Disk Harrow

[sniezur]

I am looking at purchasing a Landpride # DH2596-72 disk harrow. My dealer is asking $ 1,850.00 for it as it has been sitting outside for a year and has some surface rust. It weighs 1,500 lb, has 22" disks, is 96" wide and I plan on using it behind my JD 4700. A few questions now:

1. Is this a decent price for this unit or a similar one??

2. I believe I need a disk to prepare about 10 acres of existing ground around my house for releving and seeding of new grass. I knocked a 3000 cu yd hill down and had it buldozed relatively flat last year. Is a disk a good choice for the intial releveling before I either blade or rake it before seeding???

3. I plan on doing some hobby farming of vegetable crops and deer feed this spring also and thought it might be handy to have the disk harrow. Any thoughts??

 

[cowboydoc]

Go to some farm sales. You can pick up some very nice older ones for a couple hundred dollars. I sure wouldn't pay that kind of money for a disc. As an example I just bought a 14' John Deere disc for $850 at a sale last week. Granted you wouldn't want that big but I see 6-10' ones go all the time for a couple hundred dollars.

 

[looch]

I want to do the same thing as your number 3. I was looking at smaller units for my B7500. I did not expect the price to be so high. I paid less for a snow blower, which in my opinion is a more complex piece of equipment. I asked here awhile ago about whether anyone thought a box blade would be a viable alternative to bust up the furrows I made with my plow, but the question never really got answered. I'm probably going to use my tiller instead, even if it means stopping to pull out the chunks of sod that will inevitabely jam it.

 

[rdln]

Hey Steve, Dick Coulter in North Branch has the best prices on Land pride equipment around our area.

I would second Cowboydocs advice on the used stuff and you should be able to pull a wider disc. There is a big auction in Berville this weekend.

<A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showthreaded.pl?Cat=&Board=genbuy&Number=115022&page=&view=&sb=&o=&vc=1#Post115022>Auction post</A>

I would also suggest a 6 foot rototiller instead of disk

 

[sniezur]

Cool Steve, I forgot about Berville. I am suppose to be doing an install at Ford Dearborn Frame this weekend. I might have to stop down at Berville on my way in to work Saturday morning.

What time are you going to be there????

I would like to talk to you about some of the seeding equipment that you have. I have 300 lbs of seed in my barn that I would like to put down this spring.

I bought my tractor from AIS out in Richmond. I have been working with Jason Hebel. He gave me some great pricing on my 4700 and Landpride implements when I bought them last July.

I just looked at the auction list and there are a couple of disks (6ft and 8ft).

 

[BB_TX]

<font color=blue>I asked here awhile ago about whether anyone thought a box blade would be a viable alternative to bust up the furrows I made with my plow, but the question never really got answered. I'm probably going to use my tiller instead, even if it means stopping to pull out the chunks of sod that will inevitabely jam it. </font color=blue>

I don't think a box would work very well. It would collect the dirt in the box and drag it along. We till about 2 acres each year to plant for deer. We move along fairly slowly and the soil is chewed up very fine. Never any clogging with sod or roots.

 

[looch]

Thanks, it won't be long before mud season is over and I can give it a try.

 

[BB_TX]

As you probably already know, good tilling depends on the moisture content in the soil. Too wet and it clogs up. Too dry and it comes up in clods and won't break up. But if it has just the right amount of moisture, it will pulverize very well.

 

[looch]

I think the problems that I have tilling can be attrtibuted to several factors.

First, the land that I'm trying to tame has been sitting idle for at least 25 years, and before that it was probably used as a pasture. The ground is clay, as I'm sure most of the land is at the northern and eastern base of the Adirondacks. If you walk on it when it's wet, you'll add an inch to your boots with every step. When it's dry, it develops cracks and is as hard as cement. As you mention, timing is of the essence.

Second, my tiller, according to what I've read on this board, is quite unique. It's orange and blue and has a Kubota decal on it. Is it a Kubota? No idea. The gearbox is made by Hub City in Aberdeen South Dakota. The unit is belt driven - small pulley on the gear box, large pully driving a second transfer case over the tine shield. The belt is the same kind of v-belt you would find on an older vehicle's (pre-serpentine belt) alternator. It has good points - like slipping the belt when I hit a rock (no need for to replace shear pins and no clutch maintenance), and it has bad points - sometimes that belt slips when it shouldn't which wears some belt material away which then forces me to make an adjustment to the tension (by loosening the gear box and moving it forward).

So, all this to say that my little (Kubota?) tiller works real good for turning in manure, compost, or whatever into an existing garden. Breaking up large chunks of previously undisturbed pasture is a little more than what I think it was meant to handle.

I think I'll check out some farm auctions this season and see if I can't pick up a larger used disc and hack the ends off.

 

[Anonymous Poster]

That is way too much weight for that tractor--Seems that 600 pounds may be a better match on the 3 point and maybe get a used pull type bog disc for dozer work(used around $400)---a dealer in Ky has all you may need in the new or used disc line--check them out at www.sweettractors.com I have pleasantly suprised with the quantity and quality they sell --I made my purchase from the son in the family operation, Greg, I understand he has a degree in agriculture and also owns and runs the 300 acre beef/tobacco family farming operation on the side. I also talked to the Ken, the dad in the operation, and he was willing to devote a lot of time answering questions that bigger dealers blew me off on