Mowing the Pond Dam and Hay field with Sickle bar mower. Of course something needs fixed afterwards

Today we are going to mow down some tall weeds with the sickle bar mower.
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[@Bex-rg8pj]

As the youngest of 5 growing up on a large farm, brings back many memories!

[@jimbucher1049]

It's great how you figure out how to fix your breakdowns...Great welding job, too ! You seem to stay real calm when you have a problem...Just great to watch you and listen how you plan to get all going. Be careful and just waiting for your next video....Really enjoy your videos...Thank You !

[@karenexner7284]

The Sickle Bar is such a simple tool............yet it's so peaceful to watch it in action.

[@roscoejones4515]

Glad you're still getting some use out of the sickle bar, you've put so much work into it.👍

[@sroberts605]

Absolutely! Like seeing an old friend. Did an excellent job on that hayfield, and a good fix for the lifting.

[@michelehumann811]

Congrats on fixing the mower blade thing ....... it's a good day when you go home with grease LOL 😂😂😂😂

[@southronjr1570]

One of my dads favorite childhood memories were he and his father were mowing hay on our hay field with a sickle bar mower. When Grandpa would get about half way through with the field, he would get my dad and while my dad rove the tractor, Grandpa would ride on the fender shooting rabbits and snakes that had retreated towards the center of the hayfield where the grass was still tall. That night they would have rabbit stew or fried rabbit for dinner. My brother now has Grandpas shotgun that they used.

[@jobygochoco2731]

so gratifying watching the sickle bar do the pond dam....

[@philipnelson3384]

Sounds like me, always fixing something. My daughter has even called me 'fix it Phil' and bought me a shirt that says mr. fix it. Love your videos.

[@darellsunderlin4670]

We cut hay ,alfalfa, and native with one for years . Dad let them bring a swather and baler down from the implement dealer in town but we never bought any . We stayed with the sickle bar and stacked it loose .

[@letartcircuitrider118]

Another great video, the pond is clearing up pretty well. Stay “Farmer Strong” in your efforts.

[@cootason]

Brilliant way to clean up around the lake and doesn't toss it all into the water either.

[@mimicolvin3200]

Evan you are awesome at fixing your equipment. You figured out the problem and you fix it. Who could ask for more. Dirty job sometimes but it was worth it. You saved money by doing it yourself. Way to go Evan!!

[@drknockers5716]

You put out good information thank you

[@andyrobinson339]

When you were fixing the sickle bar you had a good bit of grease smeared on your elbow....I thought well good for him, a bit of elbow grease always helps!

[@gerryspang5917]

The sickle bar is a good idea, but I agree a shorter bar would be better in the driveway. Cheers my friend.

[@exploringtheoutdoors9476]

Something that really works well for mowing like that is a off set flail mower

[@gitatit4046]

You're right ETO. An offset flail mower would work great on that drive. Maybe not long enough for the pond dam.

[@coyotiess]

Way better is like more better!

[@bobjoncas2814]

good one, keep safe..

[@mountainson8688]

I had a 4' Haban sickle mounted on a '69 Gilson 12hp garden tractor... Man, but that was the bees knees for clearance mowing around the shops and down the driveway edges... Years later, finally lost the crankshaft on that haban, and couldn't get the part... the tractor is with me still.

[@jakeschisler7525]

I usually have to fix a problem before I fix the problem i started with. Glad you got the sickle bar fixed

[@waderue]

welcome to farm life you are always fixing something

[@bduncan9724]

I have a 10ft land pride bush hog with a wing on one side. Works great on ditches

[@timadamany]

Evan, have you considered pouring a concrete pad to place your implements on? It would keep them out of the weeds, and moisture, and extend the life of your equipment. Love the channel!

[@ericsoto6467]

Great job on the repair, looks much better!

[@WhoDaBoss-dc4or]

They're expensive, but you need an offset flail mower. 😀

[@elainecrawford6891]

And you work a 40-hour/week job... quite impressive work ethic and discipline.

[@ithacacomments4811]

A man in my county rolled his tractor into his pond while mowing around it.

[@craigstewart6879]

I'll smoke one whitcha

[@jimmason5738]

Good job. Pond looks much better.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Good job Evan, glad things went well with the sickle bar mower plus you found a problem and fixed it before the next cutting. Stay safe and keep up the good work and fun. Fred.

