Fixing the Sickle Bar Mower we bought at auction. New Holland 451 Sickle Bar Mower
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 พ.ค. 2020
- It time to starting fixing our used hay equipment. Today we are going to be working on our New Holland 451 sickle bar mower. We bought the sickle bar mower at auction just a few miles from where we live. There is several things that need fixed on this mower and hopefully it is ready to cut hay when I am done with the repairs.
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I watched this episode last night. The day before I finally got my Massey Fergusen 31 under my shed roof to go over it. There are a lot of similarities with the 31 and your New Holland. I want you to know I was greatly inspired by your repair videos on the New Holland. Thank you! I really felt the Lord had me watch that. I’m gonna get on it. I too have decided to start raising hay. I bought a used baler MF 12, the mowing machine, and a New Holland rake, all very used. . Best wishes and thank you for the great video!
I can remember the county and state using sickle bar mowers to mow the sides of the roads. That tic tic tic is a true blast from the past.
Evan, you have more patience than anyone I have seen on TH-cam and like someone once said "Patience and politeness are not person’s weakness. They are reflections of a person’s inner strength". You channel is my favorite
Thanks Evan. I’m also learning. Enjoy your videos
I live fixing old equipment it all was built really well and straightforward. I would reccommend wearing welding gloves and a long sleeve but you already know why you don't need to hear it from me.
That's the same sickle mower my grandpa used on his farm, the only thing I didn't like when I mowed I broke a lot of knives off. I glad that your restoring a old cutter, people don't take the and them up. Can't wait to see the girl in action. Thanks for sharing. Be safe and God Bless
Appreciate your sharing and really taking us alongside for the learning process. I enjoy your and your wife's channel. The variety keeps me coming back. Not being afraid to tackle a job and having skills to get you through to the end is the attitude and spirit that built America and will get us through our present struggles. Blessings...☝🇺🇸🙏💪👉...
Here in the UK,, my Grandad used these+my dad,, the reason they are still around is there so bloody simple,,, very few moving parts,,, bloody great video,,,, 🚜🤠🚜🤠🚜🤠🚜
I was hoping to see it run and it sounded quiet. good job Evan. that old equipment is all you need for your fields.
When your ready to try mowing be sure the cutting bar is at a right angle to the tractor. if not the hay will bind up in the teeth. The teeth and separators should be angled up a few degrees to keep them from digging in to the ground. When you buy replacement knives I recommend the serrated edge type, especially if the field is old. A reseeded field wouldn’t be a issue and smooth knives will work. You’ll need a riveting tool, too. I had all John Deere equipment but they’re almost universal as far as operating. Be careful on even slightly uneven terrain, always try to keep the cutting bar uphill. If its on the downhill side and you try to lift it, you can possibly flip the tractor if you shit the center of balance. I use to keep a sawed off 410 shotgun in a holster on the roll bar, when cutting hay you never know when supper is going to jump out!
Nice and quiet 👌
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When fixing implements it certainly helps being mechanically inclined. I agree that proper lubrication is important too.Hoping it tested okay and you can move on to more equipment. Good video.
Looks like you did a good job on it! I love your honesty about never doing something before and your willingness to give it a shot!
The old and simplest machinery is still often the best!
I bought one of the New Holland 451 mowers new in 1969. It was actually easy to hook up to and I loved the way it cut. I got the rear hitch and pto shaft where I could hook up my hay conditioner behind the mower. The conditioner ran directly behind the tractor and crimped the swath previously cut. The mower served me well until 1975 when I bought a Heston Haybine with a 9' cut. New Holland also built a pull type mower with the same set up only on wheels. Thanks for jogging my memory, nice video.
I really love that you're fixing and using old farm equipment. Here's hoping your first hay cutting goes smoothly!
Great video Evan! I'm impressed with your mechanical skills. Those old farm implements were sure made to last. Can't wait to see you use it!
Caution: always keep fingers facing opposite of cutter bar when manually raising /lowering cutter bar. Knife tends to slip down a tad. Been using mine most of life. Be safe
Great video. I love seeing how machinery works. I used to be a woman that changed her own oil n worked in a machine shop. So I am very mechanically inclined. I can't do that sort of stuff anymore due to health issues but I love watching someone work on stuff. Thanks for this video. It was over n it seemed like it just got started so it wasn't at all long to me. Thanks again.
Evan, you have some old equipment, but i admire the way you work around the age of it and make it work for you and fix what needs fixing and move along to the next project.
You need to get a 3pt disk mower,you won’t ever go back to a sickle mower.Great video tho,I love to see the old equipment getting used!
As always you amaze me with your knowledge and tact for repairing what is needed to be done to the farm and the equipment used there on. The way American Farmers had to do then and now. Hats off to all you guys out there keeping us great.
You have taught us so much. Thanks
You are funny: it may not cut but it will be pretty!
