hawkeye08
Elite Member
The last couple of days, our neighbor's farmer (she leases her land out) came in with this big tractor pulling an enormous disc. I did not get a chance to talk to him, but looked up the tractor on the internet.. introduced in 2007 as the largest production tractor built, etc. I think it has 530HP and weighs almost 25 tons. The field has been in grass for seed for several years and he disc it diagonally, then again diagonally the other way and then a 3rd time at a different angle. The sod was still there but cut up pretty well.. He then came is with a 12+ bottom plow and plowed pretty deep. Even with the soft dirt from the disc, he plowed at a pretty fast pace.. you could see the tractor "bouncing" some as it was pulling hard. We have heavy clay and this farmer usually does not till, he has no till drills and I had never seen him in 20 years disc or plow (he has mowed very short and then just planted, wheat, canola, grass, etc).
A very big tractor, not usually seen around here...
A very big tractor, not usually seen around here...
