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WD Running a JD no5 Sickle Help |
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ForgivenCreation
Bronze Level Joined: 02 Apr 2024 Location: West Coast USA Points: 57 |
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Posted: 29 May 2024 at 1:31pm |
I just want to run this by yall because I am unsure. Does the WD have enough HP to run a 7 foot JD no.5 Sickle? Also the tractor seems really fast in first and I have been reading that pitman sickles kind of suck / don't like going too fast?
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Les Kerf
Orange Level Joined: 08 May 2020 Location: Idaho Points: 748 |
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My 1941 John Deere Model A on its best day had less horsepower than my Father-in-law's worn-out WD (I have had ample opportunity to run both) and the Johnny Popper pulled the #5 mower just fine. Plus, the WD has that wonderful hand clutch to help you through the tough spots. Go for it!
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Nathan (SD)
Orange Level Joined: 11 Sep 2009 Location: Day County SD Points: 1260 |
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Spent hundreds of hours with a B and a no.5 mower. WD is plenty.
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200Tom1
Orange Level Joined: 03 Jun 2019 Location: Iowa Points: 1202 |
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The first mowing tractor was a wd45 with a #5 JD mower. That mower runs fast. I never broke a pitman stick. We had a spare in the cow barn, years later when a tornado took that huge old barn down, dad sawed it up and burnt it in the wood stove. The mower was sold to a friend of his and the pitman stick went with it.
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Lars(wi)
Orange Level Access Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Permian Basin Points: 7082 |
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A WD should have enough to run a 9ft haybine.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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captaindana
Orange Level Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Location: Fort Plain, NY Points: 2445 |
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Us and neighbors ran 9 foot haybines with wd’s almost wire open throttle in second gear for years.
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Dakota Dave
Orange Level Joined: 12 Sep 2009 Location: ND Points: 3935 |
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I mowed with a 6ft #5 mower on a C for years. A sickle mower with sharp knives and good plates dosen't take much horsepower. In lighter grass I could mow in second in heavy swamp grass I needed to use first. If your having problems odds are your ledger plates are bad or the hold downs need to be tighter. everyone sharpens the sections but sharp sections won't cut with bad ledgers or loose hold downs. it only takes 2 horses to pull a 6' horse mower.
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Ray54
Orange Level Access Joined: 22 Nov 2009 Location: Paso Robles, Ca Points: 4474 |
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I cut many acres with a JD no 5. The most important thing is a sharp knife and good guards on the cutter bar. But I have broke a number of pitman sticks. Probably from rocks and sticks, I have plenty of both.
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KJCHRIS
Orange Level Joined: 21 Dec 2015 Location: WC Iowa Points: 882 |
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It should handle it fine.
I still have the JD #5 my dad bought new pre WW2, it was a manual lift he used it on AC WC & an IH F20. I got it in 1975 on the auction of guy that bought it on dad's farm auction in 1959. I got used parts and made it hydraulic lift, used it on IHC H.
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