Aktiv sicklebar mower parts?
Jan Flora
Sweden? I'm trying to find parts for our seven foot, 3 point mower.
Can't find anything on Google or Dogpile.
I'm hoping for an American or Canadian parts source. I really love this
mower and want to keep it in service. Any suggestions? Does anyone know
of a parts house that carries off-brand or obscure stuff?
Thanks,
Jan in Alaska
Mr.Smartypants
Ask Aktiv Fisher where they have dealerships close to you.
Jan Flora
<d1ebe000-0807-495d...@a70g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
"Mr.Smartypants" <anyb...@canada.com> wrote:
I can't find them. I don't think the company is in business anymore.
Ann
Looks like that is the case, although it could just be that Google doesn't
do many Swedish web sites. All I found is that it is spelled Aktiv
Fischer and their main claim to fame in the English-speaking world
apparently was the Snow Trac. Which might explain how the mower found its
way to Alaska. Was the Snow Trac ever popular enough to have dealers that
might have given the company's farm equipment a try too?
Jack Hunt
>All I found is that it is spelled Aktiv
>Fischer and their main claim to fame in the English-speaking world
>apparently was the Snow Trac.
Google "Aktiv mower". You're not going to find a dealer in Alaska but you can
still get some parts.
--
Jack
Ann
Where? I did as you suggested and did find a used mower-conditioner and a
company in Turkey that manufactures after-market knives, but that was it.
Jan Flora
Ann <nntp...@epix.net> wrote:
We've been putting John Deere knives on it and they fit.
Sheldon
Well, then problem solved.
What do you mean by "knives"? Is this a 7' 3 point hitch rear rotary
mower... if all you need are new *blades* most any agri implement
dealer can help you... blades are typically universal... all you need
do is bring in a blade and they will match it up by length and
mounting hole diameter... there really aren't all that many
configurations. The only difficult part is in having the abilty to
remove the blades... since they are self torquing and become tighter
as they're used you will probaby need a pneumatic impact tool for
removal, a fairly large one to accept that size socket.
I have a 7' Befco... if you click on the Options link you will see the
various blade choices to consider, I use the mulching blade.
Mr.Smartypants
> Jan Flora <snows...@xyz.net> wrote:
>
> > We've been putting John Deere knives on it and they fit.
>
> Well, then problem solved.
>
> What do you mean by "knives"?
Rotary mowers aren't very good for making hay. The "knives" she refers
to is a sickle bar knife that moves back and forth laterally and cuts
the hay.
Jan Flora
<04bd9f7c-b3f1-4b83...@y38g2000hsy.googlegroups.com>,
Sheldon <PENM...@aol.com> wrote:
It's a sickle bar mower.
The closest ag equipment store to us is about 300 miles away and
gasoline is $5.04/gallon here this week. Which is why we buy all of our
parts from the store formerly known as Central Tractor by mail order.
We use sickle bar mowers because they work well with our old, low
horsepower tractors and steep hay meadows. The mower on our 1953 John
Deere Model M is getting a little weary, so the Aktiv has been our main
mower for a few years now.
The SO and I team-mow. With him on the JD with a 6'cutterbar and me on
the Ford 800 with a 7'cutterbar, our side delivery rake makes cleaner
windrows and when we team-mow a meadow, we sort of race each other and
we can drop a hell of a lot of grass in a hurry. Besides, it's fun to
work together.
Jan
Sheldon
> On Jul 20, 7:14�am, Sheldon <PENMAR...@aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Jan Flora <snows...@xyz.net> wrote:
>
> > > We've been putting John Deere knives on it and they fit.
>
> > Well, then problem solved.
>
> > What do you mean by "knives"? �
>
> Rotary mowers aren't very good for making hay. The "knives" she refers
> to is a sickle bar knife that moves back and forth laterally and cuts
> the hay.
Oh, like a giant power hedge trimmer that shears with multiple scissor
blades... hay was never mentioned, or any usage for that matter...
yes, it would have been clear had the OP siad what this mower
apparatus was used for... there are so many agri tools that do the
same job by different cutting methods... I've used reciprocating
sicklebars to mow brush, I've used rotary brush hogs to mow brush. I
wasn't sure because the Subj. included both sicklebar and mower...
and is why I asked what was meant by "knives". A sicklebar uses
shearing blades, a rotary mower uses rotary blades. I've never heard
mower blades refered to as knives. I've never heard sicklebar blades
refered to as knives. Sorry for the confusion.
Befco makes all kinds of hay equipment too:
http://www.befco.com/products/hayequipment/sicklebar.html
Steve IA
news:snowshoe-18FCE3...@prawn.nwc.acsalaska.net:
>
> We've been putting John Deere knives on it and they fit.
