Volume 2 - Issue 2, March - April 2026

Agriculture and horticulture are the backbone of Maharashtra, supporting millions of farmers across vast stretches of farmland. Yet these farmers face the challenge of weed infestation — especially during monsoon. Existing solutions either come at a heavy price tag or simply are not built for vast lands. This paper presents the design and fabrication of a tractor mounted grass cutting flail mower to overcome this problem. Rather than building a flail mower from scratch, our approach is to modify an existing unused rotavator by integrating a vertically mounted gearbox that allows the power from the tractor's power take-off (PTO) shaft to reach the cutting assembly, eliminating the chain-driven mechanism and other excessive parts, resulting in a simpler and more efficient design. This demonstrates that a cost-effective, high-performance flail mower can be achieved through modification of an unused, readily available rotavator — offering farmers a better and practical solution without the burden of industrial pricing.

Ismail F. Shaikh, Digamber D. Vengurlekar, Soham M. Sawant Bhosale, Govind M. Sail, Prasanna S. Sawant, Mr.M.R.Ghatage,"Design and Fabrication of Tractor Mounted Grass Cutting Flail Mower" International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Educational Development, V2(2): Page(1201-1205) Mar-Apr 2026. ISSN: 3107-6513. www.ijamred.com. Published by Scientific and Academic Research Publishing.