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| I went from a JD 1209 sickle bar moco to a JD 926 disk moco and would definitely recomend the disk moco. I ran the sickle mower nicely with a 60 hp tractor and could probably get by with 40 hp. I run the disk moco with a 100 hp tractor because it is too much for the 60 hp tractor. For me to do the same job I'm using almost twice as much fuel. The benefit is you can mow more acreage in less time. If the hay is standing and your knife is good the sickle mower will cut better otherwise they are about equal. It's alot easier to replace blades on the disk moco than to deal with sections, guards, hold down clips, wear plates, and the pickup real. The only thing I don't like about the JD 926 is that the conditioning rolls are relatively narrow so I have to run a tedder afterwards to spread the hay out to the full width for drying. The NH conditioning rolls are quite a bit wider so I would assume it would spread the hay wider but I've never run one myself. | |
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sycle type mower vs discbine
