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I know that sickle mowers are largely out of favor these days, but my 9' NH451 is my favorite tractor implement. It's a huge time-saver when cutting around my 6 acre lake, which has steep banks in some parts, especially along the dam. I also use it to cut strips in the weeds/hay (that's...

It seems that we are now in "tornado alley." Last month a series of tornadoes tore through our area, with massive destruction and loss of life. One came within a mile from our home. It's time for me to seriously consider constructing a shelter for people (and a few dogs). Probably around 100...

My place has been invaded by vasey grass. Two years ago it was limited to an area of roughly 1/4 acre; but this year it expanded to roughly 15 acres, with small clumps of it scattered across nearly all of my 86 acres ... I have no doubt the small clumps are the beginnings of large patches...

Last week my TC35 wouldn't start, so I thought I'd check the battery connections first. When taking off the first side, my wrench slipped and hit both terminals ... small spark ... I cleaned the connections and tightened them. I went to try to start it and got nothing ... dead as dead can be...

I have a small DIY project for which I want to use black pipe. It will require making threads on both ends of 9 pieces of pipe. Although I know the finished length of 5 of the pieces, the length of the remaining 4 pieces are uncertain until I'm into the project. I know that the big-box...

Yesterday I was moving some dirt around to make a mound a bit lower and less steep. Everything was going smoothly and I was nearly done when I decided that I needed to take a view from the top of the mound. So I stopped the tractor, lowered the bucket, put the shifters into neutral position...

My "new-to-me" 20+ year old NH 451 9' sickle mower is perfect for cutting around our lake ... much easier and faster than a weed-whacker or a rotary mower, even when taking into consideration the time to attach it. I noticed that I have one blade coming loose and will need to secure it or...

At long last I located a New Holland 451 Sickle Mower for cutting around my lake. I ran it last weekend and it works well, seems to be in pretty good shape for an old piece of equipment (I think it was built in the 1980s ... if anyone knows how to figure out the age of one by using the serial...

I have a 2,000' gravel driveway, which was already built when I moved onto the property. Frankly, the guy that had the driveway built had it done RIGHT! It's got a very solid base, nicely banked on the turns, with a very good crown in the middle. After looking at a bunch of posts explaining...

I have a 6' bush hog rotary cutter and need to cut some weeds, mainly johnson grass. The issue is that I'd like to cut it to about 24" high (this may seem ridiculous, but it has to do with training dogs). So is it unsafe to mow with the deck raised that much? If not, is it unsafe to cut with...

Like many on this forum, I live miles from town in a county with few residents, so there's no police presence and most like a response time of at least 20 minutes, maybe more. We have a typical farm gate with an electric opener at the entrance from the road; our gravel driveway is roughly 3/8...

Last year I had hoped to buy a NH 451 sickle mower to hook onto the rear of my NH TC35, but our A/C-Heat unit went out and I had to lay out $$$ for that since the OWMBO likes the inside of the home to be at a comfortable temperature. I couldn't really argue that point. Problem is that at the...

I bought a used SQ720 and it's time for new blades ... these are in bad shape. I saw that Tractor Supply has blades available, but don't know about the quality of the product. Does anyone have experience, good or bad, with TSC rotary cutter blades? Also, this will be my first time to take the...

I hate to paint, but have about 600' of 3-rail fence that has to be painted. And to make matters worse, I'm going from white to black, so will probably have to paint it twice. So my question is what is easier/faster (I'm not sure those are the same...I'd prefer faster over easier): •brush •power...

I have a 2003 New Holland TC 35 with just under 700 hrs. I was doing some FEL work and put it in 4WD, now I cannot get it out of 4WD. I've had to put in some effort to get out of 4WD when I've done it before, but after a few good pushes down on the bar it came out, but not this time. Need help...

As you can surmise from the name, I'm a retriever guy. We bought a place in Benton County a couple years ago primarily for training our dogs because the public places that I was training got over-run by joggers, walkers, bike riders, pic-nickers, kite flyers, etc. Anyway, it was the best...

I have, hopefully, weed-eated for the last time around my lake ... I'm buying a sickle mower. From the research I've done so far, it looks like a (used) 6' or 7' Ford 501 should work just fine on my NH TC35. According to the specs, the sickle blade can go from 35 degrees up to 35 degrees...