Haybine for Farmall H

The far end sickle section (sharp pie pieces that are moving) should look different than the rest of them. It should be one & 1/2 sickles. It will have a regular section, with a little buddy 1/2 sized attached out to the end. The little 1/2 sized blade will stick out farther, and does make it easier to catch wire or posts or such.

I suspect you only have regular sections, and not this special end one. Go to your favorite parts guy, and talk to him about getting this special end sickle section. Drill/pound out the 2 rivets, intall the new section with new rivets, & 95% of your problem is gone.

(Or: Something is excessively worn/ missing/ broken on the end section/guard you have. That end one gets a bit more grass through it, and wears a bit faster.)

--->Paul

--->Paul

I too have had many years of experience with both mounted and pull type sickle mowers. Some of my most memorable days were spent cutting "Kennedy acres" (now CRP) with a mounted mower in August.I was never so happy as the day I finally sold my pull behind New Holland mower.

I now have an older John Deere haybine with worn out rolls. Since the rolls were shot, I picked it up for a couple of hundred bucks at an auction. The great thing about the haybine is that it very rarely plugs due to the action of the reel cleaning the cutter bar. I can cut in the rain or when it is dry. Thick, lodged hay is no longer a problem, I just go a little slower. Hay that is leaning in one direction can be cut in any direction since the reel picks it up before being cut.

I cut the hay with the haybine and leave the windrow as wide as possible, then I go over it with a crimper which I would have to do if I had mowed it.

I think that a 7 foot haybine would work well for you. You don't even need hydraulics, you could use a manual lift for the header if you don't mind the work.

--->Paul