When you disc...........????

I was discing my garden patch today and just puréeing it in no particular order runing up and down, crossways, and doing big figure eights. While I was doing one of my figure eights one of the farmers up the road was driving down my dirt road and pulled over into my drive, flagged me down and told me that I'll ruin the discs if I turn with them and that I should only disc parallel to my rows. He was very polite and was only trying to give some helpful advice. I enjoyed meeting a new "neighbor" even though he is 5 miles down the road. :)

Is he right? Should I not be turning while I disc?

Mounted disks are impossible for any more than gradual curves or steering corrections, and they will break.

Trailing wheel controlled disks, always best to lift or at least lighten the cut. I don't know as it hurts the disk all that much, but they sure pile soil on short turns.

Hmmmmm? Maybe I should have used a bottom plow instead of the discs? Would that have been better to get all of the roots and stuff down?????

Transport disc harrow: Has wheels and a hydraulic cylinder to lift the discs off the ground.

Mounted disc harrow: Is mounted directly to the tractor via 3pt, Fast Hitch, or other mounting system and is lifted by the tractor.

With a 100, you probably have a mounted disc.

I did thank him and pulled one direction and lifted them when I made turns afterward. I was just curious to see what all of you would say about this and if it was more or less of an issue than he stressed. The set of discs I am using are a 3pt set that Mr. Ken on this forum so graciously let me have. They have been a God send and for sure I don't want to screw them up.