[@kevincameron8437]

Awesome drone footage of cutting clover. Thanks for sharing

[@williamarmstrong8457]

The pond is looking better

[@vickiemeisinger9632]

Evan I really like it that you fix things and I like it that you laugh while you fix things because I think attitude is everything!! I love it that you can figure out what’s wrong and that you can also solve problems fairly quickly and go right back to what you’re doing within a days time it’s not sooner!!! I love your videos and I find them so enjoyable❣️❣️ this video was very enjoyable as you cut along the ditches and across the dam and then you went back after you fix things and went out into the Cloverfield which was so beautiful and I think the reason it was looking so nice even though you were only cutting a couple of inches is because fall has set in and the weather is different and thereby allowing the plants to dry out in the afternoon and lay down more so than in the spring and early summer when you have moisture when you have you on the ground… What do you think? Also I learn a lot when you fix things and you show it with your camera very well!! You have great photography as you film the Footage and it is really nice so thank you for everything♥️♥️😊

[@petergielen5905]

Thx for sharing this nice video! You're someone who can repaer anything I believe !!! Great job ! Greetings from Belgium ;-)

[@sandraengstrand2784]

Pond is looking great!! Mowing on the farm is not for the faint of heart!! 👍🏻🫣🙈

[@theburnhams2925]

Thanks for sorting the vagueness of the noble sickle-bar mower for (with) us Evan! Excellent "job" on the dam brush; it was so thick it wouldn't even fall over when cut...! Missed Rebecca this time...

[@vianestrujillo7184]

I’m not sure if I’m the only one but I’ve always hated mowing. My dad had the identical nh451. Always plugging and jammed. Bought a Massey Ferguson disc mower- best thing ever

[@exploringtheoutdoors9476]

Love the vids keep up the hard work🎉 I have been watching for a long time 😊

[@debbiethompson9029]

Love that tractor

[@bryanlloyd1099]

That was awesome to watch!!

[@bevnelson3678]

Awesome Even. Good to get things fixed ready for the next job.

[@hollandduck79]

Hello from the Netherlands and thanks for the video. Sincerely, Hollandduck

[@teenagefarmer]

Great video great work Evan. Your welds look fine. I've seen all of the videos that you made about the sickel bar and that is definitely the best that that sickel bar has ran. Thanks for sharing and stay safe.

[@terrycastor8299]

I have plans to put some white rock down to park might equipment on. I think I'm going to put down some landscaping fabric and maybe even some cardboard under that to block the weeds before I apply the rock.

[@JoeBJones]

The family farm of ours has lots of equipment grown up with weeds. Working on that project now!

[@jlf5072]

It made a good job on the pond dam Evan

[@davidsmathers5621]

Hey evan just a thought I would try putting a 6" lawn mower wheel on the end of the sickle bar

[@PurpleCollarLife]

It was a good experiment. You don’t know until you try.

[@maxinerose6664]

Have you considered put your equipment in the old blue barn where you put some of your hay bales. The sun,rain & sun can do a lot of damage to the belts on that baler. Keeping the equipment dry make everything last a lot longer and less repairs.

[@denanyr]

Alll that ragweed is making sneeze!

[@alanvaleandthelazyfarmer1930]

The tool you want is always at the back. 😁

[@513coneyslinger]

Your drone footage is so good.

[@clintellis4636]

I live my dream of having a farm through this channel. I love the mechanical type videos the best. Keep it up.

[@stevenpage3311]

Good Job Evan 🤙

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Great fix, it worked so good you may cut hay next time

[@dwaynekoblitz6032]

At least you didn't have tractor issues. That's the heart of the operation. Thank your sponsor unless you don't need to I guess. Glad the sickle bar worked so good. It was very enjoyable to watch. Hope the grass rockets up!

[@ronniewalker2881]

Good 👍 job man

[@darindougherty9341]

I saw the grease when you were working on the mower and at first thought it was a tattoo.

[@garrydonnelly6433]

Good job.

[@cliffblackburn8102]

Good show bro! 💯

[@bradleyfore]

On the cable on the sickle--try it without moving the bolt on the end of the cable next time you mow the dam. IIRC, that system is designed to let the bar extend "down" like you're wanting it to if the 3-point hitch is lowered, then make the bar raise up high on the end when you raise the 3-point, like yours is doing.

[@bassbustingman]

a day full of woops, learning the hard way sucks! That's is going to be me in another 7 years.

[@loganh6736]

Great job on the welds you could have spent other hour or two Gerri t the torch out heating up the bend straightening it out then you’d have to line up those pulleys again more time spent. Next time when time and money allows pull out the disk push out the top soil and put down fabric and rock to set your employment on

[@BRI33NOR]

Maybe look around for a used shorter bar and knife, even an old one 1⃣ almost scrapped mower. Just for difficult areas like this one

[@cjandjoannegodkin3787]

Great video. Love you all brother. God bless.

[@sharonallen805]

Evan I noticed your pond is free from all the duck weed. It work.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

Thank you

[@vacone1]

Hard to tell but the board looks to need more of an angle. Should roll cut grass 8 to 10” in order to have clear path for drive shoe.

[@Dan-qy1rg]

Good job at cleaning the dam. I used a sickle cutter on my farm the first few years, then I bought a mower conditioner. The sickle I had was a 7 foot Ford and it was a real bear to operate. I did more adjusting and section replacements than you can imagine. Went through several pitman arms, I just got tired of working on the old thing. Great video, enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing and have a great week.

