Sickle on a BX2200?

[sweettractors]

So $400 isnt really a steal if it needs work, but isn't a terrible deal either, just depends on what may or may not need done right?

If both left and right clamps are gone, you are looking at $300 at Ford/NH. Condition of rock guards and sections in the knife all come into play. Any old welds or breaks also a NO NO. Grassboard missing $35. Ken Sweet

 

[Builder]

OK, thanks.

 

[LD1]

If both left and right clamps are gone, you are looking at $300 at Ford/NH. Condition of rock guards and sections in the knife all come into play. Any old welds or breaks also a NO NO. Grassboard missing $35. Ken Sweet

Hey Ken,

If it helps, I called the guy and it is a model 515 and it IS 5'. He said he has the manual as well.

I didn't look it over very well, but it appears to be in ok working condition with nothing broke or bent. Probabally 50% blue paint and 50% rusty.

So do you think $400 is a good deal? average?


EDIT: I just seen you have a 515 6 footer for sale for $895. In appearence, this one looks about the same as the one you have. So if everything checks out good, $400 is pretty good then right?

 

[Builder]

Found a Haban 5' sickle with hydraulic lift. Used, but looks excellent. Asking $1,300. Seems like a lot to ask for a sickle mower that you can't get parts for. Also found a 5' IH sickle that looked good for $1,200. No hydraulic lift and don't know if it can drop below horizontal?

 

[sweettractors]

Hey Ken,

If it helps, I called the guy and it is a model 515 and it IS 5'. He said he has the manual as well.

I didn't look it over very well, but it appears to be in ok working condition with nothing broke or bent. Probabally 50% blue paint and 50% rusty.

So do you think $400 is a good deal? average?


EDIT: I just seen you have a 515 6 footer for sale for $895. In appearence, this one looks about the same as the one you have. So if everything checks out good, $400 is pretty good then right?

The Ford 515 is the worst sickle mower ever built + they are a PITB to mount. The one you saw on my site for $895 had been there for 3 yrs and never sold, so I dumped it at a consignment sale for $150 and commission came out of that. The Ford 505 is the belt drive you would want. It is the same as the IH 1300 and New Idea 522. Ken Sweet

 

[Builder]

Here's a IH1300 I thought was decent looking, but seems expensive

International 5' 3pt sickle mower Mowers for sale at Wengers of Myerstown

 

[LD1]

The Ford 515 is the worst sickle mower ever built + they are a PITB to mount. The one you saw on my site for $895 had been there for 3 yrs and never sold, so I dumped it at a consignment sale for $150 and commission came out of that. The Ford 505 is the belt drive you would want. It is the same as the IH 1300 and New Idea 522. Ken Sweet

Thanks. Good to know:thumbsup:

I am sure glad I didn't buy it

 

[sweettractors]

Here's a IH1300 I thought was decent looking, but seems expensive

International 5' 3pt sickle mower Mowers for sale at Wengers of Myerstown

It was definitly a good buy at $1300 considering a brand new New Holland 451 belt drive would be $6500. The 1300 is just as good. In all my years, I have never seen a 1300 less than 7 ft and lots of 9 fts. I almost bet you that the bar had been cut down to 5 ft. It is about a 2 hour job. Ken Sweet

 

[art]

Here's a IH1300 I thought was decent looking, but seems expensive

International 5' 3pt sickle mower Mowers for sale at Wengers of Myerstown

That was a bargin even if you had to put a few dollars into it! For what I saw it was still original and not altered on the drives although I had not seen a five foot cutter bar.

They do drop well below ground level and it would have made a good pond bank mower!

 

[Builder]

Was there an optional hydraulic lift on them? If so, can you retrofit the hydraulic lift parts onto it? (If the parts are still available...)