Was cutting hay today and broke knife head.
Started out that sickle would not move, old hay in non clog guards. tried to remove sickle pin to get sickle assembly out and clean, put couldn't get pin out, so just worked back and forth by hand and get sickle to move.
Tightened sickle bolt ( didn't adjust they way manual says, just installed pin and tightened.
Cut 10 acres of thin grass.
Came back home tightened sickle drive belt up. Was getting loose. Greased machine, and started to cut 3 acres of thick grass/hay one more pass to make and noticed that hay was not cutting, rolls turning, knife going back and forth, but sickle not moving.
Sickle broke right by head.
Could this be related to not adjusting pin per manual?
Thinking about getting just new head and installing on sickle since sickle is only 6 years with about 250 acres on it.
Is the aftermarket just as good as JD?
Started out that sickle would not move, old hay in non clog guards. tried to remove sickle pin to get sickle assembly out and clean, put couldn't get pin out, so just worked back and forth by hand and get sickle to move.
Tightened sickle bolt ( didn't adjust they way manual says, just installed pin and tightened.
Cut 10 acres of thin grass.
Came back home tightened sickle drive belt up. Was getting loose. Greased machine, and started to cut 3 acres of thick grass/hay one more pass to make and noticed that hay was not cutting, rolls turning, knife going back and forth, but sickle not moving.
Sickle broke right by head.
Could this be related to not adjusting pin per manual?
Thinking about getting just new head and installing on sickle since sickle is only 6 years with about 250 acres on it.
Is the aftermarket just as good as JD?