[@jameslocke3069]

You don't want to cut all the way to the pond. Those plants hanging over the water's edge provide habitat for insects and small lizards which in turn benefit the fish in the pond.

[@toddcaskey9984]

The sickle bar worked better today than ever before. Didn't clog

[@georgedavidson1221]

Looks like it works great on dam

[@whitby910]

Congratulations on your 100K subscribers. Wholesome, genuine and easy to the eye and on the mind! Thank you.

[@EC4400]

Evan, you are like the energizer bunny, you keep going and going. Another great vlog.

[@brianzimmerman2942]

outside end of cutter bar should be swept forward about 3 or 4 inches ahead of the head by the tire. Your lift looks almost correct. buy a owners manual. Lots of tech info in it. saved me a lot of grief.

[@bay9876]

The sickle bar repair seems to be the same story if new or old for all farmers. A great joy to farming when everything goes well with machinery.

[@walterchapman2884]

I'm proud of you both and the job you've done congratulations on the award!

[@ronaldlee2376]

I cringed when you mowed edge of driveway. #57 gravel eats mower sections. I mowed 3/4 mile of roadside in late summer, not realizing how much gravel was in its path due to snowplowing previous winter. Replaced all sections & never did that again.

[@timryan1789]

Nice

[@jglenbright1215]

Every hour in the field you can count on three in the shop. Good job

[@crockadilemick]

With your weed problem I would consider some herbicide used correctly. You would need a good sprayer.

[@cathyblasco4497]

Pond looks good...

[@robertlong7033]

Almost enough there to bale it. Clover hay if it doesn't get rained on makes good value hay. BTW. There should be a pair of sled like runners underneath the mower that makes hooking up easier along with reducing the stress on the mower picking it up and down. Might help explain why that brace was breaking off.

[@CountryViewAcres]

They are stands, but you pin them up out of the way when you mow. They don't sled.

[@howdyshaun6139]

I would love to be able to use a sickle bar at our place... Far too many rocks though :( Looks very nice once you've used a sickle on the clover.

[@georgedavidson1221]

Glad to see the cycle mower worked for you

[@theburnhams2925]

however, if you ever tried a "offset flail mower" you'd sell that sickle (as "slick" as they are, especially after your investment in the implement...) you'd never go back to any kind of reciprocating "cutter-bar" type of mower. Expensive, but smooth.

[@dalewallace8203]

When I was younger I helped cut and rake hay with a cycle bar mower and a pto driven rake there was something calming about watching the grass fall over the cycle bar and raking it up into wind rows when all the equipment was working right

[@clifforddgreen1296]

The brakes on the welds are because you don't take good care of your equipment instead of having it all outside get you a lean-to or something and put it under weather which will help preserve a lot of that metal

[@michaelkobeck3577]

That bracing is supposed to be in line with your attachment frame

[@KrazyKajun602]

put down some wide landscape fabric, then limestone on top. I would spray first. to put your attachments on.

[@1ruralmailman]

evan dont know if anyone ever mentioned to you when you run a sickle mower make sure it has at least 1-1.5 inches of lead on teh far tip of the bar.that is what keeps a sickle mower from plugging in tall heavey grass.i know how you mention every time you get this out how bad of an experience it is,thought this might help.otherwise as always a nice video to watch.

[@01Mattman69]

I have those same trees on my property! The “I’ll cut them down next year” variety. They’re about 3 years older now. 😂

[@tonymcveigh8789]

Remember to disconnect the battery when you weld on the tractor so you don’t blow your electric

[@jamesmorrison1884]

Hello Evan good video isn't there a adjustment on your arms on the 3 point hook up? Cutting the weeds sure makes a difference. Have a great day.

[@travismeccariello]

Glad you held on to the sickle bar. I’m bad about selling something once I buy a better piece of equipment to replace it. You’re inspiring me to return to my hoarding ways!

[@andrewmaiden3738]

Could you find a way to let the goats graze the drive and pnd dam? Lots of free food for them!!!

[@williamgreen4757]

Rework that cyclebar mower this winter Evan.

[@wowblackhawk]

We just started a 5 acre hay field this spring. Seems to be doing good, we’ve had a really mild weird and cold spring. Luckily most the grass is winning, but we’ve done two maintenance cuts so far to knock the fast growing weeds down. Sadly no low cutters on the property yet, so we just got the brush hog out. Any tips and pointers would be greatly appreciated.

[@davidhood5269]

Could you show how you hook up the 451 also how you sharpen the knife section. I owned one of these units and it was just frustrating and time consuming to use. My idea was to use the cutter bar in the same manner that you are utilizing.

[@shamrock56gargan96]

Farmer I worked for hayed w a sickle bar mower

[@brianzimmerman2942]

If you have an equipment salvage yard nearby, I would buy a new upper frame that isn't broken up so bad.