Did a little work

SVcummins · Jul 17, 2019

On the welding trailer . Made one lead holder from some old horse shoes I had and a piece of angle Iron that was laying around going to make another for the ground tomorrow got to late tonight

Changed knives in the no.8 mower the other has been In for 30 acres and some ditch mowing and it was pretty trashy ground I?ve got two more fields and another crop of triticale to cut . This winter I?ll change out the sections don?t think I?ll go back with the harvest king brand of sections they just don?t hold up as well as the John Deere ones do

Have to modify the knife head a little on these to make them work so somewhere along the line someone has gotten the wrong spec on it these knives also don?t come with a end section so I swapped that out to should be ready for another 30- acres or so

showcrop · Jul 18, 2019

A guy could get nightmares from thinking about sickle knife repairs. I haven't had one in nearly twenty years.

gotmyfarm! · Jul 18, 2019

Horseshoes are useful for so much for than feet. If you are a welder. Looks like a perfect fit. I'm having thoughts about learning to weld. Sure would be useful with having farm equipment now and someone has this nice old 4horse trailer for cheap and it needs to be fixed in the nose, as it rusted out where the manger-top meets the wall. A horizontal rust line. I imagine that being fixed with a new strip of metal and welded on, and rust spots ground off here and there and the whole thing painted. I suppose I have too many projects already.
So a knife is only good for 30 trashy acres and a ditch??? How long does one last if you have non-trashy acres? I thought maybe one would last a season!? Is the extra section needed so it won't clog? Can't you find one that exact length you need or do they all come without the list little piece knife, just blank bar at the end?

timcasbolt · Jul 18, 2019

Learning to weld was on my short list going back to my early teens. I finally went to night school in my 30's and still consider it one of my smarter moves.
When you're ready to buy a welder, you'll want two. A mig welder with at least 180 amps (preferably over 200), and a stick welder with ac/dc capability. That allows you to step into entry level tig if you have the urge. hth

Roger Tomfohrde · Jul 18, 2019

Best trick I have seen changing sickle sections is when my dad set the foot post vise up so the bar would rest on the back jaw with the section slightly loose points down in the jaws and had a rest to hold the end (one of us boys). He would then pull the bar down as he hit the back of the sections with a 2 pound hammer and the sections would just drop on the floor.Peeled all the sections off in maybe a minute.Over to the anvil and punched the rivets out maybe changed all of the sections on a seven foot bar in 45 minutes. We had two bars so we would do both when they got dull. Actually liked the ring of the anvil when riveting. Probably why my hearing is not so great .

SVcummins · Jul 18, 2019

I did that last time I changed all the sections on the knife in my swather it really works slick

SVcummins · Jul 18, 2019

I?d like a mig but as long as this will weld I?m not
going to get another welder

SVcummins · Jul 18, 2019

I don?t mind it if with a sharp chisel and a place to
clench the rivets

SVcummins · Jul 18, 2019

30 acres of rocks and sagebrush and gopher
mounds and dirt clods in the triticale field are pretty
hard on sections ditchs and bsrpits are really hard
on sections because of rocks and all kinds of other
debris. You need the end section or the outer shoe
will plug up without it these are the right knives but
they don?t come with an end section

Lyndon - AB · Jul 18, 2019

Thanks for posting that picture of the mower knives. I'm going to start tinkering on a John Deere 37 sometime soon, and I see now that most of the problems stem from not having that special end section. Saves me buying a whole new knife and then still not fixing the problem, lol!

SVcummins · Jul 18, 2019

Yip even though the John Deere knife register Is
different than most mowers it still doesn?t work right
under some conditions without the end section I put
the big part of the section where the last section
would normally go then the half section sticks out a
ways father and it keeps that outer shoe from
plugging . I think if was Leroy that gave me the tip
on that and Mr James Howell put me onto running
the style double guards without the ledger plates
and msn that thing will knock hay down like crazy

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