Re: Does anyone here know why more people don't use flail mowers to cut their lawns?

Posted by Gene Davis on April 08, 2002 at 21:08:20 from (63.160.130.134):

In Reply to: Does anyone here know why more people don't use flail mowers to cut their lawns? posted by Warren on April 07, 2002 at 19:29:50:

Many people shy away from flail mowers because of the herd mentality, that is they don't want to use or try anything different! Many of us tend to be afraid of something we don't understand or are just uncomfortable with anything that changes the status quo, or maybe "Joe down the street told me they were no good, and I don't want one!" I have used flail mowers for about 18 years now, am on the second one, couldn't get rid of the XX##$^&* Cub Lowboy I had unless I would agree to let the mower go with it,worth the sacrifice to get rid of the Cub! I am on the second Mott flail mower, have highly modified it and it does an excellent job for lawns and small saplings, and brush cutting, also does a good job on those blasted pine cones if your ground travel speed is slow enough. This mower cuts clean as long as the drum whistles along at 2200-2400 rpms and has a curtain across the front and back to hold the clippings in so they fall neatly to the ground behind it. I modified it so that when it is dropped down to cut, it rides on the added swiveling, gauge wheels in the front and the roller on the back, and I lengthened the hitch points to make a longer wheelbase effect, and added a floating pivot point to the upper link and when the mower is on the ground it is free to follow the contours of the ground and the tractor only tows it along, and you don't have to pick it up on most turns. Blades are admittedly more expensive than the average rotary mower, but they can last as much a 5-8 times as long, and also these machines do not throw shrapnel like regular mowers, less chance of injuries and broken windshields and windows! Their Achilles heel(weak point) is that they cannot take wire or rope or heavy vines, it wraps around the drum and chokes it down. The Mott corp. has been bought out by Alamo Corp. and they cater more to Govmts & municipalities aand they don't talk very favorable to individual people. There is a manufacturer in Tennessee by the name of Flail Master that carries a tremendous varitey of parts for most makes of these machines. Local hospital here has one with a grass catcher on the rear of it. It can be summed up in one statement;"some people swear by them, and some swear at them"! I have a Mott flail push mower made in the 50's with a 3 h.p. Clinton engine, talk about a strange looking machine!
Gene Davis

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