450 John Deere Mower

Joseph LaPorte · Sep 27, 2013

I am looking for a knife drive (Wobble Box) complete for a 450 John Deere Sickle hay mower. Mine has two broken castings. The yoke and lower casting. Anyone out their that can help,just email me? Items are very pricey. Thanks Joe

Bob · Sep 27, 2013

Parts for those ARE expensive. I have a 350. A few years ago it annihilated itself and, for the little I us it, I couldn"t justify the $$$$ parts from DEERE, but I lucked out and a buddy had a 450 that was left in a field and run over by a BIG tractor, to the extent the wheels were broken off. I got it for basically scrap price and lucked out "cuz the wobble box was good.

A neighbor of mine, after going through the wobble box $$$$ a couple of times scrapped it and bought a new New Holland.

It has a MUCH better sickle drive, but is poorly designed otherwise, in that the cutterbar mounting linkage is pathetic, and doesn"t let the inner shoe lift over a few inches from the ground, NOT a good situation when cutting HEAVY hay and turning and the bar doesn"t lift high enough to clear the cut grass from the last round!

450 John Deere Mower

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