[AT] Flail mowers

[Mike]

Mowing infrequently is a huge part of the problem Charlie, and it's not 
because of not wanting to. The land is wet until around June, and I 
can't get on it to mow. I am working on solutions to get it to drain 
better, but it's a slow, trial and error process. Now that I have a 4 
wheel drive tractor, I could probably mow it sooner, but would make a 
mess in the process. Last year I couldn't mow until the grass was 6 feet 
high. I think I would have been better off leaving it alone and burning 
it off in the Spring.

Mike M


On 5/15/2015 4:00 AM, charlie hill 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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