In my experience, ground-driven reel mowers work best when the grass is short.....and is strictly grass, with no weeds or brush present.


Take a look at this: http://www.farmshow.com/a_article.php?aid=16806

If you get a belt driven sickle, you could add a bigger gas engine and probably drive a 7 footer. Lay the cutter bar down over the dam, and let the engine ride up on level ground.

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"Forget pounds and ounces, I'm figuring displacement!"

If we accept that: MBG(+)FGSF(=)HBG(F1)
And we surmise that: BG(>)HBG(F1) while GSF(<)HBG(F1)
Would it hold true that: HBG(F1)(+)AM500(x)q.d.(=)1.5lbGRWT?
PB answer: It depends.