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Mike

11-09-2001 04:40:17




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Is there something to cut up corn stalks after harvesting? I use a bush hog and it doesn't get the ones close to ground, which makes hard plowing. Any help most appreciated.




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SA

11-12-2001 13:04:09




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 Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Mike, 11-09-2001 04:40:17  
In a word, cows!



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John A.

11-09-2001 16:52:09




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 Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Mike, 11-09-2001 04:40:17  
Go get the disc on your plow rolled (sharpened)
In the panhandles TX-OK disc-rollers charge so much per disc to roll the disc on your plow.
the figure of .10/in of diameter. ie 22 in disc-
x .10 = 2.20/disc. Sharp disc on your plow will
make it prefoem like a new one. We sharpened
disc every 3rd to 4th season. Depending on soil
conditions, amount of trash we had gone through,
compaction from grazing cattle on winter wheat
pasture, etc.

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JHill

11-09-2001 09:26:18




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 Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Mike, 11-09-2001 04:40:17  
I disk my cornstalks. Cuts them up good enough for my plow.



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Warren

11-09-2001 08:26:14




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 Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Mike, 11-09-2001 04:40:17  
Mike,

What you need is a stalk chopper which is a PTO driven flail type of a chopper. The flails are curved blades which are attached to a central rotor. When the rotor spins rapidly, the the flails pick up and chop the crop residue. Many green feed choppers work this way also. The flails cut in the direction that you are driving, so they will pick up the crop as you go. A good practice is to go the opposite way that the corn was harvested so that the tops of the corn stalk are picked up first - this helps to pick up the entire stalk and can do a better job of chopping for you. Have fun and be careful, these choppers can fling dirt, stones, rocks, etc. straight at you and the tractor.

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Dave

11-09-2001 17:27:15




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 Re: Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Warren, 11-09-2001 08:26:14  
The flail chopper works best. I mounted the receiver piece from the back of a square baler to the tractor vertically behind the seat. Rocks, stalk pieces and such rang on the steel constantly, but none got by to the driver, me. Keep safe.



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paul

11-09-2001 06:21:30




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 Re: Corn Stalks in reply to Mike, 11-09-2001 04:40:17  
A stalk chopper - at least that is what they are called 'here'. They kind of look like a garden tiller, but the tiller blades are hooks on a chain or piviot, & they shred up the stalks. Old models were 2 row, common ones here are 4-6 row. I ran a 4 row with an Oliver Super 77, was all it could handle, they use power!

--->Paul



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