Sickle Bar Rossi Sickle Bar Mower

[ZJ_HR]

Bob,
When you have rear 3pt mounted sickle bar, grass covers your sight to bar. And when it clogg, you can't see this. Another reason is that you need to look back whole time, or turning your head front - back permanently.
Another reason is that we have G&S licensed mower producer close, and they make side mounted mowers to most common tractors, or adapt one to any tractor you have.
Lot of people cut fresh grass for cattle food. They pull trailor to grass field, disconnect it, cut grass with tractor and haul full trailor home. You can't do it with rear mounted mower.
Maybe this is a habbit here, maybe there is different.
If you didn't see side mounted mower, go there

 

[Bob_Young]

Thanks for the explanation Darren. Knew I was missing something. Have never seen a double action mower.

Also thanks for mentioning the Rossi's advantage over the NH451. Guys who have both can be a big help to those of us who have neither.

 

[Bob_Young]

I gotcha now ZJ, thanks for taking the time to spell it out. I'll give that some thought.

Things are a bit different here. Biggest thing I'll be worrying about using a sickle bar is branches and newborn fawns in the grass. Rear mounted might give me a little more time to detect these things.....or maybe not.
Bob

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I'm just getting used to my JD 350 which is a 9' single action. I use it around my pond for clearing. I've found out that when it does tend to clog, it is due to cutting thru previous cuttings' decaying clumps. I wanted single action with a belt drive to give me the biggest angle up and down possible.
Also, when cutting thru grass, it is good to keep speed up to help grass fall to the rear as the knife goes under it.
Sickle bars are not good for recutting areas that have not been raked and baled. As far as clearing around my pond, it is the greatest thing since sliced bread...Kyle

 

[Darren]

Kyle, I've used a double action sickle bar in conditions where I ran it through large clumps just like yours with no clogging. FWIW, a double action will cut below horizontal for pond banks.

 

[sweettractors]

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Actually, 70 degrees below and 90 degrees above horizontal--Ken Sweet


Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *New G&S Double Action Mowers - 5-6-7 ft Cut in Stock Today*

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

I was worried (probably about nothing) that running the end under water may not be good for a double action. I have no idea what parts might be out on the end of the knife bar. At any rate, I'm into my blade for less than 1K and that included new knive bar, bushings, belt, and the manuals. Funny, the manuals cost more than most of all the parts ($75).
Most of all, I am glad I got a 9 footer. It really reaches out far enough to get most all the shoreline growth...Kyle

 

[ZJ_HR]

We tried cutting in water. Mower is working BETTER than in dry condition. Water give a little "grease", and rinse dust.
After that, cutter bar is perfectly clean for resharpen /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[JerryT]

I have Rossi 7 ft. sickle mower that I bought for triming around my 10 acre lake and cutting the water side of the dam. Also use it in the 90 degree position for keeping paths around my propery wide open. I got the hydraulic cylinder with it, and my only complaint is that it is a single action. My opinion is that it is a big heavy duty piece of equipment. My JD 4400 handles it fine. This unit is designed to fit both cat. 1 & 2 tractors. It is accomplished by putting one lift pin on the outside of the structural tubing on one side, and both the inside and outside on the otherside. With Pats EZ system, I actually use the Cat.2 position as it better centers the tool on the PTO.

 

[Bob_Young]

Thanks Jerry, you clarified something. I had gotten the impression the Rossi BF-210 7 footer was a double action mower, something that wouldn't work too well around trees according to the posts above. If it's single action, it looks like a good choice for me.

Glad to hear it's heavy duty. Tractors I'll be using it with range from 35 to 50hp, one is (or should be if I get the right parts on it) Cat II.