Field Mowing Options for a Farmall Super C

Reg Wilcox · Oct 17, 2010

My brother and I now operate the Super C which Dad purchased new in 1953 to support his dairy farm operation in Northern Vt. This S C now hauls wood, plows snow, and mows the fields we desire to keep open. We have just added a third party 3 pt hitch and with a few engineering changes the hitch works well. Here is the question; we are seeking the best option for field mowing, sicle bar (ours is rather tired) brush hog, finish mower, or flail mower.

Janicholson · Oct 17, 2010

The SC will be fine with any of them. The existing mower will probably cut the most acres/hr. The others take much more power, and would need to be smaller, or used far more often. Putting new sections and ledgers in the existing mower is probably worth it. Jim

Dave 2N · Oct 18, 2010

I've used a 5' bush hog for years on my Super C to mow pastures. Great set up.

Janicholson · Oct 18, 2010

Not an issue on a pasture, but tough in a mow it once a year proposition. A sickle mower might cut 7 feet faster. Jim

Dave 2N · Oct 18, 2010

I mow my pastures once a year and no problem. They get pretty thick sometimes before I get to them, lots of multiflora rose, and, swamp grass in the swales. And I have hills here, some pretty steep ones but that"s what first gear is for. But the Super C has always done it and done it well.

Definitely not for clearing a field that has been growing trash and brush for many years but for yearly maintenance, yes.

Reg Wilcox · Oct 18, 2010

Dave, are you using a sickle bar mower for this?

Harold H · Oct 18, 2010

My idea: if you have a smooth pasture with no brush, you will cover the most area with the sickle mower. If your pasture is rough or has some small brush you will do best with a bush hog type cutter. It will take more power per foot of cut. If you are cutting a lawn or golf cource a finish mower or flail type mower will leave the best finish but will not handle rough or tall stuff. Flail type mowers are also made for rough stuf but usually only for larger tractors.

Harold H

Janicholson · Oct 18, 2010

From the reply above, he states a 5' bush hog rotary mower. It is a good setup, and I make no claim it won't do you well. In tough material it is possible to cut with that rotary at 1/2 swath to allow it to maintain speed. Adjustment to keep the front of the cut about 3/8 inch lower than the rear keeps it from cutting twice on each stem.
My only suggestion favoring the sickle mower is that you have it and they are easily brought back to operational status. Every thing takes effort. Jim

Dave 2N · Oct 19, 2010

Reg-
5' hog. The problem with sickle bar mowers up here in the NE in my part of the country is that we have these things called stones and rocks and no matter how hard you try, you are always shearing off a knife. Then you have to go through the whole process of replacing the knife. Did enough of that in my younger days many years ago when I mowed with a Farmall M and sickle bar mower and that's why I appreciate a bush hog or "rotary cutter" that is, I guess, the correct term.

However, I would like to get one of those pitmanless, belt drive, fast hitch mowers for the Super C for trimming in places I can't get to with the hog.

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