AaronS
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Looks like you ran a tiller through it. It will be a good while before we see dry soil here.
Disc Harrow I got a new toy, er, tool today!
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When I got my garden all cut up and was running the tiller, some of the wet areas looked more like you were mixing cement than tilling soil. Most of it was in good shape.
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It did come out super fine. I keep trying to convince myself I need a 2 bottom turning plow but then I keep running just a disc and getting super results. I want a plow because I want one but honestly, I don't know that I'd ever use it.
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I just tell myself each tool has it's use and in the case of plows, discs, and tillers, each is made to do things a little differently and save wear on the other.
-If you run a plow to turn the soil over, that does a better initial breakup of things than a single pass of a disc.
-If you plow before a pass with the disc it is easier on the disc because the soil has already been cut near the depth the discs ride and they can fully do the most work in a single pass as possible but not be impacting a lot of solid ground (one pass of a plow will soften things as much as two or three passes with the disc allowing the disc to give a better result with less work).
-Also plowing before discing puts the sod and other top-layer organic material deeper.
-One pass with a plow and one pass with a disc has most things in the condition of 4 or 5 passes with the disc alone.
-If you want to finish off by tilling it into really fine garden type soil, generally a single, slow pass with a tiller brings you to a "bagged" type texture and the wear and tear on the tiller and tractor driveline is very minimal.
3 passes with a different tool each time, each making the other's job easier. Saves tools and saves fuel.
The main failing of this (as is typically pointed out), is it does require greater amount of manual labor as it requires changing the implements. If I was afraid of a little bit of manual labor I'd sell out and move to the chity... I just call each insurance for the other to justify the cost. Plow protects the disc, disc protects the tiller, it all saves me from using a hand shovel, so I hook each up as needed. I just got my own disc (after borrowing implements to get my garden ready to till with a new tiller I recently acquired) and I can't wait to use it.
Have I talked you into a plow yet? :stirthepot:
-If you run a plow to turn the soil over, that does a better initial breakup of things than a single pass of a disc.
-If you plow before a pass with the disc it is easier on the disc because the soil has already been cut near the depth the discs ride and they can fully do the most work in a single pass as possible but not be impacting a lot of solid ground (one pass of a plow will soften things as much as two or three passes with the disc allowing the disc to give a better result with less work).
-Also plowing before discing puts the sod and other top-layer organic material deeper.
-One pass with a plow and one pass with a disc has most things in the condition of 4 or 5 passes with the disc alone.
-If you want to finish off by tilling it into really fine garden type soil, generally a single, slow pass with a tiller brings you to a "bagged" type texture and the wear and tear on the tiller and tractor driveline is very minimal.
3 passes with a different tool each time, each making the other's job easier. Saves tools and saves fuel.
The main failing of this (as is typically pointed out), is it does require greater amount of manual labor as it requires changing the implements. If I was afraid of a little bit of manual labor I'd sell out and move to the chity... I just call each insurance for the other to justify the cost. Plow protects the disc, disc protects the tiller, it all saves me from using a hand shovel, so I hook each up as needed. I just got my own disc (after borrowing implements to get my garden ready to till with a new tiller I recently acquired) and I can't wait to use it.
Have I talked you into a plow yet? :stirthepot:
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LOL, your logic is flawless.
I'll buy one eventually because I want to, I don't really need to justify it, especially as inexpensive as they are used. I need to get a sub-soiler and middle-buster as well. And a cultipacker. And remotes and a top and tilt. And a 3rd function and grapple. And pallet forks. And a landscape rake. And a chain harrow. And...
I'll buy one eventually because I want to, I don't really need to justify it, especially as inexpensive as they are used. I need to get a sub-soiler and middle-buster as well. And a cultipacker. And remotes and a top and tilt. And a 3rd function and grapple. And pallet forks. And a landscape rake. And a chain harrow. And...
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...a winning lotto ticket?
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Nah, we're only talking what, like $12k - $15k? It'll take some time, but I'll get there in a few years and if I buy good stuff, I'll be able to use it on my next tractor, unless of course I get a bigger tractor and then I'll have to start all over with bigger implements...C4Ranch
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Mines an ETA. Seem to have about the same weight per disc. Be sure to torq your axle nuts after use and after it gets good and worked in.
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Thanks for the tip, I hadn't thought about that but it makes perfect sense that I should.
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I have some light corn stalk after harvesting (8" tall), brush, etc... do you think a heavy disc like shown will properly incorporate them? To save money I was looking at using my tiller for 3-4 acres (6' tiller), but looking at all the rocks I am not sure I want to do that.