you really bring back some fond memories thks

Great to see that they cylinder makes it much more reliably. And that the linkage fix from way back still holds. The antique equipment still works!

Good material, the JD machinery. Bud your hat is silly

Cuts like a dream

I'm amazed that old reciprocating knife mower is still going strong and did a really good job too, but it's a 'John Deere', so that says it all. I LOVE your Channel 🙂

That was great Jordan yes you have done a lot of work on that cutter and yes hydro makes a difference I remember the rope you had on there now it is modern fantastic job thank you.

That would make great crop circles.

Tell ya what I am subbed to a dozen small homestead/farm channels and all of them that have a sickle bar mower have nothing but grief you were hauling freight with that mower and it didn't miss a beat nice job!

Looks good!

Hope it turns out good. I wouldnt bale up thouse big broad left weeds, not sure what there called. Have a great day great video.

exactly how my dad did it he would cut with a sickle useing the farmall and my mom would rake the hay with th farmall and they also had a john deere like yours to bail with a mcormic bailer and use a shit spreader i was like 8 years old back then

Seeing how cleaning you are mowing with the #5 gives me hope. I did take advantage of that earlier dry, cooler week here in Wisc. to get my first cutting in. I have shared before how my fledgling operation is a little more Amish than yours. I have a #5 with the manual lift, a MH #11 rake and I have either a '50 8n (which is being refurbed in my shop) and a '54 NAA. I only have a couple of acres I take hay off, so I pick it up with a pitchfork, though I am contemplating a small baler if I can find one cheap that actually works. This is all for our goats, so putting it up loose works for us (and the goats). Mowing is usually where I struggle. Mowing around a few trees, tripping on stumps that I have tried to cut flush, clogging and a lot of getting on and off. This year, I lost a rock guard and did not notice until I found it raking. Left a little mohawk of uncut grass throughout the field. Then, as I was literally finishing up, the rear tire blew. Good times. I am eyeing up the hydraulic lift, but that means adding a remote to the NAA. Doable, but requires some mods to the tractor to accomplish as finding the factory option is not an easy get. I also want to adjust it more, which will require straightening a bent rod underneath it and just better tuning. We're getting there.

Love the work boots. 😉 and that hat.

I was wondering if you use fertilizer and or plant any grass seed in your hay fields?

Sure hope my old sickle bar mower works ax well as yours.

What remains of your old farmhouse?

I had an old number 5 Years ago I pulled behind a Farmall super M and it was a Mowing fool if it was tuned right. I see you have grass wrapping up on your PTO shaft, you can take an old feed sack and tie underneath of your lift arms and that will stop that. Just an idea.

I got to get my no5 working again

It is normally hot out during hey season... That's what you want for drying... And I really don't know how you can wear them flip flops why your working outside. No way I could do that.. or shorts as far as that goes

That's a non-approved tractor starting procedure sir. Maybe the lack of personal protective equipment cancels that out, so carry on.