I have owned a Mott Flail mower for around 25 years and have found that they are far superior to any rotary type I have owned for cutting my 3.5 acre place. I am bordered on one side by a highway and people often throw trash out such as beer cans and bottles. The greatest thing about the flail mower besides the smooth cut is the fact it doesn't throw stuff like the rotary type does.Many years ago I was rough cutting an area in the lot behind us and a piece of wire flew out from under the rotary mower and stuck in wife's leg who was standing about 100 ft. away and she had a bad wound. Rotarty mowers are dangerous for that reason. I once talked with a tech rep at Alamo who told me that the drum needed to turn between 2,000-2,2000 rpm to give a clean cut. He said if it's not whistling it won't cut clean. I added a curtain on the front of mine to keep stray bits of grass and dust from coming towards the tractor. I run my drum rotation OPPOSITE from the wheels and find it gives a better cut because the wind blown from the drum stands the grass blades up for a cleaner cut and they are cut from bottom to top rather than top to bottom it cuts them cleaner. The curtain I put on the rear that covers the back roller leaves a smooth even distribution of the grass clippings. When you use a flail mower look at the last pass you made, if you see stems sticking up or bent twisted grass, your ground speed is too fast. If I am going to cut grass or weeds taller than 6 inches or so, I make one pass with the mower lifted slightly,then make the final cut from the other direction on the ground to get a smooth cut. There are many type of blades available for flail mowers. They make a special blade for rocky ground that has a "D" ring type swivel that lets it fold back when hitting rocks and therefore not shear the holding pin to the drum. There are also fine finish cut blades which I use. I take mine off occasionally((3-5 yrs) and sharpen them as I turn them around. I have gotten 15+ years out of the set on there now, but don't cut many rocks and hard stumps or curbing on walkways I added gauge wheels on the front and lengthened the 3 pt hitch connections by 7 inches, made a pivoting hookup for the top link pin and my 650 John Deere compact diesel tractor mostly tows the mower so it is free to follow the ground contour and since it is on front caster wheels and the rear roller it hold an even cut with out scalping. I only pick it up when making extremely sharp turns or moving over obstacles or changing locations.
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