Sicklebar mower for GT14 ( need help )

[Oldskool 6,640]

I had a link for a sicklebar mounted on the GT but I lost it. Could someone point me in the right direction? I am picking one up that was for a differant make and will be converting it over. I'm really in need of one to mow the banks of my pond. Yes there will be a build thread on this with pictures

[WHNJ701 4,165]

There was a thread about a Sears sickle bar on a round hood.

[Oldskool 6,640]

12 minutes ago, jabelman said:

There was a thread about a Sears sickle bar on a round hood.

Thank you. I'm looking for the GT14 mounting info specifically. Also pulley sizes. The one I will be picking up is 4ft from a Bolens

[Oldskool 6,640]

It has arrived.  Alot more to work with than I had thought.  Never looked at it till it landed here.

[Handy Don 12,167]

Hi @Oldskool,

My still-in-progress conversion of a made-for-Bolens Haban Flail-Mo left me with a surplus right angle gear drive that gives a 1.67:1.0 reduction (or vice versa step up). I’ve seen it used on sickles connected to transverse engines like our WHs to “bend” the PTO output. It has universal spline couplers on it now but pretty sure they come off to leave ¾” keyed shafts. I have the coupler shafts too. 

I planned to post it in classifieds here and on a Bolens site when I get to it.  PM me if we should discuss 🙂

[953 nut 55,114]

The Haban 414 is the correct Sickle Bar for a GT-14. Here is the manual, also I copied pictures from another thread some tine ago.

[Oldskool 6,640]

55 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

Hi @Oldskool,

My still-in-progress conversion of a made-for-Bolens Haban Flail-Mo left me with a surplus right angle gear drive that gives a 1.67:1.0 reduction (or vice versa step up). I’ve seen it used on sickles connected to transverse engines like our WHs to “bend” the PTO output. It has universal spline couplers on it now but pretty sure they come off to leave ¾” keyed shafts. I have the coupler shafts too. 

I planned to post it in classifieds here and on a Bolens site when I get to it.  PM me if we should discuss 🙂

Thanks for the offer. I will get to looking this over in the next couple days and see where I stand.

[Oldskool 6,640]

12 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

The Haban 414 is the correct Sickle Bar for a GT-14. Here is the manual, also I copied pictures from another thread some tine ago.

Thank you. I'm curious to know how many revolutions of the engine vs revolutions of the counter weighted wheel that the connecting rod for the cutter bar is attached to.

[Handy Don 12,167]

Hi @Oldskool. 

You're welcome--keep me I'm mind as your "just in case" .

Looks like an interesting project--I'm not familiar with the GT14s at all so I'm ooking forward to seeing you get it hooked up and cutting! 

My son and I seriously considered a sickle bar before settling on the flail.  We'll be cutting weeds and light brush on narrow lanes through woodlands and the front mounted flail lets not worry about needing width for the tractor plus the sickle bar.  Also, we recognized that the sickle cuts the material and lays it down, where the flail essentially shreds it into mulch so it'll decompose, which we prefer. 

 

[c-series don 8,670]

I have a sickle bar on a C-121 8-speed and the one thing I found out pretty quickly is that it likes to run slower than faster. Seems like it would shake itself apart going fast. I really have zero use for it on my property, but it was one of those attachments that I had to have. Sometimes when I see a field of tall grass I think to myself “Man I’d like to go cut that with my sickle bar!” 

[Oldskool 6,640]

1 hour ago, c-series don said:

I have a sickle bar on a C-121 8-speed and the one thing I found out pretty quickly is that it likes to run slower than faster. Seems like it would shake itself apart going fast. I really have zero use for it on my property, but it was one of those attachments that I had to have. Sometimes when I see a field of tall grass I think to myself “Man I’d like to go cut that with my sickle bar!” 

I kinda figured slower was better. I'm just not sure how fast is slow enough. They look bad ass on the little tractors and I'm tired of weed whacking my pond banks. That's the only thing I'm going to use it for. Of coarse when I get it on I'm sure i will cut everything in sight at least twice

[ebinmaine 67,313]

29 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Of coarse when I get it on I'm sure i will cut everything in sight at least twice

A man and a new toy...

 

 

I mighta done that with the leaf blower here recently...

 

@Stepney any thoughts on the sickle? 

[Oldskool 6,640]

31 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

A man and a new toy...

 

 

I mighta done that with the leaf blower here recently...

Oh it has to be done that way. I believe it's a rite of passage lol

[pfrederi 17,680]

When it comes to speed consider for many many years sickle bar mowers were ground driven and pulled by horses.  If  you want speed get a discbine

Edited November 15, 2020 by pfrederi

[Oldskool 6,640]

I'm still in need of some mounting info for my sickle bar.

[Oldskool 6,640]

I picked up another piece today. Its killing me having it just sit there. I may put some other stuff on hold long enough to get it mounted.

[953 nut 55,114]

3 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I may put some other stuff on hold long enough to get it mounted.

          You planning on cutting snow with it?            

[Oldskool 6,640]

6 minutes ago, 953 nut said:

          You planning on cutting snow with it?            

If I must. Actually we still have bare ground here for the moment

[ebinmaine 67,313]

7 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

If I must.

[Handy Don 12,167]

30 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

If I must. Actually we still have bare ground here for the moment

THAT I would love to see a video of! 

[ebinmaine 67,313]

Just now, Handy Don said:

THAT I would love to see a video of! 

 

 

[Oldskool 6,640]

3 minutes ago, Handy Don said:

THAT I would love to see a video of! 

When that mower is finally on I'm cutting SOMETHING with it. Green, brown, white,something. Yes, there will be a video of it 

[gt14rider 749]

On 11/16/2020 at 3:05 PM, Oldskool said:

I'm still in need of some mounting info for my sickle bar.

What info are you looking for, I can get measurements, or pics of hardware let me know if I can help

[Oldskool 6,640]

21 hours ago, gt14rider said:

What info are you looking for, I can get measurements, or pics of hardware let me know if I can help

Could you help me out with more details/dimensions on the front and rear mounts?

[gt14rider 749]

Ok , I'll get some pic's and measurements. Still digging out, 30 + inches and plow truck died,  no fuel, still have to figure it out. Maybe no fuel?