What a journey, I learned so much in this one video. I give it an "A+. This is no ordinary guy he is very sharp, smart, and skillful but his best quality is his humility. I love people like that.I hope he has a good wifey. "Go get those acres Brother"
Very nice work as usual. Spending a day (or a few) restoring old equipment to me is both fun and relaxing. The best part is when you see the finished project work. As they say, "they don't make 'em like that anymore".
Good job Evan, going good on the sickle bar mower. Good fabricating on the hitch and stand. Can’t wait to see you mowing with it. Thanks for sharing with us, Fred.
You only need to use 1 of the upper top link connection points. The one that is part of the mower is an optional mount method. On the left side you will see a ball looking mount and on the optional mount bar there is a round receiver that hooks over the ball. Put that on the ball and lock it down with the installed lever. Then use a standard top link. I can't cut and past but if you scroll through my videos there is one for a NH 451 I bought new in the 90's and finally sold. You can see how I have it hitched to my JD 1050.
Although I will never use one of these it was awesome to watch. I am also glad you paint as you go. One day I hope I see the whole tractor painted!
I saw your old barn I like them memories of a different time! Built to last.
Been waiting for these videos thanks 👍🙂
Nice job seeing what needed fixing and adjusting. I saw this after your video using it the first time. You taught yourself a ton of stuff in these two.
That was fascinating. Usually I prefer carpentry but really enjoyed watching that. Good luck with the mowing
never ending work, but all well worth it
I have confidence in your abilities to make it work
Nice video. It would probably fit better on the case. It should have longer 3 point arms. I like sickle mowers but they can really be a pain sometimes. I’d probably run it with the case if I where you. You should make a video when you are mowing with it.
The Case has the "eagle" hitch, which is a fixed 3 point hitch, no sway, kinda like a quick hitch. And the hitch is 26 inches inside width, which was to narrow to hook up to the sickle bar mower. So I was forced to use the Allis Chalmers.
man does that cycle bar mower bring back some old memories I grew up using one them good job and glad to see it still usable
I've been looking forward to seeing this put into use. Nice work in getting it ready. I have fond memories of my grandfather's using these.
Nice workmanship, Evan. You sure do have a lot of patience. Think it may be cause you value an older pieces of equipment. Looking forward to seeing the New Holland at work.
Thank you Evan. I love mechanical videos.
Looking forward to seeing it used. ☮
Oh the joys of having to work on old equipment. LOL Nice job getting some of those things fixed on the old bar mower. That model of New Holland bar mower looks to be a real pain to hook up compared to the one I have. Stay safe.
Man , I love to watch you fix stuff !
Good video I grew up cutting hay with a John deer number 5 and number 7 cycle bar they were good mowers to use we pulled them with an A John deer tractor thanks for sharing
Really impressed with how you're willing to give everything a shot Evan. Great job.
You should do a review of all your tractors
We had one of those on our farm! I like that you try to fix up and use older equipment 😊❤️
Great Video and lots of fun to watch.
Just bought one of these from an auction as well. Excellent video showing the ins and outs! Wish I had a shop like yours!
I am surprised you can get parts for old tractor’s, but you can always make parts as I did when I worked on airplanes a number of years back. I know you just can’t wait to start cutting that hay.And I am anxious to watch. How’s your garden doing ? God’s blessings.
The garden is coming to life. The sweet corn and green beans are sprouting., as well as the pumpkins and squash. And we should have strawberries soon.
Wow! I really enjoyed seeing you get this fixed. Looks good as new. I can't wait for you to show the baler. I remember spending some super physically demanding days behind one of those.
What a bold concept, try to make things right rather than just slammed together.
Great video Evan! Been a long time since I've seen a sickle bar working! Iooking forward to your next video! God bless!
I just watched your video on burning a stump to get rid of it. I've done this before viewing your video and it does work. It does take patients it's not a one day thing. It's much cheaper than calling in a stump grinder.
I've cut alot of hay with a sickle bar mower.. We used to do about 50 acres of hay a year. I know you said none of the teeth are broken but they should have ribs on the edge of the teeth. If they dont then they should be changed out. Also they might be riveted on but u can buy nuts and bolt at tractor supply specially for those type mowers.. 2nd thing is sometimes the cutting bars can slide down when u pick it up by your hands. Ive known a couple of people that has lost fingers that way. Always use the palm of your hands when lifting it up.. Great video cant wait for hay season...
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You should buy a sandblaster,take that mower apart piece by piece,blast,prime,paint or powdercoat them,replace any worn parts,such as bearings and belts,then put it all back together. You'll have a brand new mower.
A farmer has to be a mechanic as well.👏👏
!😊🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔And fabricator and a painter... Love
Oh !!! Love to see it all painted up and looking pretty, good job with the repairs.
Nice work! Great video. Thanks!
I used to cut many acres of hay fields with a 3 point mower.
Great job of repairing it
Very nice!
Thank you, another great video, I have just spent the last 5 days cutting 5ft grass, here in Portugal.
