Disc Harrow

Soundguy · Sep 1, 2005

( will have to be very heavy with lots of horse power in front of it. Like 200 or more )

I've found a good 12' pull type dis cweighing a couple thousand pounds behind a 90hp tractor will turn sod over pretty good... course.. a 17' or 24' and 200hp machine does it in half the time!

Soundguy

Egon · Sep 1, 2005

New Holland data.

Note the working depth and HP per foot listed.

Egon

Soundguy · Sep 1, 2005

Uh... yeah.. looks about like I said.

The numbers look like a 12' is fine on a 90ish hp tractor... etc...

Soundguy

NewClimber · Sep 2, 2005

So if I was looking to tiller some clay for the first time..would I use a tiller...This is what I have been looking for recently. Hopefully I am looking for the correct peice of equipment. I am planning to turn the area that is currently weeds into a garden area.

Egon · Sep 2, 2005

Yep - but your not turning over sod at the depth listed.

Egon

Egon · Sep 2, 2005

For a garden area a rotatiller should work fine. I know my B7100 will not be able to pull a disc that would do an acceptable job breaking fresh ground.

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Slamfire · Sep 2, 2005

( Perhaps - yes I did err. Discs can turn sod but it will have to be very heavy with lots of horse power in front of it. Like 200 or more. This is equipment usually is not owned by members of this board.

This would be an excellent breaking disc.

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I don't think I could pull that with anything smaller than a D8, and bigger would be better. /forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

A single row cultivator usually has multiple holes to adjust the shovels. Filling all the holes with s tines ought to make a small version of Ken Sweet's monster. /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif

Swanee · Sep 2, 2005

Will finish up a foodplot this weekend. Method was brush hog, Roundup, using an implement almost identical to the one shown by Ken Sweet and than disking. The spring loaded S-tine tiller works great behind my JD4600. Pulls basketball+ sized rocks right out of my sandy loam and just pops back and resets on the bigg'ns. These have to be dealt with by digging around with the pallet forks on the FEL. Working things up, letting it rain and coming back later for a few more passes helps too. Good luck with yours.

Soundguy · Sep 4, 2005

( Yep - but your not turning over sod at the depth listed.
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whoops!, my bad.. Very true.. fast reading.. I missed what you were trying to say, bout the depth vs turning sod.

When i disc.. if there is sod.. I figure one pass just to cut it up.. no depth achieved.. etc.. then sucessive passes to actually get discing done.

Could plow it.. but then.. I've only got a 2-bottom.. and that would take all day..

Soundguy