looch
Veteran Member
I know, I know - what a stinker/w3tcompact/icons/tongue.gif. I just couldn't resist.
I searched previous posts for 'disc harrow' and didn't find the information I was looking for, so I'm posting this.
I have a B7500 and a single bottom plow. I have about 2.5 acres of land that hasn't been touched for at least 20 years. I can pull the plow with no problem, even with my turf tires. Now I need something that will bust everything up. I tried my tiller, but that didn't work very well (jammed with weeds and small roots). I was thinking about a small disc harrow. A few things come to mind:
How large of a unit will my tractor handle?
Do they make them that small?
Can I buy an old, second hand disc harrow and remove some of the discs (thereby narrowing it)?
Another thought occured to me - what about a box blade? Anyone ever use one to break up the sod after plowing (tines all the way down and tilted way forward)? I don't own one of these and in the long run I think I would get more use out of it than a disc harrow.
Please don't tell me how well my tiller should work for doing this - believe me, I've tried.
Perhaps a short run down of my soil conditions:
-As I mentioned, fallow.
-Notoriously sticky* St-Lawrence River Valley clay (*when wet - hard as rock when dry)
-No rocks to speak of.
Thanks,
I searched previous posts for 'disc harrow' and didn't find the information I was looking for, so I'm posting this.
I have a B7500 and a single bottom plow. I have about 2.5 acres of land that hasn't been touched for at least 20 years. I can pull the plow with no problem, even with my turf tires. Now I need something that will bust everything up. I tried my tiller, but that didn't work very well (jammed with weeds and small roots). I was thinking about a small disc harrow. A few things come to mind:
How large of a unit will my tractor handle?
Do they make them that small?
Can I buy an old, second hand disc harrow and remove some of the discs (thereby narrowing it)?
Another thought occured to me - what about a box blade? Anyone ever use one to break up the sod after plowing (tines all the way down and tilted way forward)? I don't own one of these and in the long run I think I would get more use out of it than a disc harrow.
Please don't tell me how well my tiller should work for doing this - believe me, I've tried.
Perhaps a short run down of my soil conditions:
-As I mentioned, fallow.
-Notoriously sticky* St-Lawrence River Valley clay (*when wet - hard as rock when dry)
-No rocks to speak of.
Thanks,