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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Tigger85]
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08/02/21 05:50 AM
08/02/21 05:50 AM
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Be_Cam
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East Central Alabama
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Don't think a sickle mower would cut stalks. You need a silage cutter. Cows would be better off with silage anyway. It takes alot of work to make silage, versus what he wants to do. I knew where a John Deere 350 7’ cut was, I’ll see if the guy still has it.
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Jtb51b]
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08/02/21 09:40 AM
08/02/21 09:40 AM
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Posts: 9,111 B'ham
Goatkiller
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14 point
Joined: Jul 2010
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B'ham
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for cutting stalks you need a Silage Cutter. It will be a slow process with a sickle. There are a couple on Craigslist and Bates in Cullman usually has a few there by the interstate. Get one that's belt drive if you get one.
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Jtb51b]
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08/03/21 07:04 PM
08/03/21 07:04 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 982 Hayden AL
Jtb51b
OP
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6 point
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Posts: 982
Hayden AL
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I only have 11 rows about 300 feet long. My idea was to cut them NOW, right after the corn has been picked, one or two rows at a time and feed them immediately and whole. Thought I would cut them with a sickle mower, then kind of grub them up with a grapple bucket and dump them in the pasture. They really like the corn shucks and short cobs, and I have read that they will eat the whole stalk with good results. First time trying it so who knows. I was thinking a sickle would also be handy for banks ETC so not a total waste.
Jason
Also, just and FYI my corn stalks are very thin this year. Corn was GREAT, but the stalks are short and spindly. I would guess no more than half an inch thick at the place I would be cutting.
Last edited by Jtb51b; 08/03/21 07:06 PM.
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Jtb51b]
#3455899
08/03/21 08:47 PM
08/03/21 08:47 PM
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Joined: Oct 2017
Posts: 742 East Central Alabama
Be_Cam
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4 point
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It’ll work fine for what you are doing. The one I had lined up didn’t pan out. If you find one try to get a New Holland 450 or 451 or a John Deere 350. Lots of parts still available for them. I do know where a haybine is. It’s a international 1190, it’s a mower conditioner with a sickle bar. 9’10” cut I think.
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Jtb51b]
#3455961
08/03/21 09:56 PM
08/03/21 09:56 PM
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Joined: Oct 2015
Posts: 6,420 Pelham Al
Tigger85
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Figured he was trying to make green chop. i cut some one time and ran through a wood chipper, they cleaned the trailer that I was blowing it on.
Last edited by Tigger85; 08/03/21 09:57 PM.
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Jtb51b]
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08/04/21 01:49 PM
08/04/21 01:49 PM
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Posts: 3,094 Birmingham, AL
Wade
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Posts: 3,094
Birmingham, AL
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I think he will have a hard time counting to 10 if he buys a sickle mower. Just guessing here...
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Re: SIckle mower
[Re: Wade]
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08/04/21 03:56 PM
08/04/21 03:56 PM
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Joined: Nov 2016
Posts: 982 Hayden AL
Jtb51b
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Hayden AL
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I think he will have a hard time counting to 10 if he buys a sickle mower. Just guessing here... Sure hope not! Thank god for cab tractors to keep fingers safe! FYI I am using the snot out of that big finish mower I got from you. It does a great job! Should have bought the nice one tho, I bet I have more in this ugly one that I would have if I had just bought the good one! Jason
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