For a great deal on a second-hand McConnel hedge cutter, flail mower or subsoiler browse our extensive listings to grad yourself a great used McConnel machine. Founded in 1935 in Worcestershire McConnel grew after producing a midmount hedge cutter from 1948. Saw-benches were added from 1949 and moved to Shropshire in 1950. The new Power Arm was introduced in 1953 while the Bale Packer arrived in the 1970s. Rear mounted diggers and hedge cutters where the main products in the 1970s when the Shakaerator subsoiler arrived joining a small, but highly successful, range of McConnel tillage equipment. Taken over by the US Alamo Group in 1991 McConnel has continued to dominate in the hedge cutter market as well as launching a range of flail mowers from 1998.