Hay cutter

[sweettractors]

I have a New Holland 462 cutter that lowers along the side of the tractor to cut hay. Basicly I am not sure if the cutter is suppose to be flat on the ground/riding the ground or off slightly. The skid plate closes to the unit/what I consider the #1 cutter knife blades will drag some grass as I cut. Therefore it gets so bulky between the tire and unit that I have to lift the cutter so the bulky grass will fall off and I can contiune to cut. Also noticed lastnight after we baled that there were alot of slim grass stripes that was not cut. Maybe to close to fresh grass as I was cutting or need new cutting blades. Thanks

Try screwing your toplink out longer. This will put a slight upward angle on the leading edge of the cutterbar. The grass this not being mowed, may be where you were dragging cut hay. Let the Hydraulic cylinder fully out and then lower the 3 point until the outside shoe and inside shoe just "Kiss" the ground and then lower about another 1 inch on the depth control on the tractor 3 point. Ken Sweet

 

[jimmysisson]

Or maybe you have a damaged or loose section or guard near the wobble box, so it's ripping the grass out and can't do so fast enough for your travel speed. I think the ends are hardest to get cutting right, on mine anyway.
Jim

 

[flusher]

Flusher,
Is that a 7' or 9' cutter bar? Looks like you've got it in pretty good shape, actually! New guards and the sickle sections look like you could shave with 'em!

How many bales do you get with your field?

Always like a few pics, thanks.

AKfish

7 ft cutter.

About 1/2 ton/acre, 20 small square bales or so.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Well I took pictures but can't figure out how to post-never been good at that. The missed or taller grass stripes look even all across the pasture area that the wife did, she thinks it was her cutting ability-LOL, plus gettign dark. Looked at the blades and a few of them probably need replacing which I will do as a winter project. Thanks guys for the input.

 

[beenthere]

LW
If your pics are on your computer, then click on the "Go Advanced" button next to Post button below.
Then scroll down to "manage attachments" box and click.
That will take you to a "Browse" button which gets you to your computer files. Find the photo you want, click on it and "Upload" button. The software here will make a thumbnail of it in your post. Back out of the window and "Preview" your post. If all is as you want it, click on "Submit Reply"

It is as simple as that.

 

[mlauk]

Running over a wet or damp ant mound will cause striping, until the "mud" comes off or is removed from the cutter.

 

[slowzuki]

Replacing sickles isn't a winter job, its a daily job when cutting hay. Its one of the reasons sicklebar mowers aren't that popular.

Guys with absolutely no rocks can get more time out of them.

 

[beenthere]

I'm pretty sure this isn't a sickle mower, but is a disk mower.
NH 462

Still need good cutters.

 

[Lone Wolf]

Hope this worked. Disc mower. It does the same thing for me but differently not as bad.

 

[Lone Wolf]

beenthere---man thanks alot for the help.