Tired of mowing dirt

SVcummins · Jun 25, 2020

The inner show on my mower could go one hole down but the
outer sole I had to modify to get just a bit more height out of it

SVcummins · Jun 25, 2020

Corrected the piece of crap 3 times and it still got me

Calvin Innes · Jun 26, 2020

Some of the sickle bars had an adjustment to change the pitch so the rock guards don't point downward but straight or even point skyward considerably. Yours may have that adjustment. It will be almost the same as raising the outer shoe. changing the pitch will eliminate nearly all of the dirt the mower would otherwise pick up.

DR. EVIL · Jun 26, 2020

What's that silver thing in upper right corner of second picture that says Route US 66?
Wife and I went on a two week vacation down Rt 66 back spring of 2013. All except about 20 miles of Rt 66 from the Lake front in Chicago to Bolingbrook, Ill. Wife had planned it for years. Many books written on what all there is to see. Saw the "Flatbed Ford in Winslow, Az." The low point of the whole trip was downtown Los Angeles on Easter Sunday morning. I would NOT get out of the car on Rodeo Drive, kinda scuzzy area. We never stopped and got out of the car, I'd wanted to go for a walk on the beach with our puppy but when I saw the "No dogs allowed" and dozens and dozens of locals with dogs I just told the wife to navigate us to heck out there!

RedMF40 · Jun 26, 2020

Looks like you made a piece of modern art:

"Black-billed grass-eating bird"

Looks good, should work out well.

Gerrit

jCarroll · Jun 26, 2020

The two most dangerous tools a farmer has:
a acetylene torch
a welder

(This is supposed to be funny)

jal-SD · Jun 26, 2020

The Massey Harris mower that we had when I used to mow 180A of alfalfa 3X a summer had a couple of bar adjustments. It let you tilt the sicle guards' nose up or down. Both the inner & outer shoes also had adjustment holes at the back of the shoe as well. This adjustment moved the whole bar up or down. BTW, welding a chunk of an old leaf spring to the bottom of a mower shoe really extends it's useful life.

JK-NY · Jun 26, 2020

Thanks, you have given me an idea. I want to raise up a little the cutting height of my sickle bar.

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

I’m not much of welder but I can usually make it hold . Should have cranked up the Miller but I used the little wire welder

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

This one you can tilt the guards up or down they are all the way up now

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

I’m hoping it will help prolong the Life of the sections and
guards . No need to scalp the crop that close wouldn’t mind
getting it even a bit higher for triticale so it could sit up on the
stubble to help dry it down

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

They sure cut close don’t they

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

That’s a hat my dad brought home him and my mom have been on Route 66 a few times on vacation. I’ve also seen the flatbed ford in Winslow Arizona but not the girl dang it . I always feel live I just got home when I get to the southwest .if about 2/3 of the people in California weren’t there it would be a pretty neat place but if they weren’t there they’d be here and everywhere else . some of the prettiest country there is just can’t see it for the people and the Prius’

SVcummins · Jun 26, 2020

Mine does have that but it’s rolled back as far as it will go

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