Swather Board

[patsublett]

Is there any need to put a swather board on a sickle mower if it will only be used to cut weeds and grass?

 

[Anonymous-0]

It depends on how heavy the grass is. The purpose of the swath board is to give you a clean place to run the inner shoe of the mower on the next pass so that the head of the mower does not plug up with the previoulsy cut grass..

 

[patsublett]

Thanks for the info, Ted

 

[Anonymous-0]

I never mowed my Pastures of small weeds,thistles and bunches of grass around cow pattys with the Board installed but in tall grass I would use it so the Shoe would have a clean place to slide on. Wonder what kind of Steel was in those shoes?