Not off the wall at all, in fact we thought about that too. One thing is that he already has a three point flail that we are going to modify to fit the skid steer. He didn't pay alot for the flail like it is, and it needs alot of TLC, but given the outrageous prices being asked for even used flails, giving his some TLC is the only way for him to go right now.
That said, we had thought about an aux engine, but one problem there would be getting the high speed of the engine down to a speed workable with the flail (ie 3600 RPM down to around 2000 RPM) By doing that we'd be losing a good but of torque which would mean needing an even larger engine to insure the power was there to handle things. The larger engine would then be causing problems with the weight of the attachment. Basically by using the hydraulics the weight of the attachment would be lessened drastically without the addition of a complete engine, fuel source, etc, etc, as well as being a bit more reliable in that with a properly set relief valve the drum could be completely stalled without having to worry about using some sort of over running clutch, etc like you'd need to protect the engine.
Like I said though, it's not off the wall at all, and I appreciate you actually offering up sound advice and not just telling me why it can't be done.
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