IS THIS BETTER THAN A PTO FLAIL MOWER?

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IS THIS BETTER THAN A PTO FLAIL MOWER?

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Күн бұрын

We've been talking with the guys at Wessex International over in England for a while now. And finally their mowers have made it here to the states, and I'm happy to stay they're available exclusively (for now) at Good Works Tractors.
Wessex has been around since 1962, and is known in the states for their golf and turf equipment. We're carrying their self-powered cutters and flail mowers for ATV's and UTV's.
Jake Browning is over here to walk through the details of the mower lineup with us.
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@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Shop Wessex mowers here: www.goodworkstractors.com/?s=wessex

@WessexInternational Ай бұрын

Thanks for having us! 💚

@neilkratzer3182 Ай бұрын

Best thing about these they seem simple and basic. Just what we need today.

@DJC995 Ай бұрын

Nice Good to see quality English machinery have used wessex tipping trailers & a old PTO finishing mower for many years and nearly made local to me all the best with this business venter thanks again

@peternelly3879 Ай бұрын

I bought a PTO tiller from Wessex this spring. Only tilled a maybe 200 m2 so far without hickups. Quality of Wessex is superb.

@adamwagner1987 Ай бұрын

I really dig what your doing with your product line.. Well built , customer inquiry for service , purposeful, the ability to fix it yourself , affordability and parts availability is key to product..

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Thanks Adam. Doin' our best!

@revelationakagoldeneagle8045 Ай бұрын

I'll take one of each and two of everything. Nice Machine's. Thanks for sharing 🪶✨

@gregorygordineer22 Ай бұрын

Blessings to you and your family, keep the videos coming. Band of brothers and sisters 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Thank you sir, stay cool this summer

@jasonPfunk 22 күн бұрын

I just purchased a Wessex AFR Flail Mower and had an issue where the engine was not wanting to initially fire after assembly. It ended up being a flooded engine do to the jostling around in shipping and unloading. After contacting GWT they immediately opened a case with the vendor support and we were able to resolve the issue very quickly. Also wanted to note that this was on a Saturday late afternoon. Support from GWT and Wessex worked with me even into Sunday. I'm confident I'll be going back to them for my next purchase.

@Totalyrediclous998 Ай бұрын

Yeah. New video. Appreciate you.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching :)

@aaronburford5701 Ай бұрын

Great content and information! Liked, Viewed, Shared, Subscribed!

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

You're the man!

@danwilkening888 Ай бұрын

This would be perfect for an area that is vert soft ground that a 3-4 k tractor could never drive over. Great idea!!

@Fireballsocal Ай бұрын

It's great seeing Wessex products available here in the USA. They had another distributor, in the South if I remember right. They also had Honda engines. I suppose Honda is no longer selling those for the North American market? Flail mowers seem to be a great rough cut option and we have had brands in the past that sold product here and have gone out of business, but their mowers are still kicking right along. It's a great design.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

No Honda anymore.

@normality3848 17 күн бұрын

I bought a Kellfri 5’ cut flail mower 3 years ago. It has transformed the 5acres of bracken and briar into a now beautiful grass pasture. No regrets but I’d now like a sit on mower to take it to another level with some golf course style stripes. 😎

@gregorygordineer22 Ай бұрын

I forgot to thank you for my 2038R I recently purchased from GWT, I was hoping for some merch to promote GWT. But once again thank you. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@calvincoolidge5545 Ай бұрын

Mott made a tow behind flail mower back in the 1960’s and 1970’s that you could pull behind a garden tractor. I would have mounted the wheels behind so it doesn’t mat down the grass.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Why? It mows matted grass as well as unmatted grass. This isn't a brush hog. Plus, the weight distribution is much different with the tires behind it vs the side. This was the best way to mow soft, mucky areas with the lowest risk of sinking in.

@SuperDriver379 Ай бұрын

I could see the selling point of one of these machines, even though I have tractor mounted units, most significant sized farms have an ATV because of they are lightweight and handy, easy to get around. They are much lighter than even a small tractor, if you have tight trails or wet areas, this might give you an option that you won’t have with a 3-4 ton tractor. ATV’s are a much smaller footprint, in both size and weight.

@user-bd1mj9qb9z Ай бұрын

Cool looking mower

@mickey17y Ай бұрын

Brilliant design

@Noone-jn3jp Ай бұрын

I cant help but laugh at the Idea that this took multiple takes to film and you just walking from home to home “Can we cut your field?” Americans are definitely missing out on international products. Keep up the good work!

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

We should do that some day :)

@richardbritton5280 Ай бұрын

Woah nice mowers ty

@timbert4672 Ай бұрын

Oooh, Brilliant! I like these.

