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ForgivenCreation 
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 Topic: WD Running a JD no5 Sickle Help
Posted: 29 May 2024 at 1:31pm |
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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
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Posted: 29 May 2024 at 2:05pm |
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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)
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Posted: 29 May 2024 at 2:53pm |
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Spent hundreds of hours with a B and a no.5 mower. WD is plenty.
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200Tom1
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Posted: 29 May 2024 at 9:19pm |
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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)
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Posted: 29 May 2024 at 9:52pm |
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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
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Posted: 30 May 2024 at 4:39am |
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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
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Posted: 30 May 2024 at 7:54am |
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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
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Posted: 30 May 2024 at 10:41am |
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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
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Posted: 30 May 2024 at 11:22am |
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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