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Sicle-bar mower question

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Agriculterally

06-13-2001 10:24:22




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My 400 ft drive has a 45 degree slope on one side which I would like to de-weed. I am thinking of acquiring a sicle-bar mower for this purpose. I have been told the belt-driven ones are better since you can mow steeper slopes. If this is true, what would be a good (used) one to get that would be compatible with my Jubilee. I would need about a 7-footer. Thanks for any advice.




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Mike S

06-14-2001 09:20:40




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
Forgot to add this. They are kind of dangerous and I've seen several 3 legged dogs on various farms that owed their lose of a limb to a sickle mower. I believe someone else related stories of running over fawns and bunnies when mowing large fields. Just be very careful when you get one.



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llamas

06-14-2001 05:20:51




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
Just my humble opinion, but:

do NOT get a belly-mount mower. They are about 6 hours of bull work to install or remove, and, IMHO, are intolerably dangerous to the operator and everyone else.

There are several very nice rear-mount sickle-bars by various makers, including Ferguson and Dearborn. Several are of the "pitmanless" type, which means they can be raised and lowered to almost any angle while cutting. There are also several styles of pull-behind sickle bar which are even more attractive, because they hitch up in 5 minutes and can be much more manoeuverable. New Idea even built a line with an internal clutch, operated by a trip rope, which allows you to shut the mower off whenever you please, and on a tractor without live PTO I think that is a very significant safety advantage.

HTH

llater,

llamas

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Mike S

06-14-2001 05:16:42




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
I have a belt driven Ford sickle mower. Mounts at the rear on the 3 point hitch and uses a couple of extra mounting pieces on the lift arms. Works great for doing ditches or a pond edge. Mine had some sort of cable rig on it that when you had stopped using it and shut off the PTO to it, you lifted with the 3 pt and it would pick the blade straight up for transport. My neighbor is now using it on his, dare I say it, International tractor. Well, at least part of it is red.

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ZANE

06-13-2001 18:01:41




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
Ford made a good pitmanless belt drive mower that will cut straight up and does as good a job as is possible with a sickle mower. The sickle mower will not cut anything larger than about 1/2" diameter in saplings.

IH also made about the same mower too.



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Larry 8N75381

06-13-2001 12:24:58




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
A side mount mower will do it IF you can a) find one, b) find ALL the parts with/for it. AND you are willing to tie up a tractor with it, because they are hard to put on and take off - not like the 3PH mowers.

Good luck!



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Jim.UT

06-13-2001 10:33:32




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
Agree with Jerry U. Also suggest you try your question on the "Implement Alley" discussion board on this same site. Lots of knowledge available there.



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JerryU

06-13-2001 10:29:28




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 Re: Sicle-bar mower question in reply to Agriculterally Challenged, 06-13-2001 10:24:22  
Not sure about the belt driven ones, but I used an old Ford sickle for a number of years. It is driven by a drive shaft from the pto to a flywheel. That uses a shaft made of oak to the sickle. You cannot operate it in other than the flat position or you will crack the oak rod (pitman). Also if you raise the 3 pt it will do the same thing, so carefully check out whatever you buy to make sure it can operate on an angle.

FWIW

JU

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