41B, Big 4 mower, hay cutting 2020

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[@crslyrn]

Pretty cool / impressive to see the old horse drawn sickle bar mower still working. Thanks for the ride along. Stay safe.

[@martinbenton742]

Thank you for watching! I'm happy some enjoyed it. 97 degrees and higher the last few days. The hay really dried down. Thank you again!

[@wemedeeres4105]

I cut a lot of hay with a 49 A and a number 37 John Deere mower in my younger days, when you weren’t racing the rain it was a peaceful job!

[@PrairieSunsetRanch]

Awesome watching that ole sickle mower chop er down beautifully.👍 So cool 😎. Beautiful looking hay as well. Cheers 🍻 Martin.

[@martinbenton742]

Thank you for watching! It clatters so loud, and the wind blowing so hard, you can't hear the tractor running. Lol

[@shaneholst6940]

That was cool don't see many sickle mowers any more especially ground driven ! Thanks for sharing Martin hopefully you get it made before the rain comes !👍😁

[@martinbenton742]

Thank you Shane! It has been long hot days. 97-100+ degrees. It can rain now. We finished tonight. Stay tuned, I've got a "guess the number of bales" coming up!

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

We used an oak 4x4 as a tung with steel plates on top and on the bottom to allow us to use hitch pins on our rake and manure spreader, both with steel wheels.

[@martinbenton742]

@scrambler69-xk3kv there was a wood 4x6 for a tongue on this. It rotted and broke. So far, this 3 inch channel is working but I'd like to go back to wood.

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

Nice drying weather anyway!!! The wind has been unusually high here for the last five years or so.. hasn't been too bad lately.. I'm sure as soon as I start cutting hay, it will stop.. then pick up when we're trying to bale.. I watched about three tons of windrows get swept away a few years ago.. luckily it made it up and over the trees, across the road and back into our other field😎👍 The one that I'd already raked😠

[@martinbenton742]

It blew like hell while mowing and yesterday while raking. Severe storms in the forcast today. Why would it rsin, I've got hay on the ground and a baler that isn't working!

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@martinbenton742 lol.. that's when it rains, gives you more time to fix the baler..

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

@@martinbenton742 the battle with machine and mother nature...

[@GosselinFarmsEdGosselin]

I made it!!! Finally got my phone back from power director and KZbin 😎👍

[@meradu2]

Nice to c this old sickle working 👍 Thank you for shearing

[@martinbenton742]

It still works great. Thank you for subscribing!

[@Thomasfarmstn]

This one came up on my suggestions. Before I started watching you. Pretty cool ground driven mower. The Amish use them here.

[@martinbenton742]

For some reason I lost a handful of our haying videos that were up. Some had over 350 views. This Big 4 JD mower was my grandpa's. It works really well.

[@lfeco]

Cut many miles of road ditches with a rig just like this. Always seemed to work better into the wind.

[@martinbenton742]

Definitely!

[@jerrywhite9778]

That seat on the mower was mine when I was a kid helping dad

[@mikevogel8698]

Simple yet so effective. Is it wrong to take joy in something that we use for extrinsic value?

[@martinbenton742]

We really miss having ground to use our equipment on. I don't know what happened to 6+ other videos, (mowing, raking, and baling), they got removed or something. You are correct Mike!

[@AgWildNebraska]

Sings right along. Darn wind

[@martinbenton742]

It really blew hard. But sure helps in drying. Rain in the forcast and naturally I'm having baler issues! I'm busting hump to get it off before it rains.

[@kennyc7651]

Awesome 👍

[@martinbenton742]

Stay tuned Kenny! I've got a "guess the number of bales" give a way.

[@Murphyslawfarm]

G'day Doc very cool video.

[@martinbenton742]

Thank you Murphy my man! Wish you were here to help! 97 degrees F and wind from hell last two days..

[@Murphyslawfarm]

@@martinbenton742 If i was there i would help you out Doc.

[@martinbenton742]

@@Murphyslawfarm she's been a hot dry few days. 97-100+ degrees with 25 mph wind. Stay tuned for a "guess the number of bales" give a way!

[@Murphyslawfarm]

@@martinbenton742 Will do Doc

[@wademcwhirter5158]

Do you use the old horse drawn rake to windrow your hay?

[@martinbenton742]

I don't have a horse drawn rake. Ours is a model 894, I think, side delivery. Thank you very much for watching and commenting!

[@timnewman1172]

I have one... they made a set of faster gears to pull behind a tractor plus a rope trip to raise the bar from the tractor seat, I would love to find those parts!

[@martinbenton742]

I didn't know that. This was my grandpa's. I spent many hours riding it when I was a kid. Unfortunately, we no longer have any ground to be cut. Still have the mower and tractor though.

[@GeigerFarm]

How does the bar lift?

[@martinbenton742]

There is a foot operated lever on the right, below the seat, that is an aid in lifting, plus a long pull bar on the right for hand. I'll do a short video on it. We are trying to beat the severe storms coming in today. The hay is still on the ground.

[@GeigerFarm]

Martin Benton 😳 good luck!

[@waterfowlspringer]

I am willing to put up with a lot wind noise to get to watch a B cut hay. I could watch this for hours. The big down side to it is not really hearing the B pop.

[@martinbenton742]

Exactly! Between the wind and clatter of the sickle bar, you can't hear the tractor!