Can my tractor handle this disc

[xandrew245x]

I am looking to purchase a used 3 point disc from someone. Its primary use will be to chop up the soil after plowing. I have a new holland T1110 28 hp, 4wd with ballast in the rear tires. The plow looks to be about 5' in width, with 14" discs.

 

[Peter 315]

Athens Plow - Model 37 Lift-Type Tandem Disc Harrow

 

[oosik]

Yes - your tractor should handle that disc quite easily.

 

[HEC]

I have that same disc harrow and my b2650 ( 26 hp) 4wd pulls it okay . Much will depend on how much traction you will get on newly plowed ground but shouldn't be a problem . If it is newly plowed up sod ground , don't expect to much . I went over the plowed up sod several times and still had big chunks of sod . With plowed up sod ground I ended up having to use a rototiller behind the 2650 to get the sod chopped up . The disc will work great on an established garden plot .

 

[xandrew245x]

I'm really considering just spending the money and buy a tiller. I think a tiller is going to be much better money spent for me since the ground i'm plowing is virgin.

 

[jeff9366]

Angle iron frame Disc Harrows are very light. They are usually not adjustable.

Would be suitable for smoothing previously plowed ground in a garden situation, perhaps with two or more passes with the tractor/implement combination.

Useless for opening virgin ground.

Your New Holland T1110 28 hp, 4wd with ballast in the rear tires can pull this disc without any problem over virgin ground but without any result.



Go for the PTO powered roto-tiller.

 

[BrokenTrack]

Rototillers are great, but travel speed is very slow, they also cause serious compaction.

Discs are a lot faster on travel speed, but it can take several passes to get the clods of sod broken up for a good seed bed. They do not cause soil compaction nearly as much.

The deciding factor is the amount of ground you are working. If it is a few acres, you want a disc because flying around the field will be better than churning along slowly with a rototiller.

One good thing about a rototiller though is taking ruts out of a hay field. Just churn through the rut, sow with seed and pick up any rocks that are kicked up. They are a dream for that.

 

[Grumpa Wally]

If most of the soils you will farm are not very rocky I would choose a roto tiller. That harrow will take a lot of work on new ground since it is so light, but in rocky soils would be a much better choice. It will do it, but if you have the $$, I would get the tiller if rocks aren't an issue. Your tractor will handle the harrow just fine. If you choose the harrow, you can adjust the top link on the first pass, so that the front gang will be digging much deeper than the rear gang, that is angling the harrow into the ground as you travel forward. The rear gang will act as weight for the front gang. The harrow will be an 'all soil' ground engaging attachment, where the tiller will get beat up on rocky soils.

 

[oosik]

I would say - go get a rototiller. That disc harrow you pictured in post #1 is probably VERY reasonably priced - and for a reason. Its very light - definitely worthless on trying to open virgin ground and you will likely be disappointed with its ops on plowed ground. To force it to work - you could add weight on top of the existing framework but that risks damaging the harrow. You will likely have to make so many passes with the disc - you could cause soil compaction.

View attachment 548806 I bought this Land Pride disc harrow new twelve years ago when I had a smaller tractor - like yours. Its a DH 1048 - 48" wide and 420#. It didn't work well at all attempting to break virgin ground around here. It was only slightly better on plowed ground. Basically it was a waste of my money, a waste of my time, a waste of fuel. It didn't even make pretty sounds being drug behind my first tractor or my current tractor. The specs show it has 35 pound of weight per disc. You need to double or preferably triple that amount to get a good response.

See the square block of concrete to the right of the disc. That's a 485# block of concrete that I put on top of the disc. Makes the entire arrangement weigh around 900# - seriously risks damaging the attachment arms and hardware on the disc. I used it once with the weight - enough to convince me that it wasn't worth potential damage.

 

[MickeyDBC]

I am looking to purchase a used 3 point disc from someone. Its primary use will be to chop up the soil after plowing. I have a new holland T1110 28 hp, 4wd with ballast in the rear tires. The plow looks to be about 5' in width, with 14" discs.
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If you are planning on discing after plowing (turn plow) this will probably work but may take a couple of passes. Not sure how well your tractor pulls but you can tie a drag/chain harrow behind the disc (just don't back up) and it will help even more. Not sure how much vegetation you have on the field, but knocking it down with Roundup or even a shredder will make your job a lot easier.