Better than a brush hog - Gas powered pull behind brush mower

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Published 2021-05-30
In this video, I give some much needed attention to our favorite brush mower we've ever used. The MOTT T-38. I install a brand new Harbor Freight Predator engine as well as a new pulley and belt. After that a little demo in the neighbors yard with a good blooper towards the end.

These things rock for homeowner and land owner use. Compact, reliable, shreds everything and easy to use.

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All Comments (15)
  • @orionmott
    My family owned the Mott mower company until 1983. Nice to see the flails still going
  • @bubbaseth1
    I was lucky enough to get a T-38 to fix up! Now I can pull it behind my Cub Cadet 100. Can't beat the old iron
  • @jimhofoss9982
    nice unit…was making walking trails thru virgin bush…ax, chainsaw, and an old push motor to mulch. this would have been nice to do the finishing work! cheers!
  • @life_of_riley88
    The hours I wasted as a youth, screwing around with Briggs, Tecumseh, Wisconsin etc. . .engines. I'll never get that time back 😵‍💫 Honda clone engine swap is always the way to go.
  • @dustyroads834
    Nice unit. If it were mine I would offset the the tow bar by like 4ft like an agricultural mower.
  • @johnkoury1116
    I have a very old Mott attached to my cub Loboy. I had to change all couple hundred hanging flail knives one summer. It was actually really cool. Are you here in Pa or somewhere else ?
  • @WJCTechyman
    Yeah, the carburetor is weird on those Briggs some weird up draft design I nicknamed the Saxophone. It would be pretty obvious if you looked at the overall shape of it when removed as a complete assembly from the engine block. On the bright side, you made an American product even better powering it with a Japanese engineered, Chinese made engine. If you are going to repower any of your stuff, you can't go wrong with a Honda (or clone) engine as the American companies (Except Kohler Command) kinda suck.
  • @emailsupport2873
    For the T-38, where do you purchase your replacement knives and flails? Looking at a similar one for sale. Thx.
  • @thecreativetake
    This type of mower might be good for my land. I have too many bumps and inclines for my brush hog. Does this type of mower work well on small rolling hills?
  • @ronduck2812
    Would have like to see it in action maybe get a buddy to Demonstrate
  • @jeromyw385xp
    ya that thing may be nice for small twigs and tall grass if your going slow enough. but my 26" Dr brush mower with a 15hp overhead cam motor would do bushes and small trees 2"-2.5" in diamitor ware that flail could not. and I can fit in smaller places and do more stuff that the flail could not. don't get me wrong flail mowers are nice yes but I prefure my Dr brush mower over that small flail any day. just personal preference that's all.
  • @JohnThomas-gj2zg
    I would like see the blades that it uses if you could show them ??