[AT] Flail mowers

[charlie hill]

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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