I&J sickle bar mower

[Anonymous]

I am thinking of buying an I&J sickle bar mower and was wondering if anyone here has used one, owned one, owned one and wished they hadn’t, etc. I know they are designed a little bit differently than the McD and other mowers of that era and wondered how well this newer design works. Any, and all comments are welcome. Thanks, John

[Gabe Ayers]

Look on Jason Rutledge’s FB page for video. He just got one last summer and has posted a few videos of it in use. They seem to like it quite a bit. Kevin

[Anonymous]

Thanks Kevin, I will check out Jason’s Facebook page. John

[blue80]

We received shipment on a couple 9 ft. mowers late this fall, have spent maybe 20 hrs. mowing. Really like them, though have had no support with regards to adjustments, setup, things to watch out for , etc.

Will keep you posted, as I know more.

[Ridge]

We have 2 I&J mower’s. We have done a lot of mowing with them. My wife and I both mow at the same time. They are the best mower that we have ever owned.We mowed about 100 acres each with the mowers last summer. I did have to modify both mowers some after we got them. I did not like the weight they put on the forecart tongue so modified the mowers some to alleviate that.

[Barw]

Did you have the mower with the mounted engine driven used it with the PTO forecart?

[Anonymous]

blue80 & Ridge, I haven’t seen any real good close up pictures of the bar and sickle, I know it is a “dual action” setup where both pieces move, I just can’t envision how it works in my head. I haven’t seen one in person, just pictures on the internet. Anything that you haven’t liked about the mowers?

Also I was thinking using their setup with the small pto cart, blue80 is this the setup you are using with 9 ft mowers? I’m wondering what length to get 7′ or 9′ for use with the pto cart.

Thanks,

John

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