Wingsy
Bronze Member
Here is a video I just made of a Rossi sickle mower on my BX25, mowing around ponds and cutting cedar saplings on a steep hill. It was my first use of this thing so I'm slow and still getting used to it. It does an excellent job around the ponds, better than anything else I've tried, by far.
I had a New Holland flail mower that I sold to help buy this thing. The flail did a much better job mowing down that hill you see in the video, but was a pain in that every time I got to the bottom of the hill I had to stop it so I could raise the flail (too much angle on the PTO shaft). The sickle does OK down that hill but uneven ground means you have to continuously fiddle with the bar angle to keep it cutting at the same height. The biggest thing I've cut so far are cedar saplings about 1" in diameter and it went through them with ease. It doesn't take much power (RPM) to the PTO to get a good cut. Only thing is, it doesn't mulch, so whatever you cut just lays there waiting for you to rake it or something. Since I need it to mow around the ponds I'm going to also use it to mow everywhere else even though it may not be the best thing for the junk growing on those hills.
Hopefully anyone interested in a sickle will find this video useful. I would have.
Sickle Mower - YouTube
I had a New Holland flail mower that I sold to help buy this thing. The flail did a much better job mowing down that hill you see in the video, but was a pain in that every time I got to the bottom of the hill I had to stop it so I could raise the flail (too much angle on the PTO shaft). The sickle does OK down that hill but uneven ground means you have to continuously fiddle with the bar angle to keep it cutting at the same height. The biggest thing I've cut so far are cedar saplings about 1" in diameter and it went through them with ease. It doesn't take much power (RPM) to the PTO to get a good cut. Only thing is, it doesn't mulch, so whatever you cut just lays there waiting for you to rake it or something. Since I need it to mow around the ponds I'm going to also use it to mow everywhere else even though it may not be the best thing for the junk growing on those hills.
Hopefully anyone interested in a sickle will find this video useful. I would have.
Sickle Mower - YouTube