I've always loved how a sickle bar lays the grass down so nice. And if the cut grass is thick enough, it can create a mat that keeps the weeds and grass from growing too. I spent a lot of summers mowing the county road right-of-way with a sicklebar and then we "upgraded" (downgraded really) to rotary mowers and then to flail mowers. Nothing works like a sickle bar though!
Just picked up the sears version of this, i'll try to put it on one of my Bolens or Simplicity but if not, i'll just buy me a Sears SS or ST that it was made for originally. i grew up in a city with a 10'x15' yard, i left for the army and college, but came home and bought a house near where i hunted as a kid. Now im a 40 year old kid playing with garden tractor snowblowers, 3 point hitch implements, and stay outside every day. I love it.
em forty Those old cub cadets existed before safety was a concern. It’s also a contributing factor that people have gotten more dumb. If you use it correctly and use common sense you’ll be fine.
My dad had a large collection of vintage equipment. Mostly farming stuff like plows, drags, rakes, a few antique tractors and crawler/dozer's. When I was a teen, I used to roll my eyes when he came home with more 'junk.' Now I find pleasure in tinkering with all of his 'treasures.' Although I'd love to have one of these small sickle bar mowers to fit on my recently acquired 1962 Cub Cadet 124, I'm happy tinkering on his 3 McCormick Deering horse drawn 7 footers, a couple of smaller 2 footers?, and a IH model 100 balanced head sickle bar trailer. Last summer, a family friend gave me a Oliver three point hitch 7' sickle mower after I bought a decent New Holland 68 hayliner square baler from him. And now I have a small collection of lawn tractors and related equipment, haha!
I'm going thru all the Haban sickle bar mower videos I can find, but no one seems to have posted one to show an underbody view of how they are attached. That would really be nice, given I just bought one yesterday for a 1614 Economy Power King tractor , and it's missing the axle mount and does not have the complete drawbar hanger.
We don't have any cattails to try it on, but I have mowed some fairly good size ragweds, and it goes right through them. I suspect it would do the same with cattails. The only problem would be the 4 foot reach. I think most cattails are further out than that.
I've always loved how a sickle bar lays the grass down so nice. And if the cut grass is thick enough, it can create a mat that keeps the weeds and grass from growing too. I spent a lot of summers mowing the county road right-of-way with a sicklebar and then we "upgraded" (downgraded really) to rotary mowers and then to flail mowers. Nothing works like a sickle bar though!
Just picked up the sears version of this, i'll try to put it on one of my Bolens or Simplicity but if not, i'll just buy me a Sears SS or ST that it was made for originally. i grew up in a city with a 10'x15' yard, i left for the army and college, but came home and bought a house near where i hunted as a kid. Now im a 40 year old kid playing with garden tractor snowblowers, 3 point hitch implements, and stay outside every day. I love it.
Haban made some really good stuff. My Cub Cadet 1872 has a Haban 60" deck that leaves an amazing cut and gets the job done really fast.
I've got the Cub Original, Now if I just had the Haban Sickle Mower! Great to see this Cub working. Mine still mows good...
Nice piece of property... a lot of fun toys! Cool videos!
Anyone else find this oddly satisfying???
does the blade stop immediately when you fall on it on a slope or accident ?
em forty Those old cub cadets existed before safety was a concern. It’s also a contributing factor that people have gotten more dumb. If you use it correctly and use common sense you’ll be fine.
Just pulled one of these out if my dads collection and getting ready to fit it on my cc100
My dad had a large collection of vintage equipment. Mostly farming stuff like plows, drags, rakes, a few antique tractors and crawler/dozer's. When I was a teen, I used to roll my eyes when he came home with more 'junk.' Now I find pleasure in tinkering with all of his 'treasures.' Although I'd love to have one of these small sickle bar mowers to fit on my recently acquired 1962 Cub Cadet 124, I'm happy tinkering on his 3 McCormick Deering horse drawn 7 footers, a couple of smaller 2 footers?, and a IH model 100 balanced head sickle bar trailer. Last summer, a family friend gave me a Oliver three point hitch 7' sickle mower after I bought a decent New Holland 68 hayliner square baler from him. And now I have a small collection of lawn tractors and related equipment, haha!
My mother bought one of these for my father's IH Cub tractor back in the
70's I think it was. Haban I believe was bought by Agri-Fab.
That’s one heavy duty riding mower.
I'm going thru all the Haban sickle bar mower videos I can find, but no
one seems to have posted one to show an underbody view of how they are
attached. That would really be nice, given I just bought one yesterday
for a 1614 Economy Power King tractor , and it's missing the axle mount
and does not have the complete drawbar hanger.
If you'll contact me through my website, I'll see if I can get you some pictures.
That is wonderful!!!!!!!!
That is a cool toy. I wish that I had one for my Wheel Horse.
I would love to find one of those around here, south Ga, but i never see them anywhere
Nice job
That’s cool!
After I finish building my lake, I'll be forced to buy a Sickle Bar for my garden Tractor.
VERY COOL!!
Will that cut through cat tails?
We don't have any cattails to try it on, but I have mowed some fairly good size ragweds, and it goes right through them. I suspect it would do the same with cattails. The only problem would be the 4 foot reach. I think most cattails are further out than that.
Where are all the birds going to put their nests? The pond perimeter is great for nesting of waterfowl.
another pond elsewhere
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Not enough rpm's, cut quality is bad. If you don't put it in the pond every once in a while, you are not mowing close enough.