Building 6-7 foot disc from large disc.

[Helitech]

Did a little horsetrading for a family owned 485 IH disc. I want a 6 or 7 foot disc to pull behind my 55 hp Branson. Repaired a tractor and gave $400 for the old disc.

 

[Helitech]

After some quick measurements, I broke it down, most of the work was just unbolting pieces. Did a few trial runs with 2 of the gangs bolted under the center and it worked great! Biggest challenge was moving the wheels inboard a good bit. She's a heavy disc for the size! Ended up with a 7 foot cut with the offset.

 

[Helitech]

As a bonus I still have 2 more gangs to build a heavy offset 3 point disc with.

 

[Helitech]

Couple more pics.

 

[flusher]

Nice job:thumbsup:

About 6 years ago I bought a 14 ft tandem axle wheel disc from my tractor dealer ($600 delivered).
Cut it down to 8 ft. Nice 4 day project.



Good luck

 

[cdupuy]

I think the underlying problem is that the tractor is undersized/underhorse powered for a 14' disc. So, would a solution be to leave the disc width the same, but make shallower depth passes with the tractor, and then make another pass at a deeper depth? I am not questioning anyone's decision, I want to learn. thanks, Carr

 

[Helitech]

No underlying problem. I already have a 14 foot disc and 125 hp tractor to pull it with. I needed a good 7 foot disc for smaller plots, a new one like I want is very expensive! Built on for 1/7 the cost of a new one!

 

[wmonroe]

Good solution, I'm another that would like to have a good, heavy 7-8' transport disc.

 

[LD1]

For the ground you were working, you don't think the 55hp Branson could have pulled it? Or perhaps only drop down to 10-11' by just removing the outer pans?

Unless you want a small disc for tight areas. I would think the Branson could handle a good bit more than 7'

 

[TheMan419]

He specifically said he wanted 7 foot. Not that he couldn't pull more.