Rich, I think you can, but you may have to play with it a little to see how best not to shred the grass, losing too much and or leaving skips that may wind up when you rake. My rotary will concentrate the cut grass and there is no doubt a side delivery rake will work on this, but there is a loss in volume from shredding.
You may consider the condition of your blades, sharpen accordingly and the adjustment front to back of the mower. I think you may want the tilt forward a tad more aggressive, but that will scalp easier and I think you have mentioned when you run yours that you use a soft top link, (chain ?) not a regular top link, because it moves with the contour of the terrain. You may want to re-think that just for this bit of work as well. I've fooled with this just recently and the only thing that bugs me is getting that fresh cut hay out onto the stubble to air out vs being concentrated and flattened out. I was able to cut earlier this year and all of it was nice hay grasses. Out of curiosity I adjusted things to see what the results would be, and compared to other types of equipment, it just seems the windrow is flatter, concentrated and some loss due to shredding action of this type of mower. In comparison, going back into the past, have cut similar height and thickness grasses with a mid mount sickle, mower conditioner and late model JD disc mower with conditioning and sure you'll get better results, but you will still get some hay out of this if cut with a rotary mower.
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