Went to look at a second hand flail mower yesterday for my little 35hp kioti. I brought the tractor to the dealer (if you could call it that) to make sure the tractor could lift it. Even with free delivery I knew if I had any issue comeback would be difficult with this lot.
When I started up the flail it was a mess, lots of noise and vibration. We have a bomford hedge cutter and if I loose a flail, youd know it. Put a flail back on, and it would be fine. This yoke, had all its flails on and all like new. , but was like it was out of balance or seemed out of balance.
A new rotor is £1000. I walked away as they were looking for too much for it, (half the price of new) but it might just need to be balanced. I aint going back, but it got me thinking are these flails easy to throw out of balance? I hit some stuff with the hedge cutter and it will throw a flail, before it does harm, maybe an advantage of the older lighter stuff??
Just wondering as If I go and buy new, will I be faced with a new rotor bill early on?
When I started up the flail it was a mess, lots of noise and vibration. We have a bomford hedge cutter and if I loose a flail, youd know it. Put a flail back on, and it would be fine. This yoke, had all its flails on and all like new. , but was like it was out of balance or seemed out of balance.
A new rotor is £1000. I walked away as they were looking for too much for it, (half the price of new) but it might just need to be balanced. I aint going back, but it got me thinking are these flails easy to throw out of balance? I hit some stuff with the hedge cutter and it will throw a flail, before it does harm, maybe an advantage of the older lighter stuff??
Just wondering as If I go and buy new, will I be faced with a new rotor bill early on?