Charlie175
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Are they going by the wayside? I don't see them mentioned much anymore.
Much more maintenance involved for sure.
Much more maintenance involved for sure.
Your correct. The prices for a good, used sickle mower keep going up. The tough part is finding a real nice used one. I have a NH with 9' bar which is in excellent shape. Used it many years ago when we had alfalfa. Now it just sits inside on a pallet rack. Paint still looks nearly new. Still nice for mowing roadsides, as the sickle will hang over the ditch with the tractor on the road.Farmwithjunk said:The disc mower has taken away the market base for sickle bars. Good used sickle bar mowers are climbing in value at a suprising rate. Just a few years ago, a decent used New Holland 450 or early model 451 would be lucky to fetch $300 at an auction. I've been seeing them sell for well over $1000 lately. Still a "need", but not enough so that the majors are willing to tool up for building new ones.
Charlie175 said:My father has a late 60's Allis sickle that has been put away and he uses a NH 9' sickle now for weed cutting. He likes it over the bush hog because he can scoot under the fence some to cut...plus it's 3' wider.
They are designed with the sickle bar laying flat on the ground with the cut about 1.5-2" above the ground. To mow a ditch, we raised the mower up slightly and held the bar up 6-8".Ice Man said:I have a newbie question(s)....
I am assuming these mowers can cut somewhat above level to the ground. (?)
Can a sickle mowers cut below level? If the can, how many degrees about?
I would like one to cut my ditch and I would like to tip and up and down with the terrain of the ditch if possible.
Thanks. Dave
Charlie175 said:Are they going by the wayside? I don't see them mentioned much anymore.
Much more maintenance involved for sure.