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suptscottyb

05-12-2007 21:52:07




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I'm looking at an ex-city Alamo Flail mower. I have an old smaller Mott Hammer Knife which I was told now is Alamo. The Mott was a good unit. Does anybody know if these mowers are any good? What are their weaknesses. What to check when buying used?




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suptscotty

05-13-2007 08:17:33




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 Re: alamo flail mower in reply to suptscottyb, 05-12-2007 21:52:07  
Thank you for the information. I inherited a small Mott (4') towable w/ 8hp gas engine. Very well built and the fine cut blades do a great job on grass to 3' tall mustard and such. Looking forward to getting the Alamo then.



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135 Fan

05-12-2007 22:30:26




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 Re: alamo flail mower in reply to suptscottyb, 05-12-2007 21:52:07  
Alamo bought Mott after Mr. Mott was killed landing his plane on his own airstrip. Being a city owned machine it's probably a super heavy duty model with a 4 1/2 inch cutter shaft. Best flail mower made. Mott invented flail mowers. Check for a bent cutter shaft (Very rare) and missing knife holders (Signs of abuse). My dad was the largest dealer of Mott interstaters (3 gang) in the world when they first came out in the 70's. I only mentioned the cutter shaft because I remember hearing about a bent one. An operator got a MF 275 with duals and an Interstater stuck in a wet ditch. A big tow truck came to pull him out. This already brilliant operator rapped the chain around the cutter shaft as an attaching point to get pulled out! My dad always had a spare cutter shaft in stock just in case. My dad was very good friends with Mr. Mott. Mr. Motts dad ( Elmer I think) was an engineer at International Harveter when he invented the flail mower. He tested the self cleaning knives in Pig manure! International was not very interested in the new mowers so Mott started his own company. The 60 inch Super Heavy Duty model was built because my dad suggested a smaller size for lower horse power tractors working in very heavy thick grass. My dad was going to set up to sell only Mott flails when Mr. Mott was killed. He said it was easy to sell Motts because they were built incredibly well and were virtually indestructable when used and maintained properly. Thought you might be interested. Dave

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