Wheel disc arrives

[flusher]

Took delivery of a nice 13-ft wheel disc. It's a Minneapolis-Moline KA-1300 apparently manufactured by Krause and sold under the MM badge. $600

Put the bucket forks on the Mahindra 5525 to do part of the lifting.

The hitch assembly had to be removed to get the disc on the trailer without a lot of overhang.

Frame is red, wheels are probably MM prarie gold (the classic MM paint scheme).

Only one crack to weld (so far).

I'll remove three outer blades from each axle to cut it down to about 9 ft wide for the 5525. The topsoil on my hayfield is pretty thin so I won't be running this disc at a very aggressive setting. I don't think the 5525 will have any problem pulling it during the planting season in Oct when the ground is pretty dry and hard. I'll detach the FEL and fill the rear tires to give the 5525 a fighting chance to handle this load on the drawbar.

I found a YouTube clip showing an old JD Model A pulling a disc about this size through what looks like cornfield stubble. That gives me hope that the 5525 will do OK with this beast.

YouTube - John Deere A met Disc

This MM disc should go nicely with the MM P3-6 grain drill that I recently finished restoring.

Old stuff is fun.

 

[AKfish]

Sweet... You did a bang-up job on that drill, too!

I pulled a 12ft. JD tandem disc (very similar to your MM) with a JD 730 diesel popper for my uncle 31-2 years ago (whew..) and the tractor didn't even break a sweat!

You might leave the gangs as is -- and give it a go to see what happens. With filled rear tires and no added weight on the disc and the front gang angled out (less aggressive); you might find that the temp gauge on your new Mahindra won't wiggle, either.

Really like your pics, too. Thanks.

AKfish

 

[flusher]

Sweet... You did a bang-up job on that drill, too!

I pulled a 12ft. JD tandem disc (very similar to your MM) with a JD 730 diesel popper for my uncle 31-2 years ago (whew..) and the tractor didn't even break a sweat!

You might leave the gangs as is -- and give it a go to see what happens. With filled rear tires and no added weight on the disc and the front gang angled out (less aggressive); you might find that the temp gauge on your new Mahindra won't wiggle, either.

Really like your pics, too. Thanks.

AKfish

Good idea. I'll see if the 5525 can tow this thing with all 44 blades installed.

 

[CECILSSTEEL]

Looks like your set of discs will cover a lot of ground. Nice job on touching up the drill grain. Want to see some pictures of the implements at work.