Can You Cut Thick Hay With A Sickle Bar Mower?

Hey everyone in today's video we are going to answer the age old question, can you cut thick hay with a sickle bar mower? Using the Befco BSB-007 Sickle Bar Mower I think we will have a good chance of getting the job done. I couldn't be more impressed with the way this sickle bar mower handles this crazy heavy hay.
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[@vanderpoolfarmsl.l.c.9983]

A properly maintained sickle bar mower will mow faster than you want to go in most conditions.
Wet, soggy areas are to be avoided as they will clog .
Also if wet windy conditions cause lodging in the wrong direction, mowing can be challenging.
Thank you for the very encouraging video.
Many do not realize how many, many decades of hay has been mowed with a sickle!
Hat's off to our ancestors that rode a sickle bar mower behind a team of horses.
Sorry; but that sounds like a total nightmare!

[@WilliamsonRidge]

Yeah, everyone around here always says get a disc mower, but for the money at the time the sickle mower was the way for me and with my terrain I can’t mow faster than the mower will cut anyway, I always enjoy seeing footage of a horse drawn sickle mower but couldn’t imagine having to use one for hours on end

[@TreeCraftbyAndrew]

That’s fast cutting!
Like a Boss 💪

[@WilliamsonRidge]

It does a nice job

[@raymondwallace1031]

I like that setup

[@khtractors]

Good hay crop! Hit those weed patches with some 2-4D and it will really help. I’d like to have one of those sickles to mow some with my Massey’s. When was this cut?

[@WilliamsonRidge]

Thanks! We sprayed crossbow on it before our second cut and got a lot of it still some spots to spray but it’s looking pretty good, the old sickles I don’t think work quite that well but the ones that have the dual action cutter bars work great, that was cut June 14th I believe, my videos are running a bit behind lol.

[@aussiefarmer8741]

What was the name of the guitar song please. A good bit of hay cutting there, you were really zipping along. Well done

[@WilliamsonRidge]

It doesn’t have a name, it’s just something I made up. Thanks for watching!

[@martyechols5780]

What kind of grass? You still using superlime plus? I used it this year.had a 4 acre field that was all sage grass and now it's 90% good grass

[@WilliamsonRidge]

Mixed grass, mostly fescue, some Timothy, quite a bit of clover but we are spraying for weeds which also is taking out the clover, it’s been a bit over a year since we sprayed Super Lime Plus and couldn’t be happier with the results. 475 bales last spring to right at 900 this spring

[@JM-sr8dr]

What PTO sppped and what gear in (H) OR (L) range do you use for thick hay

[@WilliamsonRidge]

540PTO 2nd gear high range, running between 6 and 7 mph

[@sheilamclaughlin963]

U need to go around the outside

[@WilliamsonRidge]

Thanks for the tip!