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   / disc plow #21  
Depends how bit the disks are, I pull my home made disk plow with a 16hp garden tractor....
 

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   / disc plow #22  
Why is the disc plow so rare to find now?
 
   / disc plow #23  
Why is the disc plow so rare to find now?

They were primarily used for "new ground" plowing where you would find lots of roots and rocks. There is not much of that going on nowadays. We usually stock a few good used 2 disc plows and we are a dealer for the new Tufline models. Ken Sweet
 
   / disc plow #24  
Thanks Ken, I am contemplating what to get or if I will even get implements to prepare small garden and food plots. So far I have thought about a plow or disc plow, disc harrow, garden bedder, rototiller, but I don't really want to spend a lot as this would be just for fun and I have little experience in gardening.
 
   / disc plow #25  
Ken's succinct posts rate a lot of respect among T-B-N contributors.

For a garden plus small food plots you can get by with just a rototiller. (Had I a rototiller I would want to store it under roof.) If you have HST transmission on your Kubota B2920 you have the ideal transmission for a rototiller. Max torque at low speed so you can pull a rototiller slowly without stalling.

That is, unless you are around Murfreesboro, where the "soil" is rocks.

It is most difficult to find a Disc Harrow with at least forty pounds bearing on each pan, which is needed to be effective, which you can pull with a small tire B2920.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR DIRT….

TELL US WHAT SIZE YOUR "SMALL" GARDEN WILL BE.
 
   / disc plow #26  
Not sure how to describe the soil but it is East Tennessee . I guess it's clay. The largest the garden could be would be an acre or slightly more but I would probably want to try some smaller areas first as I really don't have much experience. I guess a rototiller would be nice to have.
 
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   / disc plow #27  
Back when our old family farm was mostly new ground Dad had a 2 dish PAN PLOW that he pulled with an 8N. So I suppose a 19 HP tractor would do fairly well with it. Our soil was a heavy mix of clay and loam which was pretty hard pulling on a disk. You should be able to pull a 2 pan plow in East Tennessee with a 20 HP 2 or 4 WD tractor if the tires are loaded.
 
   / disc plow #28  
Another option would be to rent/buy/borrow a small chisel plow to break up the soil, and then run a tiller over it.

Breaking it up with a chisel will help a lot. We used to chisel our wheat fields to break them up and then run an offset disc to turn the stubble under to decompose.
 

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