Model 11sickle mower.

[Saskfarmhand]

I have a jd 11 sickle mower. Works great in the field but have broke 2 pitman arms trying to cut the ditch. Is this a bad mower for ditches that arent flat. What is a good sickle mower for this?

 

[JD15302155870]

I too have a JD sickle mower with the pitman arm. I don't think the pitman arm will allow cutting down into a ditch or up a bank without breaking. I know mine won't. I also have a MF model 39 that doesn't have the pitman arm. It works great cutting down or up a relatively steep slope. I bought mine several years ago for $100. It had a 4" cedar tree growing through the middle of it that I had to cut to free the mower. I don't know how long it had been there but I greased it very well and it's worked great ever since. I use it for cutting the front side of the dam on my lake right down to the water line.

 

[Ed of all trades]

Any mower that has a pitman arm won't work on anything but flat ground. If you want to do a ditch you need belt drive at the end of the cutter bar.