The rotating drum is parallel to the axle of the tractor. The flails are attached to the drum using chain links or brackets, depending on the manufacturer. The rows of flails are usually staggered to give a continuous cut for reduced wear on the machine. Many implement companies also refer to the flails as knives, blades or hammers. The flail mower gets its name from the use of flails attached to its rotating horizontal drum (also called tube, rotor, or axle). This type of mower is best used to provide a rough cut to long grass and even brambles in locations such as roadsides, where contact with loose debris may be possible. Some smaller models are self-powered, but many are PTO driven implements, which can attach to the three-point hitches found on the rear of most tractors. Unimog equipped with two flail mowers, one at the front, and one at the end of a hydraulic boomĪ flail mower is a type of powered garden/agricultural equipment which is used to deal with heavier grass/scrub which a normal lawn mower could not cope with.
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