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On really coarse grass the top serrated might be ok. They do an acceptable job on soybeans and timothy (first cutting). When cutting alfalafa and grasses with a lot of blade grass I've had to drop cutting speed 2 full gears or else it looks like I tried to mow it with a weed eater. Reading the owners manual for mine it stresses that for almost all cases the design of the mower with double heat treated guards to use an underserrated only (years ago I ordered a sickle and got smooth, that was worse, never did find anything I could cut with it). Once again, other brands of mowers even recomend top serrated. It's a combination of mower design an d use that determines what section to select. I used to cut everything with mine. My dad and I bought it together in 1984 (new) as a trade in on our other one. We did a lot of custom work back then (10-12,000 acres a year. kept a man full time to just run the mower). Literally, we would cut in the rain on the last day of a weather pattern to keep up. Never had a problem cutting anything with the underserrated except something that was tall, down, and twisted. That's when I saw my first disc mower. Decided right then that was how we needed to go. Took until 1987 before we had enough extra cash built up to buy one. I just keep it around as a back up/ double up (if I need to run an extra mower)/ and to windrow round bale sileage. I only use it on a 100 acres a year at the most any more, I cant see changing the sickle back. Regards,
David
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