Flail Mower Cost $$$ Servicing a Flail Mower
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- Опубліковано 19 кві 2022
- Flail mower operation cost? We get asked this a lot. "Does it cost more to operate a flail mower?" Over the last year, this question has been asked almost weekly. Many people answer the question having never operated a flail mower, much less, owned one. We dive off into a kind of review and service of our flail mower where we dig down into true cost.
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Getting ready to start my second season of mowing with Titan 65" ditch bank flail and I totally agree with you! I enjoy it allot!
Great Flail mower maintenance and overview video Tony. Enjoyed as always.
Glad you enjoyed it
I really want a flail mower they are amazing. Thank you for sharing this, Tony!
You bet!
Awesome advice and as always doing a great job Tony! 👍
Rule 1. Don't mow concrete
Buen video Tony, gracias por compartir.
Right now I have the Titan Attachments 78" wide ditch/bank flail mower. The cut quality is akin to a residential lawn mower! Yet it cuts biers and weeds 5 to 6 feet high leaving nothing but mulch behind it. Pine tree saplings just disappear! I love this thing, now I want to get a full 7 foot wide one though (78" is 6 1/2 feet for reference). I have chipped slightly 2 of the hammer flails and resharpened them with a grinder they still cut just fine after 2 full seasons of mowing... adjusted my belt tension once, and grease it every day or two when I'm using it with red lithium grease. Mine has the swinging guard plates on the front they suck and some have gotten knocked off and lost unfortunately... chains would be so much better! Also it has a rubber flap over the back of the roller which shredded pretty easily I think some conveyor belt rubber would be much better!
Hey Tony I send you and your family my best wishes from 🇵🇷
Much appreciated
Bravo Zulu Tony - like how you explain mechanical maintenance, shows the years of experience in the profession.
Thank you my friend.
Good video
Great video. I just purchased a flail in Pa. and am excited to try it when it dries out!!! 🤣🤣
My flail mower has became my go to mower.
Great video Tony 😁 The hydraulic feature on your flail mower looks very handy. I chopped up a rock with my flail mower and keep thinking it was a branch😂 whoops. It happens. Anyway thanks for the video 😁👍🚜💨🍳
Right on! This is a newer video where I change out a blade or two. I am still very pleased with this mower.
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I think the flail mower is a great investment Tony. I have been trying to convince my younger brother. He has a 40 HP tractor and mows about 5 acres of hillside with a 6' brush hog. He's borrowed my 5' finishing mower a few times but says it ain't big enough. So he's wanting to upgrade a 6' finish mower. I'm sure a 6' Flail mower would be a lot lighter and easier to maneuver than a brush hog.
I ordered a bigger flail mower for my 48hp tractor. It is not offset.
Flail mowers are great! I have one on order!
Yes they are! I ordered a larger flail mower for the 48hp tractor.
Bonjour Tony.
Très belle vidéo.
Très bien le broyeur d'accotement.
Il faut que je m'en achète un.
Bonne continuation et papate au chien 🐕
Great vid! But i have to add my 2 cents here
My time running commercial flails (light and heavy hammers) hammers flew off like mortars from both striking unseen objects and the pivot bolts wearing thru.
Easy and quick to fix, if you or others don't wind up getting struck by the failed parts.
Always practice safety folks!
I have never had one come out. Newer flail mowers are not as open as the older ones. I guess there is good and bad in that.
If pivot bolts were wearing thru and breaking then they weren't made of the right metal.... they should NOT do that! When running they don't move that much either.
"technically" you are supposed to replace balanced pairs - from the shot it looks like other than the 2 really damaged ones you picked worn ones not pairs.
They are great after storms as you don't have to pick up the branches, leaves, sticks, etc - just mulch the lot and cheaper than blades on the rideon.
I don't think balanced pair exists on this machine. They are all offset from each other, so nothing is directly opposite. I think they should be close, but I am not concerned with a slight difference.
Superb piece of kit, looks like it should give great service when it's so thoroughly maintained. Shame there isn't a float function on the tilt remote, though I'm sure one could be engineered.
This is a sort of float. The top link has a long slot to move back and forth on. It give the unit a good bit of flex. Having the hydraulic top link really makes it easy to zero in.
@@TonysTractorAdventure so everyone has a different opinion on where the float position should be on the top link - front, middle, back. can you do a video on that setting with the skid and roller height as well.
This unit is set up of offset mowing. Other than the slot on top, there is little adjustment. It is a compromise with it being offset.
I liked the video and the info. It got me looking to see what it would cost to replace my blades on my 72" rotary mower and from Messicks, the blades are $54.24 a piece. Expensive, but not as high as you had listed in the video which is a good thing. (Part#820-199c for Land Pride rotary mowers)
The price ranges a great deal. I priced Bush Hog name brand replacements at one of my local dealers. The heavy duty name brand blades for a 72" were almost $200. That blew me away. He said, they are having a hard time getting replacements.
Parts and equipment are at crazy high prices nowadays. We use a woods rotary cutter because of the lower cost.
