Harrows vs. Disk Plow? Confused now!

3/22" Disk plow or 8' offset harrows?

I've been trying to purchase/build a disk plow for a while and today while negotiating with Monroe Tufline dealer he told me for the same price I would be better served with a an 8' set of offset harrows.

I explained I already had a 6' tandem disk harrows (notched disks) on a X configuration. I use these primarily for seed bed prep but in my opinion they are really to light to break the ground without several passes.

He claims offset harrows pull like a plow and break ground better, also reduce fuel consumption and machinery wear. This is because disk plow creates big piles of dirt to be busted up later using tandem harrows, whereas, offset harrows can do the work needed in 2-3 passes.

Confused in FL

• harrow v. disk plow

On the tree stumps, thanks for the concern. I have had some "moments" with them even when pulling them out with tractor in reverse. Most of the stumps are at ground level or only 2-4" above. I just bought a '79 MF 50C TLB to dig holes beside stumps and now I'm knockin' em into the hole then burying them 2-3'.

First approach was to much manual labor -
chop, saw etc. on the roots then pull out with Oliver 550 Dsl. After nearly a year of this I ended up with a big stump pile I have to burn or bury. Not to mention muscle cramps in muscles I didn't know I had.

Backhoe is quite a work-saver. Just wanting to get land prepped before the warm weather so I can plant some pasture. Got a used spreader/seeder that is like new (thanks Karl B), itching to use it! Also need to build roller out of LP tank when I get back with Burrhead.

Again, THANKS!!

If you bury things one to two feet deep, it has a tendency to come back to the surface in a few years. We get frost to 4 feet at times, and that slowly works objects upward. For those of us with deeper frost, you might want to make that big ugly rootball pile, rather than bury them & have to deal with them again in 5 years.

We get construction crews that like to bury their 'junk' a foot or two deep. Obviously they are from the south! Stuff doesn't stay buried a foot or 2 around these parts...

--->Paul

--->Paul