benellisbe
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- Jun 26, 2020
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- Tractor
- 2020 John Deere 5075e, 2004 John Deere 5103
Like Creamer said I also suggest and personally use a sickle bar mower. I use a Superior 394 Sickle Bar mower (converted to hydraulic adjustment) for both my hay field operations (in addition to a disc mower) as well as pond damn cutting, road ditch cuttings and tree limbing. I do take off the swath board/skid shoe that is necessary for hay cuttings. I have cut large diameter (3") maple and sweetgums with it. Do not go fast or it can jam and break a tooth and will require some serious effort to replace on an older model like I have. I have replaced half the teeth and picked up a second tooth bar at a farm auction so I can swap between a fully refreshed bar in my hay fields and the older one for everything else.