Belly-Mount Sicklebar Mower Fitted To Garden Tractor

Belly-Mount Sicklebar Mower Fitted To Garden Tractor FARM HOME Lawn Mowers 31h 38 Claude Peloquin needed a sicklebar mower to mow farm lanes and along ditches and fence lines - places where he couldn’t easily go with a bigger machine So the Quebec farmer mounted an old 4-ft long belly-mount sicklebar mower alongside his 2014 Kioti CS2410 24-hp loader tractor belt-driving it off the tractor’s front pto “It’s a nice little mower for small jobs and didn’t cost much to mount it ” says Peloquin “I have a great view of the mower and the tractor’s 4-WD live pto power steering and hydraulic lift make it easy to operate   “The Haban Cyclo-Mo sickle mower was made in Racine Wis to fit garden tractors of the late 1950’s or early 1960’s ” says Peloquin “I got it from a used car dealer who didn’t know what it was and gave it to me ” Figuring out the parts needed to adapt the mower to the tractor was a challenge says Peloquin “I couldn’t use the gearbox or pto shaft but figured I could attach the mower under the tractor and belt-drive it off the tractor’s mid 2 000 rpm front pto I installed a shaft on two bearings and a 3-in pulley to drive the mower’s 6-in pulley   To attach the mower I installed 2 steel brackets on the front part of the tractor frame and another one close to the rear hitch ” The mower is raised and lowered by cables attached to the tractor’s 3-pt lift arms with 2 pulleys “The mower is designed to operate at 700 to 1 000 strokes per minute which requires the tractor’s engine to operate at 2 000 to 2 500 rpm’s ” says Peloquin “That rpm range allows the tractor’s HST transmission to operate efficiently When I want to mow heavy brush long thick hay   or saplings up to an inch in diameter I increase the engine rpm’s to 2 800 rpm’s There’s a trip mechanism on the sicklebar so if it hits something solid it’ll release backward When I put the tractor’s transmission in reverse the sicklebar clicks back in place ” Peloquin says his total out-of-pocket cost was about $75 “The only parts I bought were two bearings a shaft and pulley and a longer belt ” he notes Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Claude Peloquin 191 rang 3 du Gore Thurso Quebec Canada J0X 3B0 ph 819 427-8479; claupel47@gmail com

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