Which hedgecutter

[shumungus]

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

 

[Stock]

T flail, parallel arm electric controls after that the rest is up to how much you want to spend. ................................................

 

[Tractor Tim]

Bomford hawk or falcon but it needs the heavier claims on to make a really nice job got a McConnell now and although there is nothing wrong with it just found the bomford a bit easier to use from a operator perspective

 

[shumungus]

What does £10K get you second hand?

 

[Stock]

Forgot to mention the training wheels.......................................................................

 

[nick...]

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]

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.

 

[marco]

What are the cutters that weaving sell like? They seem good value?

 

[neilo]

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), I had a short piece made up to go on the end, so I can at least just replace the last 2' section.

 

[Tractor Tim]

What are the cutters that weaving sell like? They seem good value?

not saying they are bad but next door had 2 in a month not sure what the issue was

 

[shazza]

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

 

[Lunar]

Hi everyone can anyone on here tell me what the hydraulic pump GPM flow rate is on Bomford Turner LR 16 please ?

 

[Still Farming]

Hi everyone can anyone on here tell me what the hydraulic pump GPM flow rate is on Bomford Turner LR 16 please ?

Arm Mower Parts Manuals » Bomford Plus

my.bomford-turner.com

 

[Stock]

15gal/min.................................................................................................

 

[Mr Happy]

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.

 

[Lunar]

Thank you for that information

 

[Stock]

I owned one of them and replaced the pump and gearbox as it was cheaper than buying a pump from Bomford..............................................

 

[Mr Happy]

@Lunar hope it helps but let us know if you need any more assistance.

 

[Fragonard]

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.