Brush & Field (Flail) Mowing

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What is brush mowing or field mowing?

Let's start with what brush/field mowing is NOT.  Brush or field mowing is NOT a primary means of clearing ground.  If your site has stumps, uneven ground, roots, rocks or has not been cleared or grubbed in many years, you need one of the heavy land clearing solutions we provide. 

Once your ground has been cleared via forestry mulching or has been grubbed and cleared, then brush/field/flail mowing is a good solution for keeping your ground in a meadow-like condition.  Our flail mower can handle any combination of sticks, grass and brush up to about a 3" diameter sapling.

Conversely, brush/field mowing is not the same as lawn mowing.  Generally, brush mowing is appropriate in areas where a lawn mower would struggle or fail, either due to grass being too tall or thick, due to small tree saplings, sticks or other larger objects being in the mix, or due to the ground being slightly sloped or uneven.

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Check out some of these videos about the differences between flail mowers and rotary cutter mowers, and why flail mowers are often superior, especially in mixed vegetation or uneven ground.

We have found that a flail mower provides a much better finish and more complete grind of plant materials than does a rotary cutter mower or rotary cutter mulcher.  Drum style heads, like those on our flail mowers and forestry mulchers, do a much better job of smoothing the ground and clippings as well as mowing. 

Customers who have us flail mow their site at least once per year notice that the site gets more smooth and even over time.  Eventually, many of these sites will be mow-able with a standard lawn mower if consistently maintained by us with a brush/field flail mower.  If you've hired us to clear your land via forestry mulcher, we strongly encourage you to have us flail mow the site once a year thereafter to keep your investment looking good.

We do not use rotary cutters to brush mow because of the following shortcomings and inferior finished product:

1. Rotary cutters do not conform to uneven ground well and do not provide as uniform a cut as a flail mower.  They do not smooth or "rake" ground as well as a flail mower.
   
2. Rotary cutters leave little "punji sticks" or shin stabbers, where young saplings or shrubs are cut above ground level.  A flail mower will completely grind these down into small pieces which will then decompose, leaving a much smoother and safer surface than a rotary cutter.
   
3. Rotary cutters do not grind material as fine and leave more large sticks or twigs on the ground.
   

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If you have a field or bushy area you need mowed or kept clear, give us a call or email us to schedule a free estimate.  Ask about our yearly or monthly field and brush mowing services!