No, they can belt along and are more fun. But, my quad is quieter than my ride on was.
Agree with noise on this.
gregotyn
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Been to see my local man and he says Teagle made raised mower is not in this year's catalogue. I would suggest that you contact then and find out if still made and if not do they have any of last year's stock or know of any around, either in stock or secondhand at one of their dealers. It is the type that you tow behind a quad bike and has its own motor to drive the blades. I hope you can find one, I will keep my ear out and ask the salesman/boss here to ask around. My local man is also looking.
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Mutton
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Thank you for that greg
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gregotyn
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Any joy with the raised topper/mower, Mutton?
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Mutton
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Nope.
Not found anything from farm machinery people - Teagle not doing it anymore. Haven't gone eBaying for second hand as was hoping to hire and try then buy. I guess I could buy and re-sell if didn't work for us, but all a lot of effort. Shelved this for the moment but will return to it.
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Cathryn
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We looked at toppers and weed wipers for behind the quad when we went to the Sheep show last year. Maybe worth visiting the agricultural shows and getting them to demo what they have?
I will try and dig out the details of the one we are buying (I have no idea when we will get around to it). Please nag me if I forget. We looked at quite a few but this one looked straightforward and uncomplicated. (Trans: I could use it. Joy! )
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Cathryn
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li83VPABdVs
This weed wiper. It looked as if it would work well and suspect taht the mower would be as equally efficient.
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Mutton
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Thanks, but no. We're not using herbicide on our fields. Its a clever idea but we have a lot of wild flowers, some indicative that there has been no herbicide or artificial fertilizer used on our fields in a long time, also a complex mix of grasses. We just don't want to play with herbicides.
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Cathryn
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No, I realised that and applaud it. It was more about the quality of this company's machinery.
(We want one like this because it is small and can be selective.)
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Mutton
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OH did a search - don't know why we always get different results but anyway he's found some. Not necessarily that near to us, but its a start.
http://chapman.co.uk/flail-mower.html
and
http://www.hondaquadbikes.com/product.php/155/wessex_af___afc_series_flail_mowers
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gregotyn
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Both of those mowers/toppers in the links seem a bit low for what you wanted, which was to top reeds(Although I may not have read far enough). I had an idea that a standard quad mower could still work if you lowered the wheels and the drawbar so that the mowing part is higher off the ground and achieving your reed chomping height. Not a big job.
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Mutton
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I think what I call top, and you call top, are probably a bit different then.
I was meaning cut to within about six inches of the ground, ideally mowing at a time of year when nothing else was that tall (other than gorse). In terms of topping, knocking off just the flower heads would be good too, come to think about it. Once we have knocked back the excess reeds, being able to skim the margins of what we are keeping, to stop them spreading back out would be useful.
Not seen a standard quad mower as such (other than what OH found) - can't picture what you are saying as haven't seen a mower in person.
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gregotyn
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One of the Teagle mowers was a quad towed mower/topper with its own engine that had a raised cutting height, which I don't know but think that height was variable; Teagle appear to have stopped making those.
I now see exactly what you want to do and will make another enquiry at my local man's yard and see if he knows if what you want is available. I didn't realise that you wanted to top so 'low' as 6" and thought were looking to top at about the flower head height. I'll ask he can find a 'normal' quad towed topper and see how high it will top to, and if needs be he could build a set of wheels to go underneath so that it would raise up to cut just the flower heads as well as the 6" height you want for basic topping. I will see him tomorrow as he has a new small chainsaw for me. I hope I have it right this time!
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gregotyn
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Still waiting to see the local man, and ask the question!
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