Disc Harrow Selection For 18-45 Horsepower Tractors (Revision 2b)

[kevin37b]

Earlier, on another thread, I remember reading about a technique to prevent the discs from picking-up soil which sticks between - and gets packed in tight. It involved chains, but I can't locate the post now.

Can somebody help? This happens to me, particularly on the notched discs.

Scrapers

 

[kevin37b]

I hit the button too quick . You need real spring loaded scrapers , not chains . Jeffs info is very good . A disc is not a primary tillage tool . Chisel plow or ripper , then disc . TTH

 

[jeff9366]

Here is a thread on ADJUSTING the Tandem Disc Harrow:

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/...ing-three-point-hitch-mounted.html?highlight=

 

[jeff9366]

A disc is not a primary tillage tool . For primary tillage, chisel plow or rip, then disc .

Dirt Dog - All Purpose Plow / Field Cultivator REVIEW + PICTURES

Dirt Dog All Purpose Plow / Field Cultivator Dirt Dog Model APP 66-5 Total Width 66", Working Width 62", Five Tines, Weight 284 Pounds, Paid $835.00 (2010) Field Cultivator: A Three Point Hitch mounted, secondary tillage implement, used to perform operations such as soil aeration...

www.tractorbynet.com

A moldboard plow / turning plow is the most traditional of primary tillage implements.

 

[jyoutz]

Dirt Dog - All Purpose Plow / Field Cultivator REVIEW + PICTURES

Dirt Dog All Purpose Plow / Field Cultivator Dirt Dog Model APP 66-5 Total Width 66", Working Width 62", Five Tines, Weight 284 Pounds, Paid $835.00 (2010) Field Cultivator: A Three Point Hitch mounted, secondary tillage implement, used to perform operations such as soil aeration...

www.tractorbynet.com

A moldboard plow / turning plow is the most traditional of primary tillage implements.

I have the Fred Cain cultivator (same type of product as the all purpose plow). It is a fantastic initial soil preparation tool. Something that will break the ground prior to discing. I use mine prior to rototilling.

 

[Egon]

Disk’s are a common primary tillage tool In agriculture. All it takes is the proper sized equipment.

Tillage equipment:

A Tillage Tool ‘Primer’ for Equipment Dealers

The reasons why farmers till the soil haven’t changed much over the past several decades, but the tools they use have evolved in significant ways. The proliferation of implements developed to cultivate farm fields have greatly refined tillage operations, while at the same time trying to figure...

www.farm-equipment.com

 

[mgboddy]

This is a encyclopedic summary! Excellent. Thanks for taking the time and effort.

 

[wkg2013]

I have a 4 wd 4410 JD. I intend to disc up a section for a food plot. The section

was tilled 2 years in a row 2 years ago but is now regrown with field grasses. It has been brush hogged. I know nothing about using a disc harrow. The soil I intend to disc is hard clay.

 

[jeff9366]

I have a 4 wd 4410 JD. I intend to disc up a section for a food plot. The section

was tilled 2 years in a row 2 years ago but is now regrown with field grasses. It has been brush hogged. I know nothing about using a disc harrow. The soil I intend to disc is hard clay.

A section of land is 640 acres.

Hard for me to imagine a food plot of that size ~~ but maybe so.

Please clarify.

 

[wkg2013]

I was referring to a section of my property. Approximately 2 - 3 acres. Thank you for correcting me. Im sure no one would be able to answer my question without that distinción.