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Attachment for harvesting grain (wheat)? suburban 12

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Even if it's just cutting it off so that it can be gathered by hand?

Is that ridiculous? :hide:
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Re: Attachment for harvesting grain (wheat)?

What do you mean? Are you talking about the sickle mower?
Well, that's what got me to thinkin' about it. We're going to put some winter wheat in and I was NOT looking forward to cutting that crap by hand LOL!!!!

I see the sickle mower can cut brush at angles etc.. but I don't want anything that's going to mulch it up. Will the sickle mower work for that?
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BTW.. to what diameter will a sickle mower cut? I've got hedge and some saplings I'd love to attack.
I am guessing so. They are used to cut hay. So I think it would work for wheat. But you would have to gather it by hand. Your suburban should take a sickle mower.

A sickle mower cant cut saplings as far as I know. It would mess up the teeth.
yep a sickle bar will cut wheat and then you have to gather it by hand. How much winter wheat are you putting in? You don't want to cut saplings with it, or you could break the sickle bar blades or the whole sickle bar. :trink39:
I am guessing so. They are used to cut hay. So I think it would work for wheat. But you would have to gather it by hand. Your suburban should take a sickle mower.

A sickle mower cant cut saplings as far as I know. It would mess up the teeth.
The guy I bought mine from said he cut saplings up to an inch and a half with it.He would pull up to it and gradually pull into it and it would shake the sapling and it would fall.No damage at all to mine.

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The guy I bought mine from said he cut saplings up to an inch and a half with it.He would pull up to it and gradually pull into it and it would shake the sapling and it would fall.No damage at all to mine.
You can get away with it for a while, but it will catch up to you eventually. Kind of like cutting really high grass with a riding mower, it will do it, but your spindles on the deck won't last long.
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You can get away with it for a while, but it will catch up to you eventually. Kind of like cutting really high grass with a riding mower, it will do it, but your spindles on the deck won't last long.
I wouldn't be cutting anything over an inch.I've maintained where I intend to use mine.There are very small saplings I will be cutting.A gas powered hedge trimmer did the task before.The sickle bar is alot more durable and heavier built than the hedge trimmer!
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shouldnt the wheat fall back, behind the sickle bar? i'd think so. soooooo, rig up a cart or something to catch it. maybe something like a leave sweeper could work too. just random thoughts...............
shouldnt the wheat fall back, behind the sickle bar? i'd think so. soooooo, rig up a cart or something to catch it. maybe something like a leave sweeper could work too. just random thoughts...............
maybe tow a sweeper with the arm of the sickle bar :trink40:
?? What are you going to do with it after cutting? You are talking about 24-30" straw with the grain head on it. You will still need to separate the straw from the grain. I don't think a leaf sweeper will do anything with it, but choke up. Have you ever seen the amount of straw involved?
I know this is the Sears forum and I am about to commit a sin here but, you should take a look at a gravely 2 wheeler witha sickle bar on it. The Sears sickle bars are rare and usually expensive, plus you can have another "tractor" and that would give you one more that your hubby :D.

The gravelys can be found for under $300 plus there are a ton of attachments for them.

I will now go and appoligize to my Suburban for my sins.
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I know this is the Sears forum and I am about to commit a sin here but, you should take a look at a gravely 2 wheeler witha sickle bar on it. The Sears sickle bars are rare and usually expensive, plus you can have another "tractor" and that would give you one more that your hubby :D.

The gravelys can be found for under $300 plus there are a ton of attachments for them.

I will now go and appoligize to my Suburban for my sins.
for 300 you can buy a sickle bar for a suburban :)
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?? What are you going to do with it after cutting? You are talking about 24-30" straw with the grain head on it. You will still need to separate the straw from the grain. I don't think a leaf sweeper will do anything with it, but choke up. Have you ever seen the amount of straw involved?
i suggested it more as a way to catch the wheat. not try to pick it up
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IF you cut it w/ a sickle mower, how are you gonna separate the wheat from the straw and chaff?? How much area are you planting? A few hundred sq ft or acres?
Mike
Just get the neighbor with the combine to come over and take it out.
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