Flail mower

[woody paul]

Got a tobroco giant loader been asked about some grass cutting and bramble clearing,

Was thinking of getting a drag Atv flail mower and front mount it anyone tried this or used drag flail mowers 

[Mick Dempsey]

Run a front flail on the MO, got to remember on these machines it’s not a perfect solution.

You need multiple runs and each different vegetation needs a different approach.

[woody paul]

Is it because tip speed slow as its hydraulic.

[Mick Dempsey]

I guess so, or just raw power.

 

Dont get me wrong it’s 50 times quicker than strimming, whilst sitting on your arse.

Edited September 23, 2018 by Mick Dempsey

[shillo]

7 hours ago, woody paul said:

Got a tobroco giant loader been asked about some grass cutting and bramble clearing,

Was thinking of getting a drag Atv flail mower and front mount it anyone tried this or used drag flail mowers 

I was thinking exactly the same thing. I have an avant 420, which does not have enough flow, imo, to power a decent flail. I did contact Quad-X who specialise in making engine powered stuff. They sent me this response last year but i never pursued it. I asked them to see if they would make a front mounted, engine powered flail.

 

Having had a brief chat with an engineer, you wouldn’t require wheels, to facilitate the ‘float system’ it would work via an adjustable skid system.

The rotary mower would be able to handle what you describe but it wouldn’t mulch the vegetation, just leave it cut on top of the ground. The flail mower would mulch the vegetation.

 

With the design time involved a ball point figure for  this would be approx:

16hp electric start wildcut £3140

16hp electric start flail £4000

 

Carriage £100

 

Let me know your thoughts, these are guide prices.

[woody paul]

Thanks, but I am handy with a weld and was going down the second hand route and then fabricate frame to carry it.  

[shillo]

2 hours ago, woody paul said:

Thanks, but I am handy with a weld and was going down the second hand route and then fabricate frame to carry it.  

I need to learn to weld.