Jon: Put any type of sickle bar mower into thick clover or alfalfa hay an see how much time you spend going forward verse backing up and cleaning the bar off. In a grass type of hay they will mow OK if the sickle is in good shape and it is dry. Try it in a wet season and the grass has that short regrowth down at sickle level. PLUG UP!!!!
For the light grass he has pictured he will be able to mow if it is dry. Let him go out if the ground is wet or there was a heavy dew. I can remember not being able to mow until 1-2 PM waiting for the dew to dry off.
He got it for free and I was mainly pulling his chain a little.
Sickle bar mowers are coming back in value. Many of the guys that mowed with them as a kid are having "fond" memories of mowing hay. THEY are also forgetting the reality if what a PIA they where most of the time. They want something to "DO" with their old tractor.
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