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Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful?

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ShepFL

03-05-2002 09:59:59

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Been thinking one of these would be handy behind IH 37 tandem wheel disk. Other than smoothing land out what benefit? Right now I have a 6' section of rail iron attached to level the fields. Maybe good for spring use in pastures to drag up old growth to encourage new growth?

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george s

03-06-2002 15:26:02

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

I have one that's used on horse pasture, it does a good job spreading the manure, fair job behind a disc,and a really poor job scarifying the pasture for overseeding.Oh, and they cost too much,can't be picked up by the tractor,and are a pain to store.Other than that ,there's not much wrong with them!

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david

03-06-2002 11:59:19

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

A lot of them here in central KY. Use to scatter manure and prep fields to seed clover. I prefer a good drag to "finish" soil after a disc in conventional tillage. The chain harrow gets the surface a little too loose for good seed to soil contact.

Esp popular on horse farms. My experience is to get a really good one, wide as you can get through the gate with a rigid frame. A 20' flex wing is nice.

To "finish" soil after a disc I use a guard rail stacked 3 pc thick and 3 pc side to side chained behind the disc.

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Bill Becker

03-06-2002 05:28:22

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

I have spent some time pulling a chain harrow for two things: They work great in pastures for thatching and breaking up manure. I have also used one in the field. They do a good job of breaking upm dirt clods and leveling the ground. They are hard to find for a reasonable price (compared to spike tooth harrows)

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GLASSMISTY

03-05-2002 15:21:49

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

Go with springtooth hare just watchout for worn teeth.

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PCC-AL

03-05-2002 14:16:03

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

Hi Shep,
I use an old Bermuda grass scratcher behind the 8N and it does a nice job in the garden after I have broken and disced the soil. It not only smooths and levels, it will drag out the grass to the edge where I raise the lift and drop the grass. This is basically the same thing that TP is talking about with the spring tooth harrow. Good luck and send us some of that warm weather.

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ShepFL

03-06-2002 05:37:42

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Re: Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to PCC-AL, 03-05-2002 14:16:03

Hey PCC-AL

Warm weather is coming this weekend (I hope). Late last week and this week it has been near record lows for FL this time of yr. I have had heavy frost all week. Last Thursday it got down to 18. Then over the weekend we got 4+ inches of rain. Still have alot of standing water. Crazy weather this time of yr.

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ShepFL

03-06-2002 05:37:08

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Re: Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to PCC-AL, 03-05-2002 14:16:03

Hey PCC-AL

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Another Thought! TP from Central PA

03-05-2002 13:53:24

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

Shep, here's another idea. We have a 12 Foot IH #37 disk, our landlord has a 12Ft wide spring tooth harrow. We used to disk then Harrow right before we planted as it really made a nice seed bed, but we then bought a 560G and had the power to combine the two together. The combo makes an extremely nice seed bed and also has saved us fuel. I have pulled it with our M-TA, but I don't like to work that tractor hard, so I use the 560. I would look into getting a spring tooth harrow. Their are tons of them setting around(atleast in my area) and can be boughten cheap, well if the Amish don't get to 'em first. A chain harrow would work but I think the spring tooth would be the way to go.

What ever you decide on, watch your tight turns!! You really have to make wide turns with a harrow behind the disk!

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paul

03-05-2002 14:15:14

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Re: Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to Another Thought! TP from Central PA, 03-05-2002 13:53:24

Here in our heavy clay soils of southern Minnesota the spike tooth harrows are a lot more popular than the spring tooth, but depends on what you want to do.

I've never used a chain harrow so best not comment on them.

I suspect any of them will give you a better seedbed and should work out fine for you.

--->Paul

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Scott Phillipson

04-09-2002 19:41:48

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Re: Re: Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to paul, 03-05-2002 14:15:14

By chain spike tooth harrow do you mean chain link
harrow? Looks like a chain link fence with tines
being part of the chain link.
I've used them for breaking up cow pies in pastures. They will also break up clods in the field but if there are weeds, grass, corn or hay stubble it will build up on the "tines" and you have to dump the sluff quite often. Standard spike tooth harrow, either pull type or 3-point type is better for everything except pie breaking.

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Charles Story

03-05-2002 10:43:13

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Re: Anyone use a chain harrow? How useful? in reply to ShepFL, 03-05-2002 09:59:59

A friend of mine made one out of heavy duty chain from georgia pacific plywood mill. Pulled it with 4-wheeler it worked great. I think the chain was 1/2 link size.

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