Why am i having such a hard time

[oleridgefarms]

I got this 6' tandem disk that i am using, and it doesn't seem to be cutting in as good as it should.Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
ED
6 acres, 4 acres tillable, Ferguson To20 19??

 

[oleridgefarms]

Also, the Dearborn single bottom plow, where could i find a Moldboard?
this one is broken, but does still plow.

 

[whistlepig]

Disks are kind of dependent on the soil condition. They don't too do well if the ground is too dry. If its too wet they clump the ground. At least that's what I have found in my limited experience with them.

 

[thatguy]

to me.. the disk looks like they dont have much angle on them, so its not cutting into the soil..

If you can get the moldboard off a tractor place may be able to match it up for you.. Otherwise you need to know the mfg and size..

Brian

Brian

 

[oleridgefarms]

I have to return the disk tomorrow to the guy i borrow them from but then ill have them again after the first of the month.Got to get the garden and the field corn in, hoping to do with out the floods this year.Ill try different settings on the bar then.

On the plow, how do you measure to know what size the Mold board is.
Since its a Dearborn 10-183 plow, wouldn't it be a Ford moldboard?

 

[bcp]

to me.. the disk looks like they dont have much angle on them, so its not cutting into the soil..

Something like this:

Sort of like the letter "X" going sideways.

Bruce

 

[Oldtractorfixer]

Looks like an old IHC disc. To make it into an "X" you lift up the bar with the rachet teeth and back up. They usually have a rope through the hole in the end that goes to the tractor so you can lift it from there. If it isn't to rusted up and the ground isn't to hard it works easy.

 

[catskinner]

Pull the trip lever and back up to increase angle, its in the travel position now.

 

[Jerry/MT]

I got this 6' tandem disk that i am using, and it doesn't seem to be cutting in as good as it should.Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thank you
ED
6 acres, 4 acres tillable, Ferguson To20 1956

You need to angle the disks gangs. The tips of the back row move aft and the tips of the front row move foreward. The way you have them they'll just act like a coulter and cut slits in the sod or grooves in the soil. You want them to put a side force on the soil so you have to angle them.

PS. Nice TO-20! Can't be a '56 though. i think they quit making the TO-20 in 1950.TO-30's ran from '51 to '54 and the the TO-35 vcame out in '55.

 

[oleridgefarms]

ahh I got it now. Sorry this is my first time with a set of Disk's, normally i would just use a tiller for the garden.