Tractor Sizing What size disk harrow For the Kubota L3200 4X4 (manual)

[KubotaL3200 Brian]

I am planning on buying a Kubota 4x4 3200 (32 HP) 4X4 for my GA hunitng property. The dealer sales rep recomends to me a "EH16 5 foot 5 inch Adjustable Disk Harrow". Will this 32HP 4X4 Kubota pull this harrow through that tuff GA clay? If, not - what size harrow would be better? Any particular brand?

Thanks.
Brian

 

[nybirdman]

You may want to look at a Roto-Tiller instead.Disc are dependent on weight and the smaller tractors will have a problem with this.One pass with a tiller or three/four with a disc.Can't break new sod with a tiller ,you will need to plow first.

 

[KubotaL3200 Brian]

I was worried about going to a roto tiller because we have quite a bit of rock that we disk up each year. Will this damage the roto tiller blades?

 

[jeff9366]

This thread should help you.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/attachments/275147-disc-harrow-primer-howse-disc.html

 

[nybirdman]

Nobody has more rocks than me....impossible!Leave the discharge flap wide open and make sure the slip clutch is working.I have picked up a few flat rocks just the right size to jam the tiller...but as long as the slip is working it is no problem.I have done approximately ten acres for nine years.I live in northern NY and have a stone quarry five miles north.You sure don't want a forward working tiller,reverse,spits them out the back.

 

[Turbys_1700]

I have a New Holland 1720 with front wheel assist...
My tractor has a wheel base of 65" and weighs 3300# with loaded rears...
I have no trouble pulling a Howse med duty disc harrow...
I believe that it weighs in the neighborhood of 550# and is 5'-6" in width...
Your tractor will be a good match for that size harrow...

 

[kubota6040guy]

Brian, in tight soil I would plow a couple days after a soaking rain has come and gone, then discing won't be a problem.

 

[oosik]

Brian, you can break new ground with a disk harrow - it may take a couple or three passes but you will break it. Of course, if you have a plow then use it first. A pto rototiller is going to be expensive because you want it to be wider than the back wheels on the tractor. Same with the disk harrow - wider than the rear tires. I had a 28hp 4WD Ford 1700 that I pulled a 6' disk harrow with and it pulled easily. I would only consider purchasing a rototiller if you are prepping for a vegetable garden. If you will be making food plots then a disk harrow is more than adequate. Your Kubota dealer surely handles disk harrows - most of my implements are Land Pride, only because that's what the Kubota dealer handles here. Actually when I had my Ford and used the 6' disk harrow I would set my cast cement weight - 400lb - on top of it for added weight and the tractor pulled it just fine. If you start to bog down while disking - just raise up on the three point a little til you get thru the tough spot then lower it and go on about your disking.

 

[jenkinsph]

With such a light tractor I would recommend a forward rotation tiller such as a King Kutter 60". I would wait a day or two after a good rain and till it in two passes. I have had the little and light disk harrows and they are a waste of time imo. On occasion you may break a tine in hard ground with rocks but the tiines are about $10 and easily replaced with two bolts. Replacing cracked disc blades are a lot more trouble and the blades on a light disc are thin.

 

[jeff9366]

For a vegetation cutting Disc Harrow you want 40 pounds or more of total Disc Harrow weight bearing on each disc. If you have 40 pounds bearing on each disc and adjust your Top Link in/out to concentrate weight weight where experimentation shows the Disc Harrow cuts best, you will cut through most grass type vegetation on the first pass.

 

[EverythingAttachments]

Check out our Xtreme Duty Box Frame Harrows. The 16-18 model with notched blades should give you great results.
Free shipping to a commercial business or supporting freight terminal within 1,000 miles of Newton, NC.
Travis

 

[Gary Fowler]

Get a heavy box frame disk and it will cut even in tough clay. You can make many passes with a disk in the same time it takes to make one with a tiller. You can even add concrete blocks or railroad steel (if you can find them) for extra weight on the disk. I have rocky soil with rocks varying from 3/4" to 12" or larger and would never try to run a tiller in it prior to removing the large rocks. Even then it may bind up with a missed rock. I have been using an 8 foot disk on my garden but now I want to get a tiller so I can thoroughly mix in leaves for added organic matter. I have disked it and picked up most of the larger rocks and still found several to locked up my walk behind tiller. I plan to get a 54" to use behind my B26 this fall and hopefully wont find too many more rocks since I have already used the disk to loosen it up 8" or so in depth.
I would advise you to do the same, buy a heavy disk to use first, pick up all the exposed rocks then use the tiller to break up any clods and thoroughly mix the soil, but not so much that is it fluffed up like flour.

 

[jeff9366]

Check out our Xtreme Duty Box Frame Harrows. The 16-18 model with notched blades should give you great results.

Note: ETA 16/18 has almost 43 pounds of harrow weight per disc, plus screw adjustment of the gang angles.

You will not need to add any weight to this one in order to cut.

 

[downslope]

Buy the heaviest disk your tractor can lift properly. 20 blades X 40 lb per blade = 800 lb disk; 16 blades = 640 lb disk. Buy at least as wide as wheels. Use front weights on tractor if necessary + ballast in/on rear tires. With 4x4 should be no problem.

I would forget about a tiller, expensive for a good one and might not even work well with your gear non-hydro tractor. The hard soil won't make it pull hard, if anything it'll pull easier and might have to make several passes after a rain. Might try pulling a one prong subsoiler a few passes if you can get a hold of one; if too tuff you can go shallow then deep, that will find the rocks:laughing: