Sickle Bar Mowers

[Mechanos]

I've been eye-balling this one. Side mount and runs off 1000rpm PTO.

 

[Truck207]

How are the Kuhn FA 372 sickle bar mowers? The guy said it was an FA 392, but I am assuming he ment FA 372 since he said it has a 6' bar. Does anyone have any pictures of one? I tried looking online, but couldn't find much on them.

 

[Taylortractornut]

I have that same model mower i saved from a scrapper. I m about ready to make the last thing to make it work on my 3000 Yanmar. I made a cuff that fit my right hand lift arm. THat holds part of the break away and the other pard that holds the main breakaway I m about done with and a cable mound for the bar lift. Lots of cussing took place on figuring that one out followed by some pull tab therapy.

 

[flusher]

I am somewhat new to the sickle bar mowers and was wondering if a JD 2320 can run a 6' sickle bar mower? The one I am looking at is a 6' Dearborn Mower. How are the Dearborn sickle bars, any good, bad, etc.?

Any info is appreciated.

Thanks!

Good, bad--how that particular sicklebar did when new is not as important as it's present condition when making a buying decision. My MF31 sicklebar (7ft) was a good sicklebar for it's time (1950s). I bought it 2 years ago for $550 at auction and put another $200 or so in new parts, including replacing the steel bar that carries the moving sickle sections (mate drilling about 60 holes 1/4" dia). Point of story--expect to spend some time and $$$$ getting old iron like that working satisfactorily. Just make sure that all the parts are there and that the cutting bar isn't bent so badly that it can't be fixed.