Mowing Hydraulic sicklebar mower

[teg]

Thanks :thumbsup: Let us know how it goes... Did you get it yet?

 

[soulasphil]

A hydraulic sickle bar should not require that much GPM. I have something like that I use for trimming hedges on my JD 3520. It is fed through the rear QCs and the only thing I had to change was to create a direct return to reservoir for the hydraulic motor (small black tube going to small silver QC). The motor is at the foot of the sickle bar. Works fine, even with the tractor engine idling.

 

[jmason1205]

Thank you so much for your input. It looks like it should be something that I can adapt to my tractor and I will have to make a trip to snatch it away from my friend.

Jay

 

[dennisgw]

That looks like one nice unit. How many Euro's if you don't mind my asking?

 

[soulasphil]

Sorry, it came in June 2009 with the tractor and various implements, I have forgotten the price. The documents are at my place in the country and I cannot answer your question just now. It's a very nice unit and at long last I can now keep up with the growth of my hedges. But trimming hedges with it is far from easy : much of the time you cannot see the blade and just have to guess what it's doing, the ground is rarely absolutely flat and with the long lever the smallest bump requires a large correction, at the end of the day you've got a sore neck from looking behind you all the time ... It nevertheless is my favourite implement because of the many cylinders and hydraulic motor.