Tandem Disc Harrows

[oliver28472]

You may have seen my brother at the Kuhn booth.

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Might have! I sat on a piece of their equipment and ate my lunch by coincidence! More than 200,000 people each day walk through that show. Ask him if he remebers an old guy in bib overalls and a camo hat

 

[sunspot]

I by chance found a nice looking offset disk here:

Unverferth Maximus Disk

I expect it's pricey, but it certainly looks heavy duty and has some nice features. The 6' model weighs in at 1805 pounds.

I've got a KK 6' that has been satisfactory for my needs, but if I had the money and HP I think I'd take a look at the Maximus disk.

I must say, that's a different looking disc. It is very heavy for the size. I'll call them for the heck of it.

 

[RobJ]

I must say, that's a different looking disc. It is very heavy for the size. I'll call them for the heck of it.

Well thought out. Loads of adjustments, fenders to keep the dirt splash down, and even the tooth on the middle where the disk misses. Pricey I'm sure!!

 

[Harold_J]

Here are some disks made in Texas, Hay King brand. Anyone know anything about them?

K&M Mfg. Product 5

The Monroe Tuffline is probably a good disk, but I saw one at a local dealer, it had only been there a few weeks outside and the paint was peeling off to bare metal.

Farmwithjunk: I saw a Model 25 at an auction a few years back, it was all there but had been burnt up in a fire. Two guys bid like madmen on it, I think it went for either $400 or $600. The auctioneer even joked that they paid more for the burnt up disk than two good 3-pt 10 footers he sold right before, a JD and a MF.

I run my disk 50-100 hours a year and since the ground is sandy loam it seems to do a job on the bearings. I grease every 4 hours. Put more grease in that little disk and a Ford 201 disk than anything on the farm. The Ford 201's are very good disks also.

 

[sunspot]

Here are some disks made in Texas, Hay King brand. Anyone know anything about them?

I gave them a call. You have to buy from a dealer and they are only in TX. I was given a retail price of $1,600 for the DM2020.

 

[sunspot]

I by chance found a nice looking offset disk here:

Unverferth Maximus Disk

I expect it's pricey, but it certainly looks heavy duty and has some nice features. The 6' model weighs in at 1805 pounds

Pricey? You bet. The 7' model is $4,995.

Seeing the weight on those things, they may well be a great disc but my wallet won't let me find out about them.

 

[Soundguy]

Speaking of discs and grey iron bearings.. who remembers wood bearing halves?

I've got an old ford disc witht he grey iron.. just got to keep the grease going to them..

soundguy

 

[Farmwithjunk]

Speaking of discs and grey iron bearings.. who remembers wood bearing halves?

I've got an old ford disc witht he grey iron.. just got to keep the grease going to them..

soundguy

I've got about 50% of a 6' Ford disc laying in the scrap pile that has wooded bearings. They held up better than the frame. I dragged it here a few years ago when we cleaned out my uncles barn. It spent the better part of 10 years with a bunch of ammonium nitrate bags piled on top of it. Talk about rust.

 

[Eastinlet]

Pricey? You bet. The 7' model is $4,995.

Seeing the weight on those things, they may well be a great disc but my wallet won't let me find out about them.

Good gosh! Even if I could afford it, my little tractor would sit and spin trying to pull 1800 pounds of disk in soft sandy loam.

Thanks for looking up the price. I guess my 6' KK was a better deal than I thought at $250.