Sears sickle bar on B 100

[moe1965 737]

This is my latest project mounting this Sears sickle bar on a B100 .  I had it mounted on a 854 a few years ago and it worked great.  I bought a haban sickle bar and mounted it to a  312 for now I had to make some modifications but it's a much better set up than the Sears.   Once I get this rig up and running it's going to get put up for sale.  I still have to get a belt for it. I used a piece of string and looped it on all the pulleys and came up with a 102 in .  Tomorrow I'm gonna try and get a belt.    

[Pullstart 62,814]

Looks great!  How many rolls of duct tape are on the seat?

[WHX?? 48,803]

Time for another contest Kev? 

[ri702bill 8,296]

Gopher Patrol!!

Looks like it would work well for trimming the vertical cut for hedges too !!

[Handy Don 12,178]

5 hours ago, moe1965 said:

piece of string and looped it on all the pulleys and came up with a 102 in .

Depending on how many V’s and idlers (and their spring ranges), and the angles, in the circuit, that could be off by as much as 3, 4 or even 5 inches. I’d get a 100, 104 and a 106 in addition to the 102. Then, of course, it’ll turn out to one of the sizes between! Return what isn’t “the one”.

Good luck!

[ranger 1,748]

piece of string and looped it on all the pulleys and came up with a 102 in . 
Perhaps measure again, but use a piece of rope - 1/2” or 5/8” diameter, instead of string. This should run closer to the position the “Vee” belt would run in the pulleys, and give a more accurate measurement. If you use your “String” measurement, explain to the belt supplier that the measurement will be the “Inside” belt length, not the “Outside”. 
Doug.

[oliver2-44 9,714]

@moe1965 I would appreciate some pictures from the bottom showing how you modified the mounts for that Sears Sickle to fit on a WH.

[Handy Don 12,178]

2 hours ago, ranger said:

measurement will be the “Inside” belt length, not the “Outside

Where the string is running only in the valley of the pulleys, this will usually work out. But where the belts go over spring tensioners and/or over idlers that run on the flat side (e.g WH mower decks or mules), you really need a fat rope to get a closer estimate of the correct length.

[moe1965 737]

I will do oliver2-44 probably in a few days I'll be back at it work is taking up most of my time 

[moe1965 737]

Here is a picture of the modification I made to make it fit on a wheel horse.    Basically I welded a bracket that uses the tachomatic . Back bracket is the same as the dozer blade hook up in the rear.  The part circled in white. In the front I use the tachomatic  where the mower deck attaches to    It's just a 5/8 bar with a piece of steel welded to the 5/8 bar and bolted through square tubing . Arrow is pointing to where I put the bolt through.That piece is not pictured.