INTRODUCTION
MACHETE 2 11/08 Introduction Section 2-3
©2008 Alamo Group Inc.
INTRODUCTION
Your Boom Mower is designed for heavy-duty cutting in limited access areas such as highway, park, and rural
roadsides, overhead growth, ditches, levees, and other such grass and limb control uses in generally hard-to-
reach areas. Your Boom can be equipped with a variety of cutting heads designed for specific cutting needs.
The Rotary Head: Rotary unit, 60" & 50” wide cut, up to 5" vegetation, front safety gate.
The Flail Axe Head: Fail unit, 48" wide cut, up to 5" vegetation.
The Buzzbar; Flail unit, 48”, 63” and 90” cutting width, up to 6” diamete
Grass Flail; Flail unit , 60” cutting width, up to 2” vegetatioin
Timbercat: Limb cutter, 5’ & 7’ cutting lengths, up to 4” diameter limbs
Ditcher; Ditch unit, 20” cutting width
DIRECTION
Throughout this Manual front and rear, left and right are determined by the normal d irection of travel, the same
as driving an automobile.F ront and rear, and left and right are determined by the normal direction of travel (the
same as on your automobile).