Olympus
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Guys, I'm looking for a new attachment to use at my hunting property. I have a 2 acre plot that I let grow up in native grasses each year and then over the winter I burn it all off clean and start fresh again next year. Before, I was using my father in law's rotary tiller to make a dirt "ring" around the outside of the plot and that fresh dirt worked as a fire break and kept the fire contained inside the ring. Last year my father in law sold the rotary tiller so my grandpa gave me a very old 5ft 3pt disk. It's so old the blades are like paper thin. It has 3 cracked spool bearings and the disk has no manufacturer plate so I can't find replacement spool bearings. It still turns, but it creaks and grinds something awful. Also, the disk is very light, so it does not engage the ground well and just "glides" over the top when there are leaves on the ground. Needless to say, it's not very effective. So I'm trying to figure out what else I can use that would make a good bare dirt fire break.
I have found a guy that's about 1.5 hours away that builds "custom" small implements for the food plot type guys like me. He built this single gang disk out of a much larger disk and just modified it to be used like an offset or cutaway disk but with only one row of blades. The blades are much bigger and heavier than the blades on my little disk. The guy isn't sure how much it weights, but says it's 5ft wide. He said he would be willing to take my old disk on a partial trade along with $150 cash to buy the modified disk that he built. I've attached some photos here as well as pictures of my old "no name" disk that isn't working too well right now. The thing is, I'm happy with paying the $150, but this is the first one of these modified disks this guy has made so he doesn't know how well they work yet and I don't want spend $150 and a 3 hour round trip on a gamble. But I also don't know what else I can use. I'd be willing spend about $200ish on the right piece of equipment. I was thinking the disk might be able to serve to use to break up the entire plot if I decided I wanted to actually plant it in something instead of just letting it grow up in native grasses. I also thought about a 2 bottom plow. Those seem plentiful in my area for around the $200 mark. Those would probably work for making a decide bare dirt fire break, but it would be a slow process if I ever wanted to plow the entire 2 acre plot.
I guess my question is do I gamble my old disk, $150, and a 3 hour round trip on this "modified" disk that the guy is selling? Do I keep my old disk and try to find a 2 bottom plow that is closer to home? Do I need to be looking for some other type of implement instead? If so, what? And for reference, my tractor is an LS R3039. 39hp 4WD with the rear tires filled with fluid, total weight including the loader frame is 4400lbs.
I have found a guy that's about 1.5 hours away that builds "custom" small implements for the food plot type guys like me. He built this single gang disk out of a much larger disk and just modified it to be used like an offset or cutaway disk but with only one row of blades. The blades are much bigger and heavier than the blades on my little disk. The guy isn't sure how much it weights, but says it's 5ft wide. He said he would be willing to take my old disk on a partial trade along with $150 cash to buy the modified disk that he built. I've attached some photos here as well as pictures of my old "no name" disk that isn't working too well right now. The thing is, I'm happy with paying the $150, but this is the first one of these modified disks this guy has made so he doesn't know how well they work yet and I don't want spend $150 and a 3 hour round trip on a gamble. But I also don't know what else I can use. I'd be willing spend about $200ish on the right piece of equipment. I was thinking the disk might be able to serve to use to break up the entire plot if I decided I wanted to actually plant it in something instead of just letting it grow up in native grasses. I also thought about a 2 bottom plow. Those seem plentiful in my area for around the $200 mark. Those would probably work for making a decide bare dirt fire break, but it would be a slow process if I ever wanted to plow the entire 2 acre plot.
I guess my question is do I gamble my old disk, $150, and a 3 hour round trip on this "modified" disk that the guy is selling? Do I keep my old disk and try to find a 2 bottom plow that is closer to home? Do I need to be looking for some other type of implement instead? If so, what? And for reference, my tractor is an LS R3039. 39hp 4WD with the rear tires filled with fluid, total weight including the loader frame is 4400lbs.
