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No they all plug up at times

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06-28-2005 10:58:16




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My old NH haybine never plugged up the condtioner rollers. They were nice and wide on it and worked fine. It was the cutter bar when you hit some wet dirt or that tough fine wet grass. We would keep the sickel new, actually replace it at the start of each season most years. Also we carried a spare on top of the mower. The gaurds would get replaced regularly too as a set ,as they can't get slopped out and be expected to perform. Speed was a factor also, in heavy first cut it was slow going. If you pushed too hard you'd take out he rubber bushing in the sickel head. In second cut which tends to be lighter we would go a gear faster. With my CIH 3309 disc mower/conditoner I travel 8+ MPH most times all year long. Unless I know there is lots of moles so I slow down for them plus it's rough too. Another thing about my little CIH disc mower is it has NO belts or chains. The gear box runs in oil the cutter bar runs in grease and is modular. The condtioning roller bearings are greasable too. Where as my old haybine was more maintance and up keep with all the belts, chains & bearings.

My father wasn't on board at first but after one day on the tractor with the disc mower he swore he'd never go back and wished he'd had one 25 year ago!

I will say I'm sure or hope a new sickel haybine would cut and perform better then the early 70's vintage one we had. We cut a fair bit of hay and a 9ft works good for square baling which is all we do. In my area many farmers still use the 12-14ft hydro swing sickel machines too. Straight alfalfa in clean fields here a sickel machine works fine. Add mole hills and grass to the mix and it gets difficult some years.

Last fall a custom guy I know with a slef propelled disc mower was real busy cause sickel mowers simply couldn't cut last years second cut. It was one of those real tough ones.

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