I used to cut my hay with a IH sickle bar mower with a wooden pitman, when I started farming 43 years ago. There are several things that need to be right for the mower to cut properly with out the knife just plugging or the mower plugging and braking on the spring loaded latch. First the condition of the guards. Does your mower have good ledger plates, or are they worn. Are the guard tops close enough to the knife to hold the knife near the ledger plates and the hold downs also have to keep the knife running tight to the bar. Its really just like a big set of scissors, the knife must meet the ledger plate tightly. And lastly the sections must be sharp. Grass requires a very sharp knife to cut without plugging, whereas alfalfa will cut comparably easy. I have gone from cutting a nice stand of Alfalfa hay with no problems, and moved to the next field which was grass and couldnt cut anything with plugging. Pulled the knife and took it to the grinder and sharpened the sections, then could cut just fine.
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Today's Featured Article - A Lifetime of Farm Machinery - by Joe Michaels. I am a mechanical engineer by profession, specializing in powerplant work. I worked as a machinist and engine erector, with time spent overseas. I have always had a love for machinery, and an appreciation for farming and farm machinery. I was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York. Not a place one would associate with farms or farm machinery. I credit my parents for instilling a lot of good values, a respect for learning, a knowledge of various skills and a little knowledge of farming in me, amo
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