Railroad Iron Drag

[teg]

The limit is 1,000 kb or one meg... Your photos were below 100 kb (well, below the limit) - as long as it's below, you don't have to re-size. I normally try to crop photos to show only what I need, (maybe adjust the colors or shadows) then resize to 800x600 and when I save, I compress the file to 40-50% - to create the smallest file I can. It's just a habit I've gotten into.

 

[PILOON]

Please keep them small for us dial up guys!

Those big pics tha spill out over the side of my screen just get stopped and never seen as I just can't wait forever.

 

[rutwad]

I will let you know how it goes. Made it yesterday afternoon out of 16' piece of rail. I need to smooth out my pasture for sprigging.

How about a drag harrow behind a disc? Or just a drag harrow?

 

[threeman]

How about a drag harrow behind a disc? Or just a drag harrow?

Drag harrow is too light. I have an 8'. I use it to knock down poop in the pasture, that way you dont have any ant beds or clumps of grass each year. Also more healthy for the livestock, less worms in them.

I have a tire drag built from six 22.5" truck tires that works better than the drag harrow for grass. doest rip up anything and doesnt ride over any any hills at all. They are bolt into a triangle pattern. I use it on pasture that have hay on them only each year after burning if I have ant hills.

I could cut down the railroad iron to drag behind the disc. Problem being they are 8.5' and I dont want to cut the rail just yet. I want a 10' set or maybe 12 for that. I have way too much tractor for the 8.5 pull set that I have. It has a drag behind it and it does ok but not as good as the large rail did. After it rained it looked like a parking lot. Depends alot on the disc. These cut extremely well (Athens disc) but in my opinion the 3 point Hardee set that I had before these were better for leveling. I used a friends disc at his place the other day helping out, they were JD 210's. Excellent leveling harrow. I was impressed. the 6400 pulled them well until the second pass in cross direction. It loaded it pretty good then. He told me if he had turned it before he had couldnt let them down really at all with the 6400 because it was too much. Nice disc I would like to own them.

 

[rutwad]

I am not sure if this is the same model, but my friend has a disc with the "versa bar" and he raves about the job it does. It leaves a picture perfect finish. He uses it for food plots. I don't know if it would work for your application or not.


Versa Bar

 

[threeman]

yep they work great, the farms that do till around here now use disc with these on the back. I know JD makes them on there large disc sets I think I saw some red disc (have no idea who made them, Case I think) on a farm down the road the other day that has them too. I will just use what I have until I sell the Athens I have. Then I going back to a 3 point set about 8-9' with a board on the rear. Dad made one years ago for a set and it worked better than anything we have used since. I probably still look for a larger set of pull types someday.

 

[Trippy]

I wonder if you could weld stubs of rebar or 1" square stock, 4 inches long, extending an inch or 2 off one bottom edge. Maybe 2" apart. Then you could drag it with the teeth down to scarify a pasture or break up rough ground, or turn the rail over and drag the smooth side.

If your looking for teeth. Go down to any old rail line. There are lots of spikes lose on the ties or laying on the rock. They work perfect for teeth. You can even weld on some hard face for added dirt ripping life.

 

[DJCohenour]

I know that this is thread is a little old, but here is a pic of my drag.

 

[johnk]

What are you pulling it with?

 

[bigdad]

If your looking for teeth. Go down to any old rail line. There are lots of spikes lose on the ties or laying on the rock. They work perfect for teeth. You can even weld on some hard face for added dirt ripping life.

Or you can buy a new spike for 50 cents a piece. Please be careful on ANY RR track.