sickle mower

gtofani · May 10, 2017

I have a sickle mower attached to my 1941 Farmall BN that I got a week ago.
The sickle mower is in working order and I plan on using it as soon as i get the a few rebuild kits for the tractor.
Does anyone have any idea how much the sickle mowers are selling for?

old · May 10, 2017

I don't know what it is worth but I know a sickle bar mower on a B or BN is handy. I built my BA just because I had a sickle bar mower that fit the wrecked A I had.

By the way if you have a local O'Reilly's auto parts store you can buy the carb kit and points from them I do it all the time

gtofani · May 10, 2017

I uploaded a few photos of the sickle mower to see if anyone can identify it.

old · May 10, 2017

Where it you put them???

old · May 10, 2017

Where did you put them??? my other post I put in a wrong word

gtofani · May 10, 2017

thanks,
i have not figured out how to load the photos. How do I post them.
We have an O'rileys going in soon.

gtofani · May 10, 2017

(quoted from post at 08:56:14 05/10/17) Where did you put them??? my other post I put in a wrong word

gtofani · May 10, 2017

jeffcat · May 10, 2017

A sickle bar mower is a very nice thing to have. Kinda like going
along with a big pair of sissors. I rebuilt a mower for my Gravely two
years ago. They work very nice and handy. Now here are the problems.
They get the c4ap beat out of them. If you want the go to the expense
of rebuilding them you will be rewarded. Let us know if ya want to get
into it and HOW to get parts and how to assemble things. Not really
hard but it sure helps to have somebody standing over your shoulder.
You can find tons of parts NOS on. Ebay for pretty good prices.

Athol Carr · May 10, 2017

It looks like a 16-B mower. Manuals are available ebay or Binder Books

old · May 10, 2017

Looks just like the one I have on my BA and it was the reason I built the BA in the first place. I had the mower and need one to cut hay so I took 3 dead tractors and built one good one

showcrop · May 10, 2017

As others have said a sickle bar mower can be handy. I have had one sitting for twenty years that was given to me but I haven't used it yet. I need to get it out and fix it up for trimming around fields. Balanced head mowers are much more highly thought of than a pitman stick type like yours.

in-too-deep · May 10, 2017

Don't put your fingers in between the guards when folding and unfolding the bar. They will be cut off.

JML755 · May 11, 2017

(quoted from post at 10:58:52 05/10/17) I have a sickle mower attached to my 1941 Farmall BN that I got a week ago.
The sickle mower is in working order and I plan on using it as soon as i get the a few rebuild kits for the tractor.
Does anyone have any idea how much the sickle mowers are selling for?

IIRC, I paid about $250 for mine last summer in an online auction. It's an MF belt drive in working order. Only used it once to test it after buying. Plan is to use it to cut creek banks, around the pond and like a hedge trimmer (vertical position) to cut back tree branches that hang into paths and grassy areas. My test run along a tree line worked great. No more branches hitting me in the face when I brush hog

Bret4207 · May 11, 2017

If you're going to try and use it, get the manual and see how warn it is first. Nothing, absolutely nothing, is more aggravating than a sickle mower that doesn't work right. Be prepared to spend some money and a lot of time figuring it out.

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