Re: Flaol mower

Posted by 135 Fan on January 24, 2007 at 16:35:45 from (68.149.44.223):

In Reply to: Flaol mower posted by 37 chief on January 24, 2007 at 12:37:52:

Mott are the top of the line flail mowers. They were bought out by Alamo after Mr. Mott was killed landing his plane on his private air strip. His father worked as an engineer for IH and invented the flail mower. IH wasn't too interested so he started his own company. The super heavy duty models are the best. They have about a 4 1/2 inch cutter shaft and usually wider spaced and bigger knives or "Hammer Knives" as Mott called them. The new Alamo machines are very similar. They also made a heavy duty model that had about a 2 or 2 1/2 inch cutter shaft. Although not as heavy as the super duty still a well built unit. Most of these were supplied with the fine blade cutter shaft. It had more blades closer together that were smaller. They both used the same gearbox. It could be on either side depending if it was reverse rotation or not. One of the easiest ways to tell if it's a Mott is the frame is heavier gauge and has pipe across the front and back. Also the knives all have individual pins and cotter pins. Motts have one belt with a simple spring tensioner on it. Mott had regular and dethatching blades. The dethatching blades were straight. The cutting blades consisted of two opposing "L" shaped blades that were free swinging back and forth. The super heavy duty model had ring mounted blades that could swing in all directions. The metal across the front could be an additional deflector shield to throw cuttings down. Being 6 feet wide it's probably a heavy duty model. The super heavy duty was 74 inches wide or 88. The best thing about a flail, other than that it is way safer than a rotary, is that it uses less power and can cut down really tall grass and weeds in one pass. If it's not a Mott, there are several other brands such as Ford, JD, Mathews ect. Look on the Alamo site. Hope this helps. Dave

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