subject: Re: [AT] Flail mowers

If I deciphered that right I think we agree completely Spencer.
You can't mow more than the mower can handle (regardless of what brand or 
type)
and avoid windrows and other problems.

I'm on the road in a few minutes for about 8 hours.  I'll have to talk to 
you fellas later
if I can.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Spencer Yost
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2015 7:40 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Flail mowers

I assume he is problems with Winnrose being is because he's using a flu 
shot, and is only using it once or twice a year.
Spencer

> On May 15, 2015, at 4:00, "charlie hill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com> 
> wrote:
>
> Mike, if you are cutting it infrequently enough that you have a problem 
> with
> large windrows of grass then a finish mower is NOT going to stand up to 
> the
> task.
> Or at least the ones I've been around will not.   A good bush hog with 
> good,
> sharp
> blades on it will mow a pasture to look almost as good as a finish mower 
> but
> you
> can't let it get so high or mow in wet conditions.  Also some bush hogs 
> have
> removable
> discharge panels so that the grass can blow out the rear or to one side.
>
> I always try to mow pastures in a pattern such that I'm cutting back over
> any windrow
> I leave with the next pass of the mower.  In other words, if my bush hog 
> is
> leaving
> the windrow on the right side I work around the pasture so that the right
> side of the
> bush hog is always toward the uncut grass.  On the next pass I'm 
> re-cutting
> the windrow
> along with the next portion of grass.  If you are getting a lot of windrow
> it's because
> you are cutting more grass than the bush hog is able to disperse, just the
> same as with
> your lawn mower.
>
> I've never used a flail mower but a friend of mine used to use one to mow
> his mobile home park.
> It does a fine job.  However, they are a bit more of a maintenance 
> challenge
> than a bush hog or
> finish mower.  Still even with a flail, if the grass is too high and thick
> it has to go somewhere and
> it will pile up.   The key is to keep the pasture mowed more often.
>
> My two cents worth.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Mike
> Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2015 10:11 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Flail mowers
>
> ?? so yes on the flail or keep the hog, or go with a finish mower?
>
> Mike M
>
>
>> On 5/14/2015 8:54 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>> A tough finish mower used a few more times a year than I would a bush hog
>> does great in my 4 acres.
>>
>> Spencer
>>
>>> On May 14, 2015, at 20:11, Mike <meulenms at gmx.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have about 5-7 acres of horse pasture that i mow, and have been using
>>> a brush hog, John Deere 513? What I don't care for is how it leaves
>>> windrows and clumps of the taller grass. I would be interested in
>>> getting some opinions on flail mowers.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Mike M
>>>
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