10" Drag disc

[Eric_Phillips]

I am helping my father-in-law sell off some implements from his brother's estate. I am trying to figure out the price for a 10" drag disc. I am not sure of the make but it looks to be all intact but rusty. The gangs are movable with the center tung to make them agressive or straight. Sorry I don't have a picture of it. Any guesses as to a ball park price? The disc is in Hamlin NY so if you are interested let me know.

Eric

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I am helping my father-in-law sell off some implements from his brother's estate. I am trying to figure out the price for a 10" drag disc. I am not sure of the make but it looks to be all intact but rusty. The gangs are movable with the center tung to make them agressive or straight. Sorry I don't have a picture of it. Any guesses as to a ball park price? The disc is in Hamlin NY so if you are interested let me know.

Eric

I don't know your market, but around here, maybe $100 to $400 if in good condition. Drag disc will be limited market. Over 8' limits buyers for reasons of power (need at least 50 HP in most conditions) and difficulty in transporting.

Try to ge a picture and I'll TRY to identify brand.

Those old "drag disc's" did a great job! Just hard to move from place to place.

 

[radman1]

I am helping my father-in-law sell off some implements from his brother's estate. I am trying to figure out the price for a 10" drag disc. I am not sure of the make but it looks to be all intact but rusty. The gangs are movable with the center tung to make them agressive or straight. Sorry I don't have a picture of it. Any guesses as to a ball park price? The disc is in Hamlin NY so if you are interested let me know.

Eric

I am not sure what you call a drag disc. Are you referring to a drag harrow? A drag harrow to me has 4-5 rows of pipes with vertical spikes that can be angled with a center lever to make them more vertical (agressive) or slanted. A section is usually about 4-5 feet in width and length. Each section can be fastened together and make variable widths. They are rarely used by farmer's today. A section can be pulled easily by a small tractor or even ATV. In my area, this may bring $25-50 per section depending on condition, more it they are together in a gang. Mostly used today by people who broadcast seed and then go over it lightly with a harrow, by horse people with arenas or if you have a sandy beach and want to smooth it over.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

I am not sure what you call a drag disc. Are you referring to a drag harrow? A drag harrow to me has 4-5 rows of pipes with vertical spikes that can be angled with a center lever to make them more vertical (agressive) or slanted. A section is usually about 4-5 feet in width and length. Each section can be fastened together and make variable widths. They are rarely used by farmer's today. A section can be pulled easily by a small tractor or even ATV. In my area, this may bring $25-50 per section depending on condition, more it they are together in a gang. Mostly used today by people who broadcast seed and then go over it lightly with a harrow, by horse people with arenas or if you have a sandy beach and want to smooth it over.

I don't have a picture, but a DRAG DISC is simply an old fashioned disc that doesn't hook up via 3-point hitch, nor does it have transport wheels/axle. They were built "back in the old days" for farmers who never left their own ground.

 

[Eric_Phillips]

Farmwithjunk,
I was looking at Ken Sweet's site to get an idea of prices. I am amazed how cheap this type of disc sells for. The 10' size is what is keeping me from bringing it home. I only have a 27hp CUT so pulling it would be difficult in tilled ground. I have a 6.5' 3 ph type that works OK for what I need.

Thanks,
Eric

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Farmwithjunk,
I was looking at Ken Sweet's site to get an idea of prices. I am amazed how cheap this type of disc sells for. The 10' size is what is keeping me from bringing it home. I only have a 27hp CUT so pulling it would be difficult in tilled ground. I have a 6.5' 3 ph type that works OK for what I need.

Thanks,
Eric

They sell cheap because they're not as handy to move around as other choices, but once "in the dirt" a drag disc is a tough act to beat. In any soils I'm familiar with, you'd need 45 to 50 HP (MINIMUM) to lug a 10' disc.

 

[Fishguy]

I only have a 27hp CUT so pulling it would be difficult in tilled ground. I have a 6.5' 3 ph type that works OK for what I need.

Eric, When you say it's OK for you need, what do you mean? I have a 25hp CUT and am in the market for a disc and I'm not sure what size I should get. I have 4wd but turf tires. I'm wanting to smooth out some previous farmland. Any ideas or suggestions?

