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I have a John Deere A 1952. What model of mower would be correct for this tractor? Later on this is what I intend to hay with,no more than 10 acers. The baler I want is a 24T. What are your thoughts if you have used these.
 
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The No. 5 sickle mowers were <a href="https://youtu.be/zytzhAxRVsY">made from 1934 through 1956</a>.

We purchased a 1952 Model A with a No. 5 sickle mower.

This mower is now attached to "Easy" our 1946 Model A.
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Hope this helps.
 
No. 8 too new.Would have to be a No. 5 unless they made a side mount but they were not used in my area. I only knew of 2 of them and they were on 9N Fords and no hay made or county road mowers that were Case V series.
 
JD #5 is indeed the mower I would get. I used them for several years when I had less hay to do. My personal opinion is they should be scrapped of anything valuable and the frame used for a swim raft anchor...but don't let that stop you cause a lot of folk like them just fine. I have a 224T baler...two in fact. Has just a few more features than the one you asked about. You will not find a better baler for low volume, low speed baling. Mine have been in service here for about 16 years now and were not new, of course, when I bought them. Once you have it set up and timed it will miss very few bales as long as the windrows are not too heavy and the speed not too high. Like the mower...don't push them too hard. They are old and need to be coddled a bit. JD mower has at least one zerk that needs attention every couple hours...find it and use it or the mower will cook. When looking at the mower, make sure it has been greased properly and check the pitman connection to the knife. They have a little ball on the knife that fits between cups. These wear and cause no end of bother. I would buy more than one mower...keep a backup. Both these units were quality and reliable when new. No reason why they cannot be today. Go for it.
 
I saw a 14T sell last Saturday at an auction. If memory serves me correctly it brought $175 or there abouts, Not much need for them around here anymore, most have gone to New Holland or newer JDs. That one did have a bunch of baler twine tied to the back, pretty much looked like it had had a lot of miss ties. That didn't help the selling price either. Most all the equipment went terribly cheap, I bought a 488 N.H. haybine in pretty good condition with an extra cutter bar for $130. and a N.H. 847 baler for $125, that is where I bought the Oliver plows at.
 
Actually to be period correct for a baler would be the sidewinder models 114W or 116W as the 14T did not come untill a few years later. At that time Deere only made a wire tie baler with the bale chamber setting croswise. I have a early and late version of the 116W setting here that I used to take to shows.
 
NO they never were. The first twine baler from Deere was the 14T in I think 1955 And the 116 & 114 were last built in 55 as well with the 14W coming out in 56. Would need to do some reserch to be sure of dates as brain getting a little fuzzy. The new style 116W and the 114W had the new style pickup like the 14T. Deere lost a lot of baler sales due to not having a twine baler and New Holland brought out the 66 at least 2 years before Deere han a twine baler and the 14T and the 66 are equal in size. But then New Holland had a twine 77 before that and bale size was equal to the 116W.
 
1954 is correct for 1st 14T. I still remember making service calls on 114W/116W with the wire wrapping boxes in lieu of twister hooks.
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Thank you for all of your replies. I shall start looking for a #5 mower. When I lived in Virginia I cut my hay with an Oliver horse drawn mower.
 
For your tractor look for a mower with the quick hitch and 1 3/8" pto shaft and cylinder lift. That would be period correct. Hand lift was for other makes of tractors but still could have been used with your tractor.
 

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