removing 'ditches'?

jeff9366 · Jun 9, 2018

Kioti CK3510

2015 - CK10 Series
Compact Utility tractor
Series next: Kioti CK4010
Series back: Kioti CK2610

Manufacturer: Kioti (a part of Daedong)

Variants:
CK3510SE HC: cab hydro

Kioti CK3510 Engine:
Daedong 1.8L 3-cyl diesel
Engine (gross): 34.9 hp [26.0 kW]
Gear PTO (claimed): 30.8 hp [23.0 kW]
Hydro PTO (claimed): 29.7 hp [22.1 kW]

Capacity:
Fuel: 9 gal [34.1 L]

3-Point Hitch:
Rear Type: I
Control: position control
Rear lift (at 24"/610mm): 1631 lbs [739 kg]

Power Take-off (PTO):
Rear PTO: live
Clutch: dry disc
Rear RPM: 540 (1.375)
Mid PTO: optional
Mid RPM: 2000

Dimensions & Tires:
Wheelbase: 65.7 inches [166 cm]
Weight: 2679 to 3307 pounds

Mechanical:
Chassis: 4x4 MFWD 4WD
Differential lock: mechanical rear
Steering: power
Brakes: wet disc
Cab: Two-post folding ROPS. Cab with air-conditioning optional (CK3510SE HC model).

Hydraulics:
Type: open center
Valves: 2*Optional
Total flow: 11.7 gpm [44.3 lpm]

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CK3510 with 4-WD can pull a Box Frame Tandem Disc Harrow with 20" diameter pans, as wide as rear tires width. This Disc Harrow will be all the CK3510 can manage. You will likely need at least four passes to level the furrows, assuming the field has been closely mowed before you begin and the soil is moist.

A Tandem Disc Harrow with 9" spacing between the pans on the front/cutting gang will cut/penetrate better than a Disc Harrow with 7" spacing between pans on the front gang.

(This assumes your land is located no higher than 3,000 feet above sea level.) ((Above 5,000 feet your tractor may lack the power to pull a Disc Harrow with 20" diameter pans.))

A Disc Harrow with 18" diameter pans will probably not cut sufficiently to fill the old furrows.

kthompson · Jun 9, 2018

I have filled disk using nothing else. Did not straddle the ditch which was not an option as was using a pull disk but ran both sides a few times and it was taken care of. I did have about two feet of disk past my tires. I believe your tractor would be safe if it fell or slipped into a 12 inch deep ditch as long as it could lift your box blade or a disk clear. Do not run very fast so if it begins to slide in you can stop, back out and use the wheel lock for traction.

Twelve inch deep ditches are most likely too shallow for tiling if any real load will be crossing it.

You do have option of having dirt hauled in and just push it into the ditches. You may want to check on what that would cost.

majorwager · Jun 10, 2018

Jeffy,
Some folks prefer to leave their location blank, that is their choice. Show the empirical evidence that disclosing their location is directly proportional to the volume of replies they receive.

And you make reference to the disc harrow thread but have yet to address the source of that text and if it was copied and reproduced as your own w/ copyrighted permission?

CMV · Jun 10, 2018

I have a lot of these because my soil is all clay and since water can't sink in, it just cuts channels looking for lower ground. I kept fighting filling just to have them open back up or new ones form. Finally I filled with crushed concrete in ABC or crusher run size. That stayed put, but lets water have a place to go.

I couldn't tell from your post - are these man-made or from erosion? Even if man-made, someone could have done for same reason - to give water a place to go without causing erosion damage elsewhere. If they are carrying water, be careful. Before I fixed mine, they would slowly get bigger. Ones I could drive over suddenly let a whole tire fall in (real small tractor). Unexpected when you drive over an area many times mowing then all the sudden can't.

countrybumpkin · Jun 10, 2018

majorwager said:
Jeffy,
Some folks prefer to leave their location blank, that is their choice. Show the empirical evidence that disclosing their location is directly proportional to the volume of replies they receive.

And you make reference to the disc harrow thread but have yet to address the source of that text and if it was copied and reproduced as your own w/ copyrighted permission?

In almost every dang thread he posts in, It gets old.

Site · Jun 14, 2018

What Redneckracin said X 1,000 There may be a good reason they are there, we had to add 4 around our pasture to keep the water from around the house. Cant trust what you see in a small rain either it needs to be a frog strangler to see how flood water flows on your land

prof fate · Jun 27, 2018

More research - seems the ditches were put in to separate crops..seems odd to me, but that's what I'm hearing.

Getting a disk tomorrow evening (if it looks good in person as it does in the pictures) so can tray and smooth things out then.