There are two schools of thought for flail mowers. Most people either love them or hate them. I am on my second one in 30+ years. I use the Mott 5' CLB 60 series powered by a 154 Cub lo-boy tractor tht was a pitiful excuse for a tractor, but did handle the flail mower that was designed for it very well. When I finally found a sucker to buy the tractor the guy wouldn't buy the tractor unless he got the mower. Took me a couple of years to locate another 5'one in good shape. I use the 5' Mott with a 650 compact diesel John Deere tractor which is really a Yanmar painted Green. the 650 is rated at 14 hp and has adequate power for the mower. These mowers are really designed more for parks and some golf course use. The greatest thing about them is that they don't throw rocks, broken bottles or anything The worst thing is when a rope, wire or some thick vine gets wrapped around the drum and it will choke the machine down if you don't get it out of gear fast enough. The other advantage is that the blades are reversible for longer wear. I am going to get almost 16 years out of mine before I replace them this winter. The down side to this is there are 120 on my drum and cost around $1.50 each. But consider thet they have lasted lasted 15+ years that makes them fairly cheap. There are several types of blade configuration from rock blades that swing back when they hit something to finish cut rated blades for lawn use. I use the rough cut for mine. I have used mine many times for shredding limbs up to a diameter of 1-1/2 inches and small saplings and brush. The secret to a clean cut is to keep the drum whistling and you get a clean cut if you get the ground speed right. I take mine once a year and run it over our back yard lot shredding all the small limbs and pine cones rather than have to rake 2 acres. I don't intend to buy another rotary mower if I can help it.
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