Pasture mowing wheel for sickle bar mower?

kylemorley · May 15, 2013

Used to be there were little wheel attachments you could buy, that bolted on a sickle bar to raise it up a bit for pasture mowing, but they don't seem to be available anymore.

Anyone got a picture of one or an instruction sheet on how to use it? I'm thinking of building one, if I can find a little more info.

Oh I'd also be interested in buying one if anyone has one they don't need.

Charles Santhuff · May 15, 2013

I found a wheel with a flat base on it at TSC or a farm and home store. The base had four holes in it and they matched the guard bolt holes. Used two of the holes and mounted the wheel under the guards. Works fine, put it about midway of the bar.

Bob · May 15, 2013

If you want to see how DEERE did it, download the .pdf at the link below and check out pages 25-14 and 25-15.
8 and 9 mower parts catalog

kylemorley · May 15, 2013

How big is the wheel?

Charles Santhuff · May 15, 2013

Six or eight inch diameter wheel, solid rubber with grease fitting on axle. Swivel type wheel.

Farmallb · May 15, 2013

Sure wish you had a pic of what your talking about. I can mount wheels on the outer shoe, Cant figure how to do it around the inner.
Ill be cutting Hay grazer, and want to cut it around 6in high

ben there · May 15, 2013

have you got a 3 or 2 point hitch...either one you should be able to make some limiter chains to hold inner up.

kylemorley · May 16, 2013

Wish I had one too. They were still in the Temco catalog, best I can recall, maybe 10 years ago. As I recall you put them a little over half way out towards the end of the sickle bar, so they steadied it in the middle and kept the bar from waving about too wildly.

Though some might suggest that they fact they don't seem to be sold anymore is a reflection on their worth.

(quoted from post at 02:53:43 05/16/13) Sure wish you had a pic of what your talking about. I can mount wheels on the outer shoe, Cant figure how to do it around the inner.
Ill be cutting Hay grazer, and want to cut it around 6in high

Mel in SW Iowa · May 16, 2013

I have one, used it for 20+ years on 7 & 9' sickle bar mowers to trim pastures. Mine bolts on the end shoe in place of the adjustable skid shoe. It is a 3/8" x 2 1/2" x 8" long piece of mild steel that a six inch pneumatic tire and wheel bolts to. I also use a limit chain from the top of the three point arch on the mower to the inner shoe to set its height. Both the chain limit and the end shoe roller will give a nice level 6,9, or 12" trim on a pasture with weeds coming up through. I have never seen one mounted on the center of a bar. It could work just as well.

GeneMO · May 23, 2013

We had one, I think it was made by Deere. We even built spacers for the inner shoe to space it up as well. We had a 7' bar so it didn't sag much in the middle.

I think our wheel may still be up at the farm, haven't seen or thought of it in years.

Gene

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