Flail mowers sure are great though and do an amazing job. Wish I had one
Not near as expensive to replace my JD MX5 rotary cutter blades as you claim. Also got to consider there is only 2. What 40-50 of them on a flail mower.
I just keep my bush hog greased and sharpen blades once in a while. Not much maintenance at all.
Well hello Tony it's been awhile since I passed through the neighborhood I thought I would stop by and say hello see how you're doing watch a video
Welcome back. We are still at it. We are building our new homestead one stick and mowing at a time.
After having to drop the stump jumper off my rotary cutter, I want a flail mower too!
I have had great results with this Flail Mower. I ordered a bigger standard flail mower for the other tractor.
Thank you for the video. Tony I have rocky soil have used a 72” finish mower cut a 6” height do you think the flail would be ok?
If you cut it above the rocks. 😇 Rocks kill all mowers . I am blessed to live in a rock free area.
I bought the IBEX/Del Morino ditch bank flail. Still trying to get the height adjustment down.
There is an art to it. The hydraulic top link helps.
Tony, did you loosen the gearbox mounting bolts on the other side of the gearbox mountings (right hand side of the gearbox looking forward) before adjusting the tension as they also have slotted holes to allow the entire box to slide up?
I did loosen it before, but I got busy and forgot to film that part. I had to come back and show just tighten that up. It is hard to show everything and do it.
@@TonysTractorAdventure yes, sorry Tony. I jumped the gun and responded before watching the rest of the video.🥴
I like to use a straight edge to square up belt drives. Will it hurt being off a little. IMO no. Those bearings are pretty tuff.
I don't disagree with you. I appreciate your comments.
We had one of these, a bigger one, at the NC city that I worked for. Great for clearing brush, small limbs and such. We would use it to clear the side of roadways so cars could safely travel on them. Does this require a certain size tractor to mount on? Would say a TYM 125 be big enough? I have banks with briers on them. Lots of briers and plenty of 1-3 inch saplings to get rid of.
We hope to cut in several miles of trails this summer.
I don't think a person can get full use out of the Brush Tiger on a T25. We used it on the T474 and it does great.
Tony there was some rust (it happens) on the lower pulleys. Do you feel that “something “ should have been put on them before the unit was stored, if so what would you recommend? Happens on mower deck pulleys all the time.
I was not concerned. Dirt, debre, dust, sand will get thrown into the belts. I think it is just part of it. It will shine back up after one use.
@@TonysTractorAdventureAgreed, was just wondering if it concerned you and if so what you would use to prevent rust. I know if it gets really bad it is hard on the belts. Takes awhile to polish the pulleys up. So far has not been an issue for me. Thanks for your input. Stan
Not going to oil it up but ? spray paint?
Do flail mowers have the option of shear pins or slip clutches, or doesn't this apply since the flails move out of the way if they hit something?
Mine has a slip clutch, plus belts, plus the hammers rotate out of the way.
would you get a longer service life out of your flail hammers by building them up with Stellite?
I doubt it would be cost effect. The hammers last a long time unless I hit concrete.
Would you recommend flail mowers to do finish mower work? I like to mow my yard at 4 in. high.
A flail mower cuts well, but it will never cut as smoothly as a finish mower. How smooth you want your yard will be the deciding factor.
Hi Tony... I need to get into my Woodmaxx 62" tomorrow to replace some hammers that took on some heavy duty rocks toward the end of last year. I saw the discussion below about balance. Have you ever replaced a broken blade with a new one adjacent to others that are significantly worn but still functional and created a balance issue? I know the one time I busted a hammer clean off (1/3 of the hammer and busted the bolt) I was almost shook out of my seat with a full hammer missing... but I put the same one back on with a new bolt since it's all I had and she still ran pretty smooth. Any experiences you can share regarding an imbalance situation? Thanks.
I have replaced one blade before. The others had some wear and small chips, but it was fine. Replace one and run it up. If it is too much out of balance, you will know soon enough.
@@TonysTractorAdventure hanks for the quick reply. If I make any new discovery I'll let you know. Best regards.
How do you set your turn buckles on 3 point hitch. Tight or loose? I don't know if my off set flail mower did it or my tiller but I bent where my pin goes threw for backhoe. Thanks for your time.
I keep them tight. Anything can be bent.
@@TonysTractorAdventure k thought it should be tight but they may not have been at time. Thanks hitting the roof bolts tilling may have been the problem I call them wv roots.
I'd like to know where you got your hammers so cheap. I looked for my 4ft mower and they were between 15 and 20 each
Notice the date on the video.
Can you tell me where you are buying the replacement hammers? The ones I’m finding are nearly $50 each.
I buy them from Titan Attachments. They have gone up a bit, but they are in a five-pack.
@@TonysTractorAdventure I can’t seem to find their website, do you have any info on that?
UA-cam will not let me post websites in the comments.
What size tractor are you using?
T25 buy TYM tractors.
Penetrating oil is not for lubrication
Well great! I am glad you got something out of the video.
I like your videos but for years I’ve seen people push WD40 as a lubricant and it’s not. I also used it that way until someone told me the truth 😀😀