middle buster use

[JDMAN4020]

Is your draft control adjusted correctly. It will raise the plow as the load increases on the draft control. Set the draft control to it's lowest, or most loaded level.

 

[Don87]

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+1:thumbsup:

 

[flusher]

OK guys, I need someone to tell me what I'm doing wrong with my middle buster.
I just purchased a middle buster from TS to use on my Kubota B7500 (21 hsp) to turn over some ground that I just mowed, prior to disking and planting for food plots. I am working in some old fields that don't really have sod persay, but do get mowed with a brushhog yearly.

When I drop the middle buster and start going forward, I can't get it to really "grab" and stay down in the soil. It just keeps popping out on top of the ground after a few feet. I tried an aggressive angle (with the top hitch on my tractor shortened up as much as possible and the one that I was certain would make it really dig in), a straight vertical angle, and a less aggresive angle. What gives???
Thanks.
Teach

Here are a few photos of the TSC middle buster on my 2005 Kubota B7510HST



The soil is fairly soft with a lot of gravel mixed in.

 

[Don87]

Here are a few photos of the TSC middle buster on my 2005 Kubota B7510HST

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The soil is fairly soft with a lot of gravel mixed in.

And that's what a middlebuster/potato digger does. They don't come out of the ground unless the tractor tells them to.........just hoping my Massey with turf tires will pull it...........we shall see

 

[Capt Dan]

I agree with post number 18.

Check the middle buster to make sure it was welded together right. Maybe they welded the bottom pieces on for a subsoiler instead of the middle buster. The bottom of these two are different.

I have the same one as you and have only used it once but I just hooked it up, adjusted nothing and it worked fine.

 

[Robert F.]

Here are a few photos of the TSC middle buster on my 2005 Kubota B7510HST

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The soil is fairly soft with a lot of gravel mixed in.

Your first photo appears to have the plow blade attached bottom side up, or is that just an illusion? The last two photos shows the blade attached correctly.

 

[flusher]

Your first photo appears to have the plow blade attached bottom side up, or is that just an illusion? The last two photos shows the blade attached correctly.

Must be an illusion--I don't recall installing that blade backwards. Anyway, the MB works fine in my soil with the blade installed correctly. I never had a problem with the plow popping out of the ground.

 

[gwdixon]

Here are a few photos of the TSC middle buster on my 2005 Kubota B7510HST

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The soil is fairly soft with a lot of gravel mixed in.

Note how the top link is adjusted longer in the photo. The key would be for the bottom edge of the blade to be adjusted to run flat or slightly at a downward angle.

My middle busters are homemade so adjustments are different but looking at the bottom of the blade should show how to get it to bury itself.

 

[tcnjdeluca]

I know this is an older thread just wanted to say that I bought a middle buster from tractor supply it came with the shovel upside down. It took me a day to figure this out. I still can not get it to dig deeper though -- often it just skips along the top. Considering getting a shorter top link, what do you think?

 

[bp fick]

How deep it goes depends on a couple of factors, but yes, if your top link is too long and holds the tool in a way that doesn't encourage the spade to go deep, then start with that. I like vertical, but our soil is soft and sandy. With harder soils, you'll need to pitch it a bit and try it. It's experimenting, but it works.

This time of year is tough most places, as the soil is getting sun baked and very hard.