ModMech
Platinum Member
From what I understand, a rotary cutter will mow a LOT fater (2x-3x and maybe more) than a sickle but you also need a tractor with 3x to 4x the HP for a rotary cutter.
For 10Ac if "hay", having a B2410, could we get by with a 9' sickle? I see walk-behind, self-propelled 3' sickles with 10HP, so in theory I'd need 30 HP to do the job well. Then again, millions of acres have been cut with fewer than 30 HP tractors and sickle mowers during history.
Thoughts?
TIA.
For 10Ac if "hay", having a B2410, could we get by with a 9' sickle? I see walk-behind, self-propelled 3' sickles with 10HP, so in theory I'd need 30 HP to do the job well. Then again, millions of acres have been cut with fewer than 30 HP tractors and sickle mowers during history.
Thoughts?
TIA.