BCS 749 Walk-Behind Tractor & Berta 26" Flail Mower

Joel at Earth Tools yaks awhile, then finally gets down to business mowing a tangle of old cornstalks and cowpea vines. NOTE: During directional changes of the tractor, it LOOKS like Joel is just "speed shifting"...but if you look carefully, he IS using squeezing the clutch lever each time he reverses direction. At that low speed (1st gear), the clutch only needs to be squeezed for a split-second when using the forward-reverse shuttle-shift, but the clutch definitely has to be used for any shifting operation, or gear damage will result. Video shot in the little "test" garden outside Earth Tools in November 2014.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro & Specs
01:15 Flail Mower Inspection
03:09 Demonstration