Z-Michigan
Veteran Member
I have a "Farm Force" 6.5 foot "heavy duty" (by TSC standards) disk harrow that is basically identical to the King Kutter disk. FWIW I think the Farm Force stuff is slightly better made, but the design is pretty much the same, price is exactly the same at TSC.
This disk has done an excellent job on our garden plot in terms of turning and mixing the topsoil and chopping old vegetation. Only downside is that with a couple passes of a decent sized tractor, the soil below disking level can be somewhat compacted. We remedy that by running our scarifier 1-2x after disking, but that's an extra step and extra implement. We would definitely buy the disk again. Only real downside is that it has cheap sealed bearings that, per discussion above, probably won't last all that long. A minor downside is that adjusting the disk angles requires two BIG wrenches and some serious force (long breaker bar, impact wrench, or we used a wooden mallet). Once you find angle settings you like you probably won't adjust it much.
One other affordable disk option is the one from Worksaver, which has fixed angles (not so good) but has greasable bearings, and is in the same price range as TSC stuff.
I'm not sure what you're planning to do on trails. Where we are, any trail would have tree branches and rocks, so the disk wouldn't work well. You may have different conditions or plans.
This disk has done an excellent job on our garden plot in terms of turning and mixing the topsoil and chopping old vegetation. Only downside is that with a couple passes of a decent sized tractor, the soil below disking level can be somewhat compacted. We remedy that by running our scarifier 1-2x after disking, but that's an extra step and extra implement. We would definitely buy the disk again. Only real downside is that it has cheap sealed bearings that, per discussion above, probably won't last all that long. A minor downside is that adjusting the disk angles requires two BIG wrenches and some serious force (long breaker bar, impact wrench, or we used a wooden mallet). Once you find angle settings you like you probably won't adjust it much.
One other affordable disk option is the one from Worksaver, which has fixed angles (not so good) but has greasable bearings, and is in the same price range as TSC stuff.
I'm not sure what you're planning to do on trails. Where we are, any trail would have tree branches and rocks, so the disk wouldn't work well. You may have different conditions or plans.
