9GL-2.5/2.9 Çekmeli Çim Biçme Makinesi ve Tırmık Kombinasyonu | 2,5 m Kesim + 2,9 m Tırmık

Mow and Windrow in a Single Pass — Built for Small-Farm Economics

The 9GL-2.5/2.9 Trailed Mower Rake combines a 2.5 m reciprocating sickle bar with a 2.9 m rear finger rake on a single trailed frame. One tractor pass cuts the standing crop and leaves a clean windrow ready for baling. Family dairies and horse farms running 50 to 150 acres of grass, alfalfa, or straw recover roughly 80 percent more time per acre than running a separate mower and a separate rake through the same field.

Product Overview — The Small-Farm Mower Rake That Replaces Two Machines

On a small family dairy or a horse boarding operation, the traditional workflow of "mow today, wait two days, come back with a rake" costs one extra field pass, one extra day of weather exposure, and one extra operator shift. The 9GL-2.5/2.9 collapses that sequence into a single trip. A 34-blade reciprocating cutter bar shears the standing crop at 60 to 70 mm (roughly 2.4 to 2.75 inch) stubble, and 42 spring fingers on the trailing rake gather the cut material into a fluffy, well-aerated windrow — all behind the same tractor, in the same pass.

What makes this model particularly well matched to US family-farm geometry is its working footprint. At 8.2 ft cutting width and 9.5 ft raking width, it fits comfortably between the tree lines and fence rows of Pennsylvania dairy plots, the narrow alfalfa strips of New England, and the terraced pastures of Appalachian horse country where a 16 ft rotary disc combo simply cannot turn. The 2,030 lb structural weight keeps ground pressure low on wet spring pastures, and the 35 HP minimum power requirement matches the compact tractor already parked in most small-farm sheds.

At roughly 3 to 3.5 acres per hour mowing and 3.7 to 4.5 acres per hour raking, a single operator working a six-hour afternoon clears 17 to 22 acres of windrow-ready grass. That is the scale that lets a 100-acre family dairy finish first cutting inside a three-day weather window without hiring a contractor. Pair the combo with a matching yuvarlak balya makinesi the next morning and the full harvest chain from standing crop to wrapped bale becomes a two-person, two-tractor operation.

Full Technical Specifications of the 9GL-2.5/2.9 Mower Rake

Every value below comes from factory validation against the GB/T 10940-2008 standard for reciprocating mowers, with additional field verification across working conditions typical of North American family farms.

The 2.92 m (~9.6 ft) transport width stays within the 10 ft limit allowed on most US state rural routes without a wide-load escort. Owners moving between fields on county highways should still check local vehicle-width regulations and fit an SMV triangle on the rear — both items ship in the standard delivery kit.

Tractor Fleet Matching Across North America

The 9GL-2.5/2.9 connects through a standard drawbar hitch and requires a 540 rpm rear PTO plus one or two hydraulic remote circuits. Below is the compact-tractor bracket most owners already have in the shed — if the tractor fits this range, the combo is a direct drop-in with no driveline modifications.

• 🚜 John Deere — 5045E / 5055E / 5075E — the most common tractor on US family dairies and horse farms
• 🚜 Kubota — L3301 / L4060 / M5-091 compact utility series
• 🚜 Massey Ferguson — MF 2605H / MF 4707 / MF 4708 — strong presence in the Upper Midwest
• 🚜 Case IH — Farmall 55C / 65C / 75C utility tractors with ISO standard PTO
• 🚜 New Holland — Workmaster 55 / 65 / 75 — widely used by contract harvest operators
• 🚜 Kioti — DK4520 / DK5310 / RX7320 — popular on Southeast US small-acreage farms

Brand reference disclaimer: Tractor models above are cited solely to help farm operators match this mower-rake combo to equipment they already own. Listing them implies no affiliation, endorsement, or trademark claim. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.

Integrated Mow-Rake Kinematics

Reciprocating Sickle Bar Mechanics

The front cutter bar runs on a Pitman-drive reciprocating principle — 34 serrated triangular blades slide back and forth against matching ledger fingers, shearing the crop cleanly without tearing at the root. This cutting geometry is gentler on regrowth than rotary disc mowers, which is exactly why reciprocating bars remain the preferred choice for organic certified hay operations and horse-quality alfalfa fields where aftermath quality matters for the next cutting.

Rear-Mounted Finger Rake Dynamics

Directly behind the cutter bar, 42 spring fingers at 71 mm (2.8 inch) pitch rake the freshly cut crop into a continuous ribbon. Because the rake sits inside the tractor's wheel tracks and the cutter bar extends to the side, the fingers collect material that has just been laid down — no drying gap, no separate pass. The windrow emerges ready for re-raking later or, in dry sun, direct baling the next morning.

