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8N'r

06-12-2006 11:31:42




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I need something to smooth over small 1-2 acre wildlife food plots after plowing. I have a chance to buy a spring tooth harrow or a tandem disc harrow. Both are Dearborns. What are your opinions on which implement would be the better choice for what I need? Thanks again, Tim




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John Hamman

06-18-2006 16:58:16




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 Re: 8N Implement Question Help in reply to 8N'r, 06-12-2006 11:31:42  
I have a good disc that came with my 8N. My soil has a lot of clay. I am hoping to get a spring tooth and box scraper. Wes, what is a cultipacker?



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Ultradog MN

06-12-2006 15:12:51




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 Re: 8N Implement Question Help in reply to 8N'r, 06-12-2006 11:31:42  
Buy them both if they're reasonable then experiment and learn what works best for you. A little seat time is a good thing.
Beware of the disk harrow! Put it on the tractor or bring a Hi Lift Jack, lift each gang up and check the bearings in it. Heft the the gangs up and down by hand and if you get more than about 1/4" of slop then be prepared for a lot of head head scratching, some cutting and welding and some jury rigging. Many of those old Dearborn disks used wooden bearings and neither the bearing (wood) or the spool (cast iron) are available anywhere that I have found.
BTDT
Jerry

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DennyF

06-12-2006 13:31:47




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 Re: 8N Implement Question Help in reply to 8N'r, 06-12-2006 11:31:42  
In my experience it can also depend on the size and number of rocks in the soil. Much of northcentral PA farmland is infested with large rocks, except for true bottom land soils.

Spring tooth harrows (drags), have been more useful in rock-infested soils, than the disk.



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OH Boy

06-12-2006 12:36:54




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 Re: 8N Implement Question Help in reply to 8N'r, 06-12-2006 11:31:42  
Buy Both of 'em!

I plow, disc, and then drag my seedbeds with the tooth harrow and they come out really nice for planting.



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Westwind

06-12-2006 11:56:56




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 Re: 8N Implement Question Help in reply to 8N'r, 06-12-2006 11:31:42  
8N'r - It would depend on what type of soil you have. If'n it's sandy, just a spring tooth harrow will work, but it leaves some grooves in the soil, but you could use a float to smooth it down real nice. (I made a float out of a couple RR ties and some chain; old set of bed springs work real well too.) If'n it's clay, I'd go with the disc harrow and a cultipacker. Disc it both ways, then run the cultipacker over it. Just my humble opinion.

Wes

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