When I was a boy, I cut hay with a side-mount Koch mower on an Allis WD-45 and a side-mount Allis mower on a WD. When I got older, I cut with a IH 990, then progressed to a JD 1209. Well, it was pretty much the same drama the whole time: sickle bars.
When I became a man (and left the farm to go to school) then my Dad realized how much they sucked and went out and bought himself a brand new disc mower-conditioner (JD 925). When I bought the farm from him, the mower came with it. Apart for changing out the knives once or twice a year (30-min easy-peasy job), I never have to touch the thing even though it's pushing 20 years-old now. My only advice is this: If you aren't mowing through rocks, look at getting a disc mower.
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Today's Featured Article - Hydraulics - Cylinder Anatomy - by Curtis von Fange. Let’s make one more addition to our series on hydraulics. I’ve noticed a few questions in the comment section that could pertain to hydraulic cylinders so I thought we could take a short look at this real workhorse of the circuit. Cylinders are the reason for the hydraulic circuit. They take the fluid power delivered from the pump and magically change it into mechanical power. There are many types of cylinders that one might run across on a farm scenario. Each one could take a chapter in
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