flail chopper

Mikein Ky · Mar 5, 2015

I recently bought a Brady flail chopper for corn stalks. It has a hitch on the rear. What would you pull behind it?

BANDITFARMER · Mar 5, 2015

I had a 6 foot that I pulled a 6 foot pull type disc behind it. Other than that maybe a packer? Bandit

Mikein Ky · Mar 5, 2015

That's an idea that I hadn't thought of. This one is 12 feet wide.

rrlund · Mar 5, 2015

I remember TV commercials for those. Yes,they pulled a disc behind them.

paul · Mar 5, 2015

Yup, a disk. I'd keep it a light disk.......

Paul

Mike (WA) · Mar 6, 2015

Dairymen used flail choppers around here to cut grass to feed fresh to milk cows- called it "green chop"- and pulled the forage wagon behind, to blow it into.

Phil in Pa · Mar 6, 2015

When I was kid (70's) the neighbor on the dairy farm had a feeder wagon he would chop into. It looked almost like a giant chicken feeder on wagon gear. Then park it in the pasture and let the cattle munch on it.

BANDITFARMER · Mar 6, 2015

I bought one that big 10 or 15 years ago, It didn't have the front 1/2 of the pto shaft and the guy couldn't remember if it was 540 or 1000 rpm to run it. I am going to say its a 1000 after using it. My problem with mine is I don't think the hitch on the back will handle the pull of a disc behind it. I have never tried it but may have to. I use it every year to go around the fields to cut under the trees to keep the brush cut back and under control. Give it a try and see what happens. Bandit

Tim(nj) · Mar 6, 2015

he's talking about a stalk shredder with no blower. Related but different animal.

gab · Mar 6, 2015

When I was a kid I pulled a New Holland flail chopper with a feeder wagon behind twice a day for the milk cows, hated chopping in the rain, the pipe would plug and the fan with the knives on it would, hated it.

farmerwithmutt · Mar 8, 2015

Neighbor pulled disc behind his at night pulled into cow lot next morning it was all cleaned off.
Don't remember the brand but it had the hood on one side so when chopping half could go in wagon and the other side would go on the ground .it worked good but his wife never liked to look back and a bearing seized so that year a lot of stalks got burned off

Nate V. IA · Mar 9, 2015

You could pull a rake for baling stalks.

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