Sickle Bar This sickle bar mower worth anything?

[lynxpilot]

I'll try to attach photos. Previous owner of my property left a lot of junk. I'm desperate for some haying equipment and it costs a lot more than I expected. One thing he left was a sickle bar mower. I'm trying to figure out who makes it and if I'd likely be able to buy parts. It's missing the cutter attachment (which was in the junk pile down in the pasture rotting away and rusted with holes. Appears to be unuseable).

Anybody recognize it? Manufacturer? Parts available?

Thanks in advance.

Dave

 

[lynxpilot]

HERE is a link to where I put it on my home page. Still uploading other photos.

CM-240, whoever makes that. It's missing the whole blade assembly from the flange out. The guard is on the ground next to the piece I've shown. Hydraulic hose needs replacement, which is no big deal, but the entire blade assembly is what concerns me.

Can anybody identify it and point me toward a vendor who might be able to supply replacement parts?

Thanks

 

[Harv]

Dave -

Not sure what happened there, but if you had trouble attaching the photo, you might want to review this section of the FAQ page. First time's always the hardest. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Oops! Looks like we were posting at the same time. Your picture looks good. Now if you can just find a way to downsize it to maybe 640 x 480 you'll be all set. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif

 

[HayDR]

lynxpilot,
This looks like a Kverneland product. Kverneland owns the Greenland Group, Vicon is one of these MFG's. A CM240 is almost a 8' mower. We can not see from you link if it is a single action or double action mower but we can see the sickle cutterbar in the leaves on the far right of the picture. I'd guess single action. Given the number of these units sold and the parts availability I would value this mower for $500 or less. You likely would be better served with a used domestic MFG sickle bar mower. If you want double action mower there are plenty of used ones available because they are trading for the newer technology drum and disc mowers.

 

[sweettractors]

From the picture, This actually looks like a Disc Mower to me. Do you have pictures of the cutterbar?--Ken Sweet

Sweet Farm Equipment LLC *Over 30 Used Sickle Bar Mowers in Stock Priced from $395 to $1095*

 

[thcri]

What does it say on the name tag??

 

[lynxpilot]

Tag was pretty worn except for 'made in Netherlands' or something like that. I couldn't find the manufacturer on it anywhere. I'll try again on the picture upload.

 

[lynxpilot]

Last photo was the flange where the cutter (missing) hooks up and that's the part that will make or break whether it's worth keeping or not. I'll need to replace the cutter. Everything else turns and appears to be at least minimally functional. I'll try another photo.

 

[lynxpilot]

Last one. Apologize for the camoflage. It's what I assume is a guard for the cutter.

In summary, my question of 'worth' is: is it worth buying a replacement cutter? I knew you would have to buy replacement blades, but the whole shebang is another story. I just don't want to pump in more money than a used one is worth.

Again, thanks.

Dave

 

[pekabu]

Not that I am all that knowledgable about these things, but with the updated pictures I have to agree with Sweet that this looks more like a discmower. Check out CCM's post for a picture of one. I wonder why it's all apart? I would guess something broke and either they never got to fixing it, or the cost was prohibitive.