Can You Cut Thick Hay With A Sickle Bar Mower?

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Can You Cut Thick Hay With A Sickle Bar Mower?

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2 жыл бұрын

Hey everyone in today's video we are going to answer the age old question, can you cut thick hay with a sickle bar mower? Using the Befco BSB-007 Sickle Bar Mower I think we will have a good chance of getting the job done. I couldn't be more impressed with the way this sickle bar mower handles this crazy heavy hay.
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@andrewhipps157 Ай бұрын

We used a frontier sickle mower for years and never had an issue. As long as you keep the shoe on clean ground they mow just as good and fast as a disc mower

@WilliamsonRidge Ай бұрын

I loved using this Befco but I had it borrowed from a friend, and when I went to buy my own I could actually get a drum mower for less than a new sickle bar mower, the new drum mower is awesome for out needs and the maintenance is much easier, blade changes etc, but it’s also not quite as versatile

@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983 5 ай бұрын

A properly maintained sickle bar mower will mow faster than you want to go in most conditions. Wet, soggy areas are to be avoided as they will clog . Also if wet windy conditions cause lodging in the wrong direction, mowing can be challenging. Thank you for the very encouraging video. Many do not realize how many, many decades of hay has been mowed with a sickle! Hat's off to our ancestors that rode a sickle bar mower behind a team of horses. Sorry; but that sounds like a total nightmare!

@WilliamsonRidge 5 ай бұрын

Yeah, everyone around here always says get a disc mower, but for the money at the time the sickle mower was the way for me and with my terrain I can’t mow faster than the mower will cut anyway, I always enjoy seeing footage of a horse drawn sickle mower but couldn’t imagine having to use one for hours on end

@TreeCraftbyAndrew 2 жыл бұрын

That’s fast cutting! Like a Boss 💪

@WilliamsonRidge 2 жыл бұрын

It does a nice job

@raymondwallace1031 2 жыл бұрын

I like that setup

@khtractors 2 жыл бұрын

Good hay crop! Hit those weed patches with some 2-4D and it will really help. I’d like to have one of those sickles to mow some with my Massey’s. When was this cut?

@WilliamsonRidge 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! We sprayed crossbow on it before our second cut and got a lot of it still some spots to spray but it’s looking pretty good, the old sickles I don’t think work quite that well but the ones that have the dual action cutter bars work great, that was cut June 14th I believe, my videos are running a bit behind lol.

@stevenpringle7813 12 күн бұрын

How many times did you have to stop because hay didn't fall behind the bar but instead got caught on either end of the bar and caused a plug?

@WilliamsonRidge 4 күн бұрын

Very rarely, it’s all about your forward speed, if you try to go slow it will clog much easier, you have to keep your ground speed up so it cuts and falls and try not to run over already cut sections

@JM-sr8dr 2 ай бұрын

What PTO sppped and what gear in (H) OR (L) range do you use for thick hay

@WilliamsonRidge 2 ай бұрын

540PTO 2nd gear high range, running between 6 and 7 mph

@martyechols5780 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of grass? You still using superlime plus? I used it this year.had a 4 acre field that was all sage grass and now it's 90% good grass

@WilliamsonRidge 2 жыл бұрын

Mixed grass, mostly fescue, some Timothy, quite a bit of clover but we are spraying for weeds which also is taking out the clover, it’s been a bit over a year since we sprayed Super Lime Plus and couldn’t be happier with the results. 475 bales last spring to right at 900 this spring

@scrambler69-xk3kv Ай бұрын

Why couldn't you. Seems like back in the 1960's just about everyone around our area did. Some were sidemount as on our Farmall H then later we got a Ford threepoint to use on our 8n.

@WilliamsonRidge Ай бұрын

When I was looking for a mower everyone says get a disc mower, so a buddy of mine let me use his sickle mower because he has a disc mower a don’t use it anymore and I wanted to demonstrate that a sickle mower is a viable solution to mowing hay still, I can mow as fast as I can ride the tractor with that sickle mower it does a great job.