Posted by Fixerupper on August 20, 2010 at 10:03:28 from (207.199.205.40):
In Reply to: Ford 8N Mowers posted by Larry Barnes on August 20, 2010 at 07:20:38:
Ideally it's best to have both a sickle mower and a bush hog type. Here in Iowa on wet years like this the heavy, fallen down tangled brome grass gives a sickle mower a challenge. The IH wobble box mower I use will cut the stuff but I have to take it slow. The knife and ledger plates have to be sharp and tight together for this to work. My old Deere #5 would be plugging up right away no matter how well the cutter bar is set up. But the sickle mower does make a nice even cut. A bush hog will cut this tangled stuff without plugging but the stubble will be raggy and it'll take a lot more power per foot of cut.
If you live in more arid areas with thinner grass the sickle mower will cut it just fine and it won't blow up dust or send missles like a bush hog. I use the sickle mower instead of the bush hog in areas where I'm unsure about what kind of obstacles are lurking in the tall grass and weeds. Last year I decided to be generous to my neighbor so I mowed one of his field approaches with the bush hog, not knowing he had dumped a bunch of rocks on the lane that spring and they were hidden in the tall grass. I found out a bush hog isn't designed to be a rock crusher. This year I used the sickle mower and let it bounce over the rocks. Jim
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