Dual Hydraulic Lift System

Each of the two working modules — cutter bar and rake — rides on its own hydraulic lift cylinder. The operator lifts only the cutter bar to step over a field obstacle, then lowers it cleanly into the next row. The rake can be disengaged independently when the operator wants to mow only, for example on a heavy first cut where the crop benefits from some sun before being gathered. One lever on the tractor's auxiliary remote handles each lift without leaving the cab.

Six Distinctive Field Advantages

Structural Build and Component Quality

The main chassis uses Q235 welded tubular steel with reinforcement gussets at every hinge and pivot point. The cutter bar backbone is a machined flat-bar section with precision-drilled ledger mounts that hold the fixed fingers at the exact shear angle — drift in that alignment is the single most common cause of poor cut quality on reciprocating mowers, and the 9GL-2.5/2.9 addresses it with a hardened locator block that keeps the geometry true through thousands of hours.

Knife blades are stamped from hardened carbon steel, the same stock used across our complete mower family including the 9GD-2.5 çekmeli tek bıçaklı çim biçme makinesi. They snap on and off with a single bolt — a full set of 34 replacement blades weighs about 9 lb and fits in a workshop drawer. Most operators replace about half the blade set per season on normal grass; sandy or stony soil can shorten that interval.

The rake section mounts on a spring-tensioned rod chassis that lets individual fingers flex back when striking an obstacle and return to the correct angle without distortion. Transport wheels are 10.0/75-15.3 flotation tires, keeping ground pressure low on wet pastures where heavy implements often leave ruts through the spring months.

Typical Applications Across Small Farms and Specialty Operations

🐄 Small Family Dairy Forage Production

Family dairies running 50 to 150 head of Holstein, Jersey, or crossbred cattle need 300 to 800 tons of hay-equivalent forage per year. The 9GL-2.5/2.9 paired with a 40 HP tractor clears that tonnage across three to four cuttings per season, leaving a clean, baler-ready windrow each time. Because the implement replaces a separate mower and rake, small farms avoid the capital stack of buying two machines plus one extra tractor hour to use them.

🐴 Horse Boarding Stables and Equine Forage Prep

Equine operations demand hay with minimal dust and no foreign-material contamination. The reciprocating bar cuts without the flying debris that rotary disc mowers kick up, and the gentle rake action keeps soil out of the windrow. Horse-hay producers in Kentucky, Virginia, and Ocala-area Florida choose this combo specifically for the clean aftermath it produces — critical for respiratory-sensitive thoroughbreds and show horses.

🌱 Certified-Organic and Low-Input Farms

USDA organic certification standards favor equipment that minimizes soil disturbance and does not leak petroleum products onto crop. The grease-lubricated Pitman drive, electrostatic powder-coat frame, and absence of hydraulic oil on crop-contact surfaces all support those standards. A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania organic operation uses this model to windrow Amish-country alfalfa that later becomes certified feed for organic dairy co-ops across the Northeast.

🏔️ Hillside and Narrow-Plot Farms

The ridge-and-valley country of Appalachia, the Ozarks, and the Driftless Area of Wisconsin produces many narrow plots where a 16 ft rotary combo simply cannot turn. At 9.6 ft transport width and 16.4 ft working length, the 9GL-2.5/2.9 navigates these narrow beds comfortably, letting farms harvest forage that would otherwise be inaccessible to commercial-scale equipment.

🌿 First-Cut Alfalfa and Timothy Grass

Early-season cuttings of alfalfa and Timothy grass are typically short-stand and high-moisture. The reciprocating bar handles short stems without leaving missed patches, and the rake gathers the lighter crop into a wind-catching windrow that dries quickly even under overcast spring skies — a common situation in the Great Lakes region and across the Canadian Prairies.

9GL-2.5/2.9 vs Separate Mower Plus Separate Rake Setup

Comparison note: Numbers reflect typical US family-farm conditions on first and second cuttings of grass and alfalfa. Actual results vary by crop condition, field shape, tractor horsepower, and operator experience. This table is intended as a planning guide, not a guarantee of specific outcomes.

Mow-Rake Operation Flow Step by Step

New operators usually reach full working speed inside one afternoon. The sequence below is the protocol our field engineers teach during on-site commissioning.

1. Hitching and PTO engagement — Pin the drawbar to the tractor hitch, connect the 540 rpm PTO shaft, and link both hydraulic hoses to the remote ports. Engage the PTO briefly at low idle to confirm smooth Pitman motion before moving into the field.
2. Lower cutter bar and engage knife drive — With the tractor at the field edge, activate the first hydraulic remote to lower the cutter bar into cutting position. Verify the knife ledger gap is within 0.004 to 0.012 inch for clean shear action.
3. Forward travel at 3.7 to 4.4 mph — Gear the tractor into its normal cutting speed range. Running faster than 4.5 mph on reciprocating bars causes uncut stalk bands; running slower than 3 mph wastes time without improving cut quality.
4. Rear rake gathers the cut grass — The 42 spring fingers sweep the newly cut material inward into a continuous windrow of 30 to 48 inches width. The fluffy structure breathes naturally and dries faster than tightly rolled rotary-rake windrows.
5. Headland lift and turn — At the field boundary, lift both cutter and rake with the second hydraulic remote, execute a wide U-turn, lower the modules, and re-enter the next strip. Tight pivots with modules engaged can twist the frame over repeated cycles.
   

