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Post by biglakebass on Oct 30, 2019 20:15:48 GMT -6
Oh deer!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 30, 2019 20:18:22 GMT -6
Foggy was talking about smart and really smart people. I am still in that $4k non SBS pool.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 30, 2019 20:21:31 GMT -6
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Post by Foggy on Oct 30, 2019 20:26:24 GMT -6
Foggy was talking about smart and really smart people. I am still in that $4k non SBS pool. Relax....you're about 40 years younger and got a lifetime to accumulate crap. I did not spend on this chit when I was your age.....never had the goods to do 1/2 of what you are doing today. The thing is.....if I save it now.....I will be a fool and never have some fun with my dough. Different strokes for different folks. I just like to watch you squirm. (dont do things to keep up with the Jones's.....or the Foggy's.....not real smart....enjoy what you got......It's all good.). . PS....I'll trade you my health for yours.....and provide all my wealth in return for your young age. Think about it before you accept this offer. . Life is good.
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Post by biglakebass on Oct 30, 2019 20:28:18 GMT -6
Foggy,,, i will get this kid a deal!
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 30, 2019 21:48:41 GMT -6
Foggy was talking about smart and really smart people. I am still in that $4k non SBS pool. Relax....you're about 40 years younger and got a lifetime to accumulate crap. I did not spend on this chit when I was your age.....never had the goods to do 1/2 of what you are doing today. The thing is.....if I save it now.....I will be a fool and never have some fun with my dough. Different strokes for different folks. I just like to watch you squirm. (dont do things to keep up with the Jones's.....or the Foggy's.....not real smart....enjoy what you got......It's all good.). . PS....I'll trade you my health for yours.....and provide all my wealth in return for your young age. Think about it before you accept this offer. . Life is good. I suffer no envy Fog Man. I enjoy the banter.
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Post by Tooln on Oct 31, 2019 13:47:55 GMT -6
KBB has a truck, maybe SD should look for a woman who has a truck and ATV. A fricken ring would go on her finger if that ATV had a flail chopper attached.
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Post by sd51555 on Oct 31, 2019 15:10:14 GMT -6
KBB has a truck, maybe SD should look for a woman who has a truck and ATV. A fricken ring would go on her finger if that ATV had a flail chopper attached. If you wanna mow it you better put a ring on it.
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Post by Foggy on Oct 31, 2019 21:52:41 GMT -6
Default Re: Let's talk flail mowers I do not think that my expressing an opinion or offering my 40+ years of experience with flail mowers in operating and maintaining them is of little use of little benefit to anyone that asks about them.
The simple fact that I own a smaller flail mower now compared to the JD25A that I used at my fathers place is of no consequence as the principles of operation for any flail mower are the same; no matter whether it is a forestry mower with conical knives or simple bolted carbide teeth mounted on the rotor knife mount or what the rated gearbox horsepower, blade type, hydraulic or belt drive, front or rear mount, width of flail mower, whether its a flail crop harvester with a cross auger to convey the clippings to the internal blower that fills the silage wagon, its useable cutting height or whether it is a orchard and vineyard shredder used to clean orchard rows of limbs and pruning debris or vineyard pruning's or whether it is used to mow down corn stubble, sugar cane stubble, cotton stubble, sugar beet tops prior to harvest, pineapple slash after harvest and many other crops.
I am fortunate to have friends here on the forum to whom I offered advice and have taken my advice and had wonderful results with their purchase and use of a flail mower and I have given anyone who asks advice and help with their flail mowers when they need it to help with a repair or tracking down the correct V belt or any other parts.
It is truly my loss if you feel that I know nothing about flail mowers, simply because the operating principal of the smallest 24 inch push flail mower, the 48 inch Caroni flail mower or the largest 20 foot cut Hiniker flail crop shredder or a hydraulic track driven self propelled Fecon Forestry Mulcher are still the same almost 60 years later after Mr. Mott patented his first flail mower. Quick reply to this message Reply Reply With Quote Reply With Quote Multi-Quote This Message
^^^ Regardubg the post above.....I have read MOST of the 643 pages on this TBN forum regarding flail mowers over the years. I have lusted for a flail for many years.....but have not owned the right situations for this kinda mower. I just hope you know where you are going when it comes to a wheeler flail. Lots to read here.....if you are unsure of your ideas. Just saying....
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Post by Freeborn on Nov 1, 2019 6:09:19 GMT -6
One consern I would have is the weight on the front axle of the wheeler. Not so much for wear and tear but from ruttIng up the property and getting stuck. One thing nice about a pull or walk behind unit is the weight is on the wheels of the mower . If You have allot of wet ground it could be difficult to maintain the clean cut your wanting. A flail mower does a nice job on clippings but it can't clip mountains of grass as the clippings will overwhelm the mower.
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Post by sd51555 on Nov 1, 2019 6:22:39 GMT -6
One consern I would have is the weight on the front axle of the wheeler. Not so much for wear and tear but from ruttIng up the property and getting stuck. One thing nice about a pull or walk behind unit is the weight is on the wheels of the mower . If You have allot of wet ground it could be difficult to maintain the clean cut your wanting. A flail mower does a nice job on clippings but it can't clip mountains of grass as the clippings will overwhelm the mower. That is very valid. I had waited until June 10th to billy goat my plot this year, and it was still a tad spongy even for walking and floating the goat over those spots. I'm still ironing out when that first desired mowing is going to happen. I had thought I needed an early one to reset the grasses and ensure the barley could get up through the clover. What I learned this year was the grasses didn't come until later on, and the barley punched through on it's own. Nearly everything I seeded into my clover was quickly engulfed by the clover. The only things that punched through were barley and jap millet. If tomorrow were today, I'd plant sooner and risk cold soil vs clover suppression. I'm also going to go hard on the barley and just let it go. My new challenge is gonna be the sedge grass coming back. I could see it just starting to rear it's head again, and barley is supposed to have good activity on holding down sedge grass. Next idea is to mow low and hard around August 1st once the barley is done and used up. Lay the straw down, hit the clover hard when it's hottest, and get oats and brassicas down again.
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