gillesdumais
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Disc Harrow or Foward Tiller new field with rock & root after passing with Box Blade
I just bought 2 acres of land that was full of small cherry tree , weed and grass. i cut all the tree , removed the stumps and passed many time with a Box Blade BB2560 behind my L2501 25HP Tractor 62'' wide. There was a lot of rock in MG112 gravel on top of existing natural clay soil from golf ball to Grapefruit and some bigger like Cantaloup. There is not much roots left but still some. I have a Tiller brand new Gear drive RGA1258 coming next week. most soil type is clay under the roots and rock. i am planning to seed grass in two years as next summer i want to prepare the ground with the right tools. I dont want to damage my tiller that cost $3k with still lot of Rock left. A Land pride disk Harrow DH1560 cost also $3k but only has 38lbs per 18'' disk. Many Expert on this forum mention to have at least 45LBS per disk minimum size 20'' that are hard to Find in Canada. My question is : is it recommended to buy and use a Disk Harrow 60-66" 600lbs-900lbs with 45lbs per disk and 20'' diameter Disks for my needs, or should i just use my tiller and may be till shallow to level the ground and break all the big chunk of grass left by the tooths on my box scrap that i passed and possibly repair the Tiller.
I just bought 2 acres of land that was full of small cherry tree , weed and grass. i cut all the tree , removed the stumps and passed many time with a Box Blade BB2560 behind my L2501 25HP Tractor 62'' wide. There was a lot of rock in MG112 gravel on top of existing natural clay soil from golf ball to Grapefruit and some bigger like Cantaloup. There is not much roots left but still some. I have a Tiller brand new Gear drive RGA1258 coming next week. most soil type is clay under the roots and rock. i am planning to seed grass in two years as next summer i want to prepare the ground with the right tools. I dont want to damage my tiller that cost $3k with still lot of Rock left. A Land pride disk Harrow DH1560 cost also $3k but only has 38lbs per 18'' disk. Many Expert on this forum mention to have at least 45LBS per disk minimum size 20'' that are hard to Find in Canada. My question is : is it recommended to buy and use a Disk Harrow 60-66" 600lbs-900lbs with 45lbs per disk and 20'' diameter Disks for my needs, or should i just use my tiller and may be till shallow to level the ground and break all the big chunk of grass left by the tooths on my box scrap that i passed and possibly repair the Tiller.