44 hp tractor pull this?

[GreatWhitehunter]

Why would you get a scarifier instead of a box blade? You get essentially the same scarifier function with a box blade but have the option of tilting the box down to level or move dirt after you "scarify" it. Box blades are pretty versatile tools.

Even if you set the box blade with the scarifiers down you never get the penetration of the scarifiers only unit. I've used both and the scarifer only setup is awesome. Unless you hook onto one of our New England pebbles.

Matt

 

[IslandTractor]

Even if you set the box blade with the scarifiers down you never get the penetration of the scarifiers only unit. I've used both and the scarifer only setup is awesome. Unless you hook onto one of our New England pebbles.

Matt

I appreciate your point. A box blade does let you get 4-6 inches deep though (maybe deeper with extra long scarifiers) and with a 40-45hp tractor it would be hard to pull six tines going much deeper than that in anything other than sand. If breaking up deadpan is the goal I'd think you'd need a subsoiler more than a scarifier so I guess the scarifier excels in the 6-12 inch range of penetration. I am no farmer and don't understand why that 6-12 inch depth of penetration would be necessary. Roots deeper than 6 inches wouldn't usually interfer with tilling or planting crops.

 

[JeffinNE]

Where are you located? There is a used SF2577 on tractorhouse in Iowa listed at $550--not sure how much they are new?

 

[e.myers]

Thanks everyone.
Right now I'm holding off on the scarifier.
I got a price of 750 for a new one. That used price is definitely better, but last time I checked, it was a "pretty good ways" to Iowa from South Carolina. I would Imagine shipping would be close to that much difference.

Anyway, I still want one, just got poor all of a sudden with the new tractor, so figured I'd try without it (after running the disc over the area), and then till, and cross my fingers.

Does anyone know, that if after I get the land tilled up real well, if it would be quicker to run the scarifier vs the tiller over the land?

I'm thinking I'd be able to pull the scarifier quicker but don't know.

If pulling the scarifier is quicker, then it definitely would be worth having.

 

[jenkinsph]

When you get your tractor and tiller try it out and see what kind of results you get. I think you will find you can skip all those steps and get down to business. While tilling seems to be very slow you have to consider how fine the dirt is behind it. Discs work faster but take several trips to get the same results.

When you till an area for the dirt track it should be very easy to gather push and shape the way you want. Don't think you will need bucket teeth or scarifier. I would put that money in the 3576 tiller instead.


Steve

 

[pitt_md]

Thanks everyone.
Right now I'm holding off on the scarifier.
I got a price of 750 for a new one. That used price is definitely better, but last time I checked, it was a "pretty good ways" to Iowa from South Carolina. I would Imagine shipping would be close to that much difference.

Anyway, I still want one, just got poor all of a sudden with the new tractor, so figured I'd try without it (after running the disc over the area), and then till, and cross my fingers.

Does anyone know, that if after I get the land tilled up real well, if it would be quicker to run the scarifier vs the tiller over the land?

I'm thinking I'd be able to pull the scarifier quicker but don't know.

If pulling the scarifier is quicker, then it definitely would be worth having.

Think seriously about paying someone to plow the land first and skip buying all the stuff and spending all that time. I had seven acres of overgrown pasture/small brush. I let a guy plat corn on it one year and he plowed it under in the fall. The next spring one pass with my tiller and I was good to go. Some times you can save a lot by paying someone else to do it that has bigger equipment.

 

[e.myers]

A follow up...
Was able to till the land. Tiller found quite a few stumps but no real harm done. Tiller actually tolerated a lot more than I thought it would.

Got noisy at times when running over buried limbs/roots/logs and stuff but I would say it handled the task remarkably well.

For anyone thinking about doing this, remember, MOST of the trash/stumps/roots on my property were planted PINE. A soft wood. If you have a lot of harwood stuff on your property, I would not recommend doing it this way. The tiller did not like any of the harwood type stuff it ran across.

 

[jenkinsph]

A follow up...
Was able to till the land. Tiller found quite a few stumps but no real harm done. Tiller actually tolerated a lot more than I thought it would.

Got noisy at times when running over buried limbs/roots/logs and stuff but I would say it handled the task remarkably well.

For anyone thinking about doing this, remember, MOST of the trash/stumps/roots on my property were planted PINE. A soft wood. If you have a lot of harwood stuff on your property, I would not recommend doing it this way. The tiller did not like any of the harwood type stuff it ran across.

Well glad you finally had the guts to just do it

I finished tilling a very rocky portion of my yard Sunday (softball sized) and I think these are harder than hardwood stumps. It can make the tiller bounce until it passes over them but this only happens one time. While this ground is loose I will comb through it with my rock bucket and get this stuff out of there.

Eddie, I think you will find that you can till up an area and have loose soil to push around and shape into ramps etc. With a tiller on back and a loader on front you can make a day of it.
Good Luck with the new tractor.


Steve

 

[e.myers]

Thanks Steve!
Funny about the "Just Do It".
Believe it or not, Saturday morning when I sat out to do the trial run, I put on my blue "swoosh" "Just Do It" Tee shirt.
My wife purchased it for me about 4 years ago and I wear it whenever I need to get something DONE.
She purchased it as kind of a joke because I'm a research kind of guy and it takes quite a bit to push me over that edge if you know what I mean.

You were one of the ones that had a huge hand in getting me to the cliff this time. Swimming in the lake at the bottom... PHEW! AHHHH...