   Complete Your Small-Farm Forage Harvesting Chain

   The mower-rake combo is one working piece of a larger forage chain. On a typical 50 to 150 acre US family dairy or mixed-livestock farm, the full workflow runs from a tedder that turns the swath for faster drying, to this mower-rake combo that cuts and windrows, to a round baler that packages the finished hay or silage. All of these pieces need to share matching tractor horsepower, compatible hydraulic circuits, and compatible PTO drivelines — which is exactly how America Ever-Power Silage Baler Equipment INC. designs its range.

   The reliability of every PTO-driven implement in the chain comes down to a well-engineered tarımsal şanzıman rated for the torque it actually sees under load. On the 9GL-2.5/2.9 the gearbox sits inside the Pitman drive housing and runs in an oil bath rated for roughly 1,500 hours before service. Across a full farm fleet, that discipline — matched horsepower, matched hydraulics, matched gearboxes — is what separates two-year equipment lives from ten-year equipment lives.

   • 🌀 Upstream tedding — a hydraulic folding finger wheel tedder speeds up dry-down between cuttings
   • 🌾 Downstream raking on bigger plots — larger V-rakes handle 20 ft sweeps when fields grow wider than the rake section on this combo
   • 📦 Baling after curing — small-chamber round balers built for 35 to 75 HP tractors pair directly with the windrow width produced here
   • 🔪 Larger mower-rake combo — when fields grow past 150 acres, the 5 m (16 ft) cutting version of this design keeps the one-pass workflow
   • 🛠️ Spare blades, fingers, Pitman rebuild kits — stocked at our Dallas, Texas parts depot for 3-day delivery across the continental US

Regional Field Cases From Across North America

Buyer Questions Answered

Q: Can a 35 HP tractor really run both the cutter and the rake at the same time?

A: Yes, on flat to gently rolling ground. The reciprocating cutter draws roughly 11 to 16 HP at the PTO, which a 35 HP tractor delivers comfortably. For continuous work on 8 to 10 percent slopes, 45 HP gives a better margin and less engine loading.

Q: How long does a set of 34 blades last?

A: Typical blade life is roughly 500 to 750 acres of grass hay on clean ground. Stony or sandy soils cut that interval in half. Most operators replace the full set twice per season as routine maintenance to keep cut quality high.

Q: Can I run the mower only, without engaging the rake?

A: Yes. The rake section lifts independently via its own hydraulic cylinder. Lift it into transport position and only the cutter bar engages the crop. This mode is useful when you want to lay a wider initial swath for faster drying before coming back with a dedicated trailed hay rake for the raking pass.

Q: What is the proper stubble height for good regrowth?

A: 2.4 to 2.75 inches (60 to 70 mm) is the factory setting and matches agronomic best practice for alfalfa and most grass species. Cutting shorter reduces the energy reserves available for regrowth and slows the next cutting. The skid shoes on each end of the cutter bar are adjustable if local conditions require a different height.

Q: What is the maintenance interval for the Pitman drive?

A: Grease the Pitman rod end and crank journal every 50 working hours. Inspect the connecting rod bolt torque every 200 hours. Full rebuild — new Pitman rod, fresh crank bearings, new knife head — is typically needed only every 1,500 to 2,000 hours, roughly four to five seasons on a 100-acre farm.

Q: Does the rake work on wet cuttings?

A: Yes. Because the spring fingers rotate slowly and lift rather than throw, wet grass gathers cleanly without wrapping on the tines. A dedicated tedding pass may still be helpful a few hours after the initial mow-rake pass if the crop is at silage-grade moisture.

Q: Is the 9.6 ft transport width legal on US rural roads?

A: In most US states, agricultural implements up to 10 ft transport width move on rural roads without a wide-load permit, provided reflectors and a slow-moving-vehicle triangle are fitted. SMV triangles ship with every unit. Check your state's specific agricultural implement regulations before first road use.

Calibration, Maintenance, and Safety Precautions

• ⚠️ Shear pin replacement: A shear pin protects the Pitman drive from rock strikes. Carry three or four spares — never substitute with a standard bolt, which will transmit shock straight to the knife head and crank. A pack of 10 pins costs less than replacing one damaged crank.
• 🔧 Knife section sharpening: Check blade edges after every 125 acres of work. A dull blade tears the stem instead of shearing it, slows regrowth, and wastes fuel by increasing draft load. Sharpen with a file or replace the whole set — both options run well under USD 80 per set.
• 📌 Rake finger inspection: Walk behind the implement every morning before starting work and look for bent or missing spring fingers. Replacing a single finger takes under two minutes with a wrench. A rake missing several fingers creates strips of uncollected crop that waste time on the raking pass.