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Blue Buddy
07-07-2006 18:58:25
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Re: Sickle mower Hay rake? in reply to MN Bob, 07-07-2006 15:21:18
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wow, the old straight sickles are sure outta style here, but always seems to be several to fix each year, pick what ya like, but a couple ideas to maybe consider, the New Holland, and maybe some others (MF?) use a belt drive across to the knife with a drive pivoting with the knife, so the knife angle does not matter, the New Idea and Ford use a bar across the back, so you can only run the knife when it is near level or it binds and breaks the bar, if yer gonna cut the side of the lane or ditch bank this might matter, most of the rest is how good is what yer buying, knife, guards, PTO etc, and how far to go get parts, also, some 3pth ones can be finicky to get hooked up by youself, a Mower Conditioner is pull type behind any tractor, crimps the hay for better drying, and lays in a swath width you choose, may not need to even rake depending on weather, as for a rake, get a bar rake that looks like it has been taken care of, most all mowers and rakes like these have not been built fer years so already have had lots of use likely, although NH still makes new mowers I think. can seldom go wrong with buying from one of the bigger factory lines
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