@randysavage8963 Ай бұрын

Appear to have great cut quality for the grass in there promo vidoes impressive machines

@franciscovasquez4555 Ай бұрын

Outstanding information

@andrewmckinley6571 Ай бұрын

Interesting pice of equipment

@Tenesor-w5l 28 күн бұрын

I'm from EU. I've read the comments, thus this text. And I'm using wessex flail mower (which is the exact copy of french carroy giraudon flail mower, what is btw omitted by the guy from UK) 8th year. Absolutely non-destructable piece of machinery. Extremely well engeneered and tested, sturdy as hell. "Eats" 200cm tall grass with no problem, as well as small trees and bushes up to 2" / 60mm in diameter (at least this with 18-20-23HP engine). Heavy flail 'hammers' (350g per two) require no sharpening as they cut in general by weight x speed (this pto has 6000-8000 rev per min). Questions regarding sharpening are thus neglible. You just don't do it, it's waste of time. The fact is grass will be shattered at the ends, but don't expect golf course after one use of flail mower at 2m tall grassland. It's not designed for it.

@sladeoriginal Ай бұрын

Would the first rotary version compare to a swisher? What I would like is wheels in front of the deck, something that allows the mowing deck to get right up against a fence

@CYBERCHRIS11 Ай бұрын

Question, would this work being pulled by a traditional riding lawn tractor? I have a lawn that gets mowed as needed but a marshy bit that only dries out enough to get a mower back to it after a few months of going on mowed....I was sorta picturing taking off the mower deck and pulling this with the mower?

@donadams3728 21 күн бұрын

love it

@rdnksami68 Ай бұрын

MOTT MOWERS same thing we bought two of them in the early 90's made in USA.

@stupiduser6646 Ай бұрын

selling my 60 inch brush hog so I can get one of these. amazing design

@miguel70663 Ай бұрын

I like this and need this 😍

@bearcat0551 Ай бұрын

I think I will mow more often with my old mower. The price of that is a deal killer

@ColinMill1 Ай бұрын

Have Wessex considered making something to compete with the BCS two-wheel tractors. We ended up buying one as it was about the only thing that we could manoeuvre around in our wood as it matured.

@BTarpley805 Ай бұрын

Beautiful hardware setup! Are the engines large enough to avoid the California small engine ban?

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

My best recommendation is to stay away from California.

@WilliamSMorris-wv4hz Ай бұрын

Nice machines 👍

@JeepPatriot2010 Ай бұрын

Love it

@rustypipes12 Ай бұрын

Nova tractor out of Texas sells a tow behind flail mower very similar. I own one and it SUCKS! It has eaten belts from day one with very little work and I' ve been waiting months for promised replacements!

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Should've bought a Wessex! J/K, sorry about your troubles.

@maxinedurling3425 9 күн бұрын

Could I sugest that you contact Sow The Land for a review they don't have a Tracktor and have 14 acars and a farm van

@michaelcoursey2220 Ай бұрын

Would love to see a “mow off” in some thick stuff between this HD 5’ model and one of the Funny Tops. Assuming the Funny Top would be the winner??? Is this more for folks that don’t have a tractor, or I could be missing other uses

@ChrisBatchelor-fz5qy Ай бұрын

For $ 5.000.00 plus dollars--- you can buy a good used tractor and a bush hog!!!

@johnragan9959 27 күн бұрын

Sure

@Jerry-ko9pi Ай бұрын

Makes me want to buy 40 acres even more!

@thenexthobby 10 күн бұрын

This IS better than a flail mower, which seems to be asking the wrong question. :)

@450rhino1 Ай бұрын

Perfect for Blueberry fields.

@jvin248 Ай бұрын

They need a conversion kit for quick connect bobcat (or loader tractor) hookup like a forestry mulcher. What is the safety shutoff system if a wheel rides up a stump/rock/etc and it flips over?

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Just hit the kill switch that it comes with.

@bobbyplatt7654 Ай бұрын

$5254.00 starting price, why not just buy a zero turn mower ?

@johnb8956 Ай бұрын

Because it’s a completely different machine

@johnragan9959 27 күн бұрын

Really,I don’t think you can cut tall field grass with a 5245 zero turn

@throngcleaver 26 күн бұрын

@johnragan9959 I did it for years with a $6k 22hp machine, then upgraded to a larger, more expensive one with 28hp in '17. I use it like a brushhog, and also mow 15 acres of grass every week. I've taken both machines through 9 foot tall weeds, grass, and small oaks and other trees in the 1.5" range.

@AD2024JAM 23 күн бұрын

@@throngcleaver Which machine is this?

@AD2024JAM 23 күн бұрын

It is quiet cost prohibitive for an attachment considering that it have to be mobilized.