Steve

 

[BTDT]

Torch, pins, angle iron, welder. Reconfigure to fit your needs. As for old "discs" themselves, I have seen a cooker made out of a couple of them.

 

[Soundguy]

Eric, When you say it's OK for you need, what do you mean? I have a 25hp CUT and am in the market for a disc and I'm not sure what size I should get. I have 4wd but turf tires. I'm wanting to smooth out some previous farmland. Any ideas or suggestions?

Steve

A disc is a trade off between weight, agressiveness of cut, type of disc blade, notched or plain, and tractor hp.

A disc that is very light doesn't cut as well, and is more flimsy.. however you can ballast it to help cut.. but then you are left with a heavy flimsy disc that may wear out soon. Example might be the economy angle iron, adjustable or fixed 4'-6' discs you can pick up at farm stores.

Then you move up to heavier and more expensice units that may be box tube framed.


Got to watch the bearing types too. Different maint needs.

Also.. it does little good to get more disc that your tractor can pull. Though you can drop blades to get weight with less width of cut.

It's all a trade off based on what you want to do, how long you have to do it, how much you want to spens, and what you got to pull it with.

Soundguy

 

[radman1]

Now I know what a drag disc is. Never heard of one before. More educated than ever!

 

[Eric_Phillips]

Eric, When you say it's OK for you need, what do you mean? I have a 25hp CUT and am in the market for a disc and I'm not sure what size I should get. I have 4wd but turf tires. I'm wanting to smooth out some previous farmland. Any ideas or suggestions?

Steve

Steve,
You are doing what I have been upto for the past two years. We built a new house on a corn field. Last year around the house I sprayed the weeds with roundup and took my flimsy light weight disc you find at the farm store, 6.5" KK from TSC added a couple hundred pounds of old window weights and went at it. The extra weight helped but probably not essential. Serveral times over the ground and the top several inches were all loosened up. The thing I wish I had done is then take a drag to help smooth things out some more. Now my soil goes from sandbox to sandy loam to gravely. I don't have the nasty clay that a lot of people on this list deal with.

Now for the back pasture area I plowed it with a 3x14 moldboard and have been discing it when ever I get the chance to get into the field with out swimming. Back there is some areas with higher clay content and a wet area that had a thick stalked ornamental grass stuff that is taking a bit of work to break up. I have noticed on the plowed ground I would not want much more than the 6.5' disc. When I was doing the stuff around the house that was not plowed I could have pulled more. I would bet your 25 hp with turf tires could pull one of these 6.5' discs. This pasture is going to need draging and a cultipacker when I get done. I am sure I will have this ground so over worked nothing with grow in it .

Why I like these little 3ph disc is they are easy to move around. Yes a big wheeled or drag disc if I could pull it would work faster but I don't have remotes to raise and lower the wheels if they are hydralic and the drag disc is engaged in the ground all the time so getting form one place to another you are digging up the ground. With the 3ph disc when I get to the end of a row I can just lift the disc turn and put it back down. If I had a drag disc I would need to judge when I needed to start turning to get right to the edge, you could also get yourself stuck if you miss judged by a fence row or ditch. Doing small areeas is just easier to do with something that you can pick up. I hope this helps. It is a long answer to your short question.

Eric

 

[Fishguy]

Eric, Thanks for the help! I have roughly 8 acres that desperatly need worked and the main 2 acre lawn could use another going over. I did it with a tiller and like you, wish i had dragged it afterwards.
With all that said, I plan on getting the 3 ph type disc and in taking Soundguy's advice, will concentrate my serching for a square tubed set-up with easy bearing maintenence. Any suggestions as to a manufacturer of such a disc, with out having to selloff my other "toys"?

Thanks again for the help and advice. I knew I would get a staight answer here.
Steve

 

[Eric_Phillips]

Steve,
I do believe the common manufacturers of implements have both the angle iron and box type discs. Checkout Landpride and Woods, from some recent threads some people think highly of these brands. King Kutter does make a box tube also but the Landpride and Woods might be better built. Good luck.

Eric