John deere number 4 mower with "curler"

[blue80]

I have a lead on a 5′ mower with curler. Needs new pitman, tongue, grass board and a grease and oil.
It comes with a “curler” to windrow the material. Can anyone tell me how well the curler works or if it is better just to rake separately. I mostly want to use this to cut windrow and burn dead growth fallow ground before plowing….

Thanks, Kevin

[Rivendell Farm]

I’m not sure what you mean by a curler, but I have seen a device for windrowing clover that pulls behind a sickle bar mower. It’s used on second cutting clover to make small windrows. These are then run through a combine to harvest the seed. It’s made of a series of springy, flat, bent metal strips that look something like the fingers of a hand lying on its back. Kind of hard to describe. I doubt it could handle a crop of any significant height. Bob

[blue80]

Thanks Bob, the ad listing the piece describes it having a “curler to windrow material while cutting” and I couldn’t find info on this. I will recheck the pics he sent but it doesn’t seem to have any special equipment on the mower except the grass board is quite long….

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