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mowed some hay today ( little long )

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Rich Iowa

05-22-2005 18:07:25




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Thanks for all the help I've gotten from this and the other forms on getting my mower ready. This winter and spring I straigthened my cutter bar, replaced all the ledger plates, hold downs, wear plates, etc. I still have a couple weeks before the hay is really ready, but I wanted to try the mower, make sure it worked good (and to take care of the itch). After finishing up this morning, I tried it out. Lost two rock guards (found one) but had a couple others. With the new ledger and wear plates, hold downs, etc., I wasn't able to get the hold down nuts tight and they kept coming loose. Kept tightening them and finally they stayed tight, must have had to wear a bit, but at last they are staying tight. Made four rounds around my 5 acres field. Works pretty well, but I need to work on making square corners, mine are really ratty looking. Didn't find the other rock guard, looked 5-6 times, I'm afraid the plunger in my baler is going to find it for me. I knew when I primed the bar and guards I should have painted them Blaze Orange :) Thanks again to all that helped. P.S. I am currently running a Farmall H and IH 31 sickle mower

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old

05-22-2005 18:37:17




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to Rich Iowa, 05-22-2005 18:07:25  
Those gaurd bolts need to be really tight and then some. Heres a little trick that I have found works if you don't get them tight enough. Put a little silicone on the bolts when you install them that way they don't work loose as easy. Silicone gasket stuff works good for that, and they are easy to take back off. I use it on a lot of bolts on a lot of equipment



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Rich Iowa

05-22-2005 19:06:37




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to old, 05-22-2005 18:37:17  
I was thinking of stopping tomorrow night and getting some longer bolts and some of those nylon lock nuts and maybe some thin washers/spacers. Would bolts that are a little long ( little threads above nut ) effect the hay flow?



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old

05-22-2005 19:10:23




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to Rich Iowa, 05-22-2005 19:06:37  
It can it would depend on what you where cutting.



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Rich Iowa

05-22-2005 19:59:39




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to old, 05-22-2005 19:10:23  
Right now the field is grass/ alfalfa mix. Some parts have the real thin, yard-like grass and other parts have thick stemmed grass. The alfalfa is dying out, field is 4-5 years old. One part of the field, on a slight grade the grass likes to fall forward ahead of the bar, and on another slope on the other side of the field, the grass lays backward the way it's suppose to. Same gear, throttle, etc.

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old

05-22-2005 20:49:23




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to Rich Iowa, 05-22-2005 19:59:39  
You may have to cut going up hill in those places, that way it will fall like it should.



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centrlilbaler

05-22-2005 18:28:31




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 Re: mowed some hay today ( little long ) in reply to Rich Iowa, 05-22-2005 18:07:25  
Rich i cut some today also (best way to get some rain) everything went fine. Surpise!



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