Which hedgecutter

shumungus

Member
Livestock Farmer
Hello all, am in the notion of buying a flail hedgecutter for farm hedge maintenance as my hedgecutting bills are getting big. Ideal tractor to go on is a 100hp six cylinder on 710's, next biggest is 280hp and that's too big.
Will buy secondhand and would like electrics and proportional etc. I know nothing about them so what machines do you recommend /flail type/mounting type etc?
TIA
 

nick...

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
south norfolk
Get a twose 580.cable controls,parallel reach and pretty faultless.and yes I got one ten years old and done nothing to it apart from grease and flails
Nick...
 

icanshootwell

Member
Location
Ross-on-wye
Hello all, am in the notion of buying a flail hedgecutter for farm hedge maintenance as my hedgecutting bills are getting big. Ideal tractor to go on is a 100hp six cylinder on 710's, next biggest is 280hp and that's too big.
Will buy secondhand and would like electrics and proportional etc. I know nothing about them so what machines do you recommend /flail type/mounting type etc?
TIA
My dealer told me when i bought mine just to do my place, go with cable as less trouble and cheaper, for 10k you could get a nice new Bomford with low spec but ok for just farm use.
 

neilo

Member
Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
What does £10K get you second hand?

I bought a Bomford Falcon three years ago, electrics/proportional controls, on 3 pt linkage and in tidy order for £7k. No problems with it at all, apart from where some jessie has broken the end off an exposed hydraulic pipe (twice). Last time I replaced it (no fitters are allowed to just put a new end on now:rolleyes:), I had a short piece made up to go on the end, so I can at least just replace the last 2' section.
 

shazza

Member
I know you say it’s only for your farm but you also say the bills are getting high so I imagine your gonna clock up a good few hours, so you’ll want a decent machine. Electric controls and Vfr are a must for us, makes the day much more comfortable. Lots of low hanging trees/narrow lanes? Telescopic will help. Stick with the main brands and you won’t go far wrong
 

Mr Happy

Member
Location
Norwich
Morning. I don't know as the parts manual doesn't tell the the gear box ratio.What I can tell you is the front section is a 14.6 gallons per minute @ 1500 rpm and the rear section is 2.8 gallons per minute@ 1500rpm. If you know what the gear box ratio is then you can calculate the pump flow.
 

Fragonard

Member
Hello all, am in the notion of buying a flail hedgecutter for farm hedge maintenance as my hedgecutting bills are getting big. Ideal tractor to go on is a 100hp six cylinder on 710's, next biggest is 280hp and that's too big.
Will buy secondhand and would like electrics and proportional etc. I know nothing about them so what machines do you recommend /flail type/mounting type etc?
TIA
Get the easiest 1 to take off.
We have a mcconnel.
Great reliable machine but nightmare to remove.
 

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