I'm new here. I'm going tomorrow to pick up my JD 1070. It's 4WD. I want to get a disc for food plots. How big of a disc will it handle? I see there's a King Kutter 5.5' unit for sale down the road for $800. Farm & Fleet sells it new for $1100. I see they make them up to 7.5' wide.
How Big of a Disc for a JD 1070?
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JoeinTX
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At 35 engine HP it should easily handle the 5.5' disc.
You could go bigger if you wanted depending on the soil and how deep you want to plow. I would look for the cheapest option you can find between 5-7' that's in decent working shape.
You could go bigger if you wanted depending on the soil and how deep you want to plow. I would look for the cheapest option you can find between 5-7' that's in decent working shape.
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I would not go smaller then 6.5 ft and I think 7 would be better. We pull a 6.5 behind a 20 hp 2wd tractor and a 10 ft wheel disk behind a 48 hp 4wd tractor if that helps you any.
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Lots of variables to consider. Type of ground, top soil, sandy, clay? Is your ground flat, hilly? What type of disk, offset, or tandem? How much does the disk setup weigh, 500lbs or 5000lbs, more? What size of disk pans, 16", 18", 20", 22", 24" bigger? Pull disk, pull disk with transport wheels, 3pt disk.
All of these things interact with each other. So what works for one person might very well not work for you. See if you can see what people around you use, that will at least give you an idea of what might work for you. In my opinion, you should be able to pull a disk under any and all circumstances that might occur when you are disking at your location.
For years I could not figure out how some of these guys here on TBN were pulling 12' disks with a 5-6k pound 60hp tractor and not having any problems when there are times that the tracks on our Cat D6 slip while pulling our 12' disk. I would think to myself, how in the world can these guys pull that big of a disk with that small of a tractor? Well it all depends on the conditions and equipment that someone has. Just because someone can pull an 8' disk does not prove that they can pull any and all 8' disks. Again, lots of variables to contribute to if it works or not.
Good luck finding what works best for you.
All of these things interact with each other. So what works for one person might very well not work for you. See if you can see what people around you use, that will at least give you an idea of what might work for you. In my opinion, you should be able to pull a disk under any and all circumstances that might occur when you are disking at your location.
For years I could not figure out how some of these guys here on TBN were pulling 12' disks with a 5-6k pound 60hp tractor and not having any problems when there are times that the tracks on our Cat D6 slip while pulling our 12' disk. I would think to myself, how in the world can these guys pull that big of a disk with that small of a tractor? Well it all depends on the conditions and equipment that someone has. Just because someone can pull an 8' disk does not prove that they can pull any and all 8' disks. Again, lots of variables to contribute to if it works or not.
Good luck finding what works best for you.
I should be good with a smaller one. Some of the food plots we have are through the woods and I'd never get a 12' disc through there. We've been using a 4' ATV disc and an ATV but it's not worked all that well. Not enough weight and it's hard on the ATV as well. We have to add weight and that makes it pull that much harder.
The soil is clay based so it can get greasy. I like the idea of the 3-point disc as it would be a little easier to get moved around. At this point our plots are a 1/4 acre up to 1.5 acres so it's not like we're tilling a big area. One reason why we've struggled is most of these plots we've created have not been farmed for MANY years and the ground is just plain hard. Once we've tilled it , it's goes much better the following year.
The soil is clay based so it can get greasy. I like the idea of the 3-point disc as it would be a little easier to get moved around. At this point our plots are a 1/4 acre up to 1.5 acres so it's not like we're tilling a big area. One reason why we've struggled is most of these plots we've created have not been farmed for MANY years and the ground is just plain hard. Once we've tilled it , it's goes much better the following year.
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I pull an old heavy adjustable disc that is about 7' wide with a 1070. When the discs are angled sharply in pulls hard and ag tires are required, not turf tires. I used it moderately angled most the time and it worked fine. I was discing land I had plowed after it dried out some.
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DISC HARROW SELECTION LINK: http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/308251-disc-harrow-selection-18-45-a.html?highlight=
Link will explain how to determine correct Disc Harrow width relative to your tractor and pan spacing for food plot preparation.
Link will explain how to determine correct Disc Harrow width relative to your tractor and pan spacing for food plot preparation.
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