Jan,
You might ask Valu-bilt (Central Tractor)
http://www.valu-bilt.com/tractor_pro.php
if they can cross reference specific parts. Good luck
Steve
rjma...@yahoo.com
>
> It's a sickle bar mower.
>
> The closest ag equipment store to us is about 300 miles away and
> gasoline is $5.04/gallon here this week. Which is why we buy all of our
> parts from the store formerly known as Central Tractor by mail order.
>
> We use sickle bar mowers because they work well with our old, low
> horsepower tractors and steep hay meadows. The mower on our 1953 John
> Deere Model M is getting a little weary, so the Aktiv has been our main
> mower for a few years now.
>
> The SO and I team-mow. With him on the JD with a 6'cutterbar and me on
> the Ford 800 with a 7'cutterbar, our side delivery rake makes cleaner
> windrows and when we team-mow a meadow, we sort of race each other and
> we can drop a hell of a lot of grass in a hurry. Besides, it's fun to
> work together.
>
> Jan- Hide quoted text -
>
And sickle bar mowers work great as they don't suck up and throw
rocks,etc. They aren't so great if there are lots of trees and other
obstacles
in the pastures.
Randy
Ann
They're still the mower of choice along the roads here because they're the
most practical way to mow steep banks.
Jim
> rjmacres wrote:
reading along in this thread has brought back to my mind the ordeal of
two years ago when I replaced the cutter on the John Deere 213 combine
head. it was as all things in this physical life usually go. I'd finally
found the correct relationships between the internal settings of the combine
and was riding along thinking how nice it was not to be throwing beans out
the back due to improper settings and incorrect adjustments where compensation
for bean size had been a consideration. I'd just put my cup of coffee back in
the cup holder when my eyes spotted beans falling out of their pods just as the
cutter bar was meeting the plants. a sharp cutter cuts quickly while a dull
cutter snaps the stalk and in doing so gives the plant a good stiff shake. I
opted to stop cutting and after a visit to the John Deere web site I located a
new cutter bar. it took the better part of a day to change the bars due to how
the old style with the rivets had been discontinued and replaced with the new
style using lock nuts on compression bolts. pressing those bolts into place
without messing up their threads proved to be somewhat challenging due to not
having the proper tool.
when I got back to the field I could tell pretty quickly by the decreased
amount of time it took to fill the grain hopper on the combine how the
replacement cutter was going to pay for itself in a very short amount of time...
I think I got a pretty good picture of how a dull cutter bar on a hay cutter
could make a mess of a hay crop. probably more pushing and pulling of the
hay than cutting going on.
maintenance is a very important part of obtaining peak performance with
any machine.
Sheldon
With similar hydraulics set ups flail mowers navigate steep banks just
as easily as sickle mowers (probably better) and do a much neater job.
They'll mulch up tall grass, brush, small trees, even small over
hanging tree limbs. Flail mowers are all the state and county road
crews here use, the town road crews use sickle mowers and they leave a
messy road shoulder with all the tall grass laid down and they
constantly jam when encountering small trees and shrubs. What a flail
mower can do in an hour a sickle mower needs all day and does s sloppy
looking job.
When I was 14 years old I spent an entire summer clearing land for a
neighbor and his wife with a small sickle bar thingie looked like a
garden tiller with the bar out front, he was building a motel in
Carmel, NY... knowing what I know now seems a waste of effort. But I
learned how to fell acres of trees with a double bitted axe, just like
Paul Bunyan... no chain saw. I got free room and board and all the
fresh air and sweat I could handle, not a bad deal for an inner city
kid that never walked on anything but macadam and concrete. I
honestly don't remember if I got paid, I don't think I did other than
putting on a ton of muscle and learning how it feels to get up in the
dark and be outside working at the crack of dawn and being trusted to
work hard all day with no supervision and no beatings from an
alcoholic father. Was a very long time ago but I'll never forget that
summer.
Ann
> On Jul 20, 9:57am, Ann <nntpm...@epix.net> wrote:
<...>
>> They're still the mower of choice along the roads here because they're
>> the most practical way to mow steep banks.
>
> With similar hydraulics set ups flail mowers navigate steep banks just as
> easily as sickle mowers (probably better) and do a much neater job.
Not unless you don't mind having the tractor lying on its side in the
road ... or in a creek in the bottom of a gully. The operative word is
"steep". Yes, I know what a flail mower is; I have a Mott.
> They'll mulch up tall grass, brush, small trees, even small over hanging
> tree limbs. Flail mowers are all the state and county road crews here
> use, the town road crews use sickle mowers and they leave a messy road
> shoulder with all the tall grass laid down and they constantly jam when
> encountering small trees and shrubs. What a flail mower can do in an hour
> a sickle mower needs all day and does s sloppy looking job.
But it's a bear to bale all those little pieces of hay.