[Small Farmer]

A six foot direct drive quality topper will have no trouble with the job you describe especially with 50hp+ and will cost under £800. A flail mower will cost a lot more and will almost certainly be Chinese.  My Fleming has been utterly reliable.

UMMmm Im not sure....we have a (bought new) Fleming 6 foot topper and on our bumpy and sometimes stony ground the shear bolts shear like ninepins....also the tin is pretty thin and started to rust within 18 months - it might be we were unlucky tho!

That would be very boring! My land is pretty flat....

[belgianblue]

2 acres, cut it for hay or silage.