Another great video. Thank you
Do yourself a big favor and go ahead and get a new belt for the mower. You don't want to be just starting to mow and that belt break without a replacement on hand
I hope the heck you got this New Holland piece for a good price considering how much you had to rework it. I love the way you repurpose and buy used. Shows you are putting your “Ramsey” learning to work. BTW, his offices are a couple of miles away from us here in Franklin, TN. His home is built on a very high hill which overlooks the cities outskirts. Even from a distance it seems a substantially sized “homestead.”
Awesome
Good job. If I may offer some safety tips. Watch your fingers when lifting the sickle bar. Sometimes you can pinch your fingers between the teeth and the knifes. Also put your dogs up when mowing. My family dog lost a leg to a sickle bar years ago. Love you videos.
Good video. I like fix it videos. Nice anvil.
JudithB I have one similar setting by the barn. It worked fine when we bought it 40 yrs ago, so I had no idea how many adjustments, etc! It does not have a stand so we always set it down on cement blocks. I will have to look to see if mine has the tubes when I go feed!! Interesting!
I've got a 7 ft and a 9 ft just like it. Check the side plates over real good on the rocker arms and the knife head bolt. They make 2 different styles depending on how the side plates are made.
I saw your video on cutting small trees with your Stil weed eater brush cutter . I've got a 56C and it does well on weeds just a bit heavy, better if you are your Cheerios that morning because it isn't light!
Has The baler been used recently? My son and I have all our lives been involved in farming...... In the last three years we sold every thing to do with Cotton and Peanuts and converted to growing and processing Hay......It is the only crop that the producer has total control over the value received for the finished product..... We have had such success we bought the machinery to establish 150 more acres... finished the job and sold it to another Hay Producer.....at a profit.. ..... so good luck with your endeavors........
I would think that as you were fitting the mower in the up position had you thought to lower the mower to its working position the original turnbuckle would fit OK, I think the up and down motion would alter the cutting angle...just saying...
Ive got many an hour using one of those, mowing lemon groves in central Florida
Ready to cut hay.!!
Make sure you have some shear bolts for your baler.
Hook that up take off the top link release the two I bolt levers Slide the Yoke up attach it to the back of the tractor top link point hook up the top link lift it and then throw the eyeballs back in and latching down
451s work best on a 3 or 4000 Ford and some of the older Ferguson tractors. Probably have to do something special for that tractor.
Wow, I have a farm about the same size and wish I had your mechanical skills. That was an impressive repair video. Only issue with a cutter bar VS a haybine is you don't have the crusher behind pulling the hay off the cutter. it does a great job but I have found when you get into thick grass, it likes to clog up. stemmy material like your hay that has more long stem timothy or alfalfa, clover etc, it works well. if you get into too thick of crab grass, it doesn't do as well. not as good on wet hay (mourning dew) either.
I been watching you and rebecca a few weeks now and watcher over 40 of your videos so far and i like to know where you GOT that coffee cup i see with you every morning LOL i like to get one.can you give me the place you bought . I like the last video i saw where you harvested all the plants , nice job and im sure you gave alot away. Keep up great work and the hardworker you 2 are a great couple
Hi Just started to watch your videos looks to me like you picked a really nice place to set up home looking forward to seeing the rest of your videos barely scratched the surface on that front looks like you been busy with the camera what made you want to use old machinery I know that farm machines cost loads of money.
or do you just like to tinker around and fix old stuff up and use them on your homestead.?
any way keep up the great work I ll be watching you from the UK. S C UK.
I use old machinery to keep the cost down. And I am not afraid to work on them.
I guess you can buy a replacement belt for the sickle mower being it had been put down for a long period just to be sure.
you need to run the pto shaft rpm higher than the tractor speed
It would be great if you used that case.
You can't get rid of it, you need a second tractor however if you don't use it enough it's going to give you Grief when you do want to use it..
I have cut a million acres of hay with that mower and a Ferguson 35
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Why don't you just cut off that mystical middle thing(well as it turns out you can remove it without cutting) and use the tractors top link as the attaching point of the turn buckle?
Is there not a roller or wheel that is supposed to be on the end of that cycle bar to help support it
You should paint the rest of it
Why didn't you use the longer turnbuckle on the 3 point?
The problem is the after market 3 pt hitch
I was thinking here in europe we do have these hay picking trailers that can pick up lose hay from the ground and collect it I think it might be a better option for small part time farmer like you as it has a lot less moving parts therefore at this age and price range is for sure more reliable option do you even use them in US ? I dont think I have seen any but then I sure do understand the complication handling loose hay vs hay bales
That plate is a Jeep ubolt plate. It is some good tough steel, it will last the life of that mower.
Correction: That's a 9-foot mower!
I just take the legs off mine while mowing.
Sir, where is your Ear Protection??
Get your tape measure looks like a 9’ bar.
It is a 9' bar. You are correct. Good eye.👍
New cutter bars are not made anymore If one breaks then you junk the 455 mower
It came with a spare cutter bar.
Make sure all the animals are out of the way or the sickles will shorten their legs.
The owner of the implement should have paid you to take it off his hands.
Evan keep your hands away from the sickle cutters when possible