@user-uw8cz5eh1h Ай бұрын

I would like to see the price point of a 96 or 110 inch if possible since that is what i need for this property

@hornerhillfarm4017 Ай бұрын

I like the rotary mower which could replace my first generation DR tow behind. Two questions. 1. Is it possible to get the rotary mower with swing blades instead of the fixed blade? 2. Are either the rotary or flair mowers able to bust up small trees? If so what diameter? Thanks

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

No swing blades, up to 2" diameter on the AFX

@rodolfoguerrero8345 Ай бұрын

What is the price range on this machines from small to large

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Here you go: www.goodworkstractors.com/?s=wessex

@b16crxify Ай бұрын

Prices range from financing to financing plus and then financing pro

@janbastein7355 Ай бұрын

@@b16crxifyYou nailed it! That’s how it works in brains damaged world!👍

@noelcahill6707 Ай бұрын

Wessex are around for years great stuff all this started out for sheep farmers and lads with cattle that cant take a tractor in

@thomasg4324 18 күн бұрын

*I would buy 4 of those 110 mowers today, if they were front mountable to my ATVs.* Otherwise they are just lost in the market of towable mowers.

@gregbohannon9366 Ай бұрын

Puncture resistance include locust tree thorns? That's my concerns around here.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Sure...resistant, not proof.

@ezyrdr5837 Ай бұрын

I bet it wouldn’t be fun to clean after going thru any wisteria or kudzu. Or any thick vines or bailing wire or rope.

@bjorn3811 Ай бұрын

I’m going to pull it with a dog sled team win win

@jtaylor9355 Ай бұрын

Are these built in the UK or just Assembled in th UK?

@hughstratton8767 Ай бұрын

can it be off set to one sides you don't have to run you atv or side by side through the rush constantly?

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Yes, we show that in the video

@SunriseLAW Ай бұрын

Nice product. The flail mower costs c. $8,500 which is actually not bad for that type of equipment.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Yeah, that's for the heaviest duty, biggest unit too. The rest are less.

@toastedonion Ай бұрын

I love how people are comparing a $6k tow behind with a $40k and up tractor and PTO attachment combination

@ronaldharmon9891 Ай бұрын

Courtney are you moving away from the RAMMY products?

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

No sir. These are pull behind machines, Rammy sells front-mount. Just another quality option.

@martymalinowski6352 Ай бұрын

The obvious questions - is there a PTO version available, is there a diesel version available?

@DJC995 Ай бұрын

They make 3 point linkage PTO flail mowers whether there available in the USA would be the next question hope this is helpful

@ronevans3663 Ай бұрын

When are they going put a set on that Machine. What the price.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Hey Ron, put a set of what on the machine? Pricing found here: www.goodworkstractors.com/?s=wessex

@chrisdavis5718 Ай бұрын

How difficult are the flail cutters to change and if they need sharpening, how is that accomplished?

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

They just bolt on...sharpen like you would a mower blade.

@jtaylor9355 Ай бұрын

Depending on the design of the "blades" they are self sharpening on most flails. You only have to replace then if you bend them or break em off

@A-GUY-AND-HIS-TRACTOR Ай бұрын

COURTNEY WITH THE GUN SHOW!

@oglehom6208 Ай бұрын

with fuel this high and going up this machine almost doubles the use. although it might still be worth it just for it's usefulness.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Gas prices are the same as they were 14 years ago. www.statista.com/statistics/204740/retail-price-of-gasoline-in-the-united-states-since-1990/ Not bad considering how inflation has severely affected everything else. Tractors and ATV's have probably gone up 30-40% in that same time span.

@jamesnyffeler-ms8es Ай бұрын

300 Kg converts to 661 Lbs.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Yeah, the 60" AFR weighs over 700 lbs.

@Zraupp10 Ай бұрын

63" for $8,600 is little high .....

@jongray3797 Ай бұрын

Need the weights changed over to stone, 🤣

@freidrichnietzsche6643 Ай бұрын

Looks like good options for folks who DONT have a pto tractor and pto mower already. Better to see some UK 🇬🇧 gear than Chinese crap 💩

@johnphillips2396 Ай бұрын

Looks like a maintenence nightmare to me.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Flail mowers have individual blades, so there is more maintenance because of that. Not terribly so. Unsure what seems like a nightmare.

@jackwill3578 Ай бұрын

SHARPENING ??????

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

Yep

@King_TuTT Ай бұрын

why is the guy on the ATV wearing a helmet. ?? LOL. he's going like 5 MPH.

@Bpg5012trick 11 күн бұрын

Be cause the video would be going against Health and Safety, use your head.

@tasmanianbadger 16 күн бұрын

If they were electric, they might be worth considering. As is, hard pass.

@GoodWorksTractors 15 күн бұрын

Why?

@tasmanianbadger 15 күн бұрын

@@GoodWorksTractors Mechanically soooo much simpler, vastly less maintenance, no diesel fumes, can be kept charged with solar panels (so cheap to ‘fill up’). Over the life of the appliance, it will be easier to keep it running - particularly as restrictions on fossil fuels increase.

@denjhill Ай бұрын

The format with the staged scripted good old boy yuk it up is to me nothing but salesman BS hype. Keep going and I see a future not unlike Everything Attachments, the height of phony.

@GoodWorksTractors Ай бұрын

next time we'll have AI read to you from the manual!

@Bpg5012trick 11 күн бұрын

Are you sure you , you understood all that yourself.