A lot depends on regional weather. Where are you located? My experience is that the sickle mower is ok for finer stuff but no so good for sudan type stuff.
I can mow rye for instance and it will dry evenly but then I have to rake windrows up. With the haybine I can make one pass and have it set so the windrow is already the correct width for the baler. I eliminate time and fuel for raking. This works in central Texas in the warmer months. I can cut on Monday and bale on Wednsday.
If I cut sudan with the sickle mower the leaves dry in no time flat and are too brittle by the time the stem part is dry. Then all the nice leaf material goes out the back of the baler and you have a nice big round bale of stems.
I did use a sickle mower this fall to cut some grass in a ditch and rolled it up a day or two later.
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