Posted by JD Seller on September 30, 2017 at 21:03:27 from (208.126.196.24):
Since we got the corn silage chopped and also some soybeans cut it would be a great time to deep rip some ground. With it being pretty dry the shatter will be much better than with it wetter. The field that had the corn silage cut I really wanted to shake up. It has been pounded the last two years with manure hauling and silage harvest. So I got out the 7 shank JD "V" style ripper. We have a 7 shank inline ripper that is better if you want the ground to be smoother after you rip but it does not shatter the ground as well. I picked the JD 4960 to horse it around with. Will do it some good to have the three point used.
I started out in the bean stubble and had no trouble running 7-8 MPH pulling it 16-18 inches deep. I measure from the frame to the ground, not the point up to where it shows wear. So I know it is going the depth I want. I wanted too really rock and shock this field. It has tile lines but still had some water issues this last year. You can tell where the trouble is when the engine barks. LOL
Then I went into the field that was chopped. DARN what a difference.
How the tractor is equipped. Dauled 20.8x42 tires with 16.9x34s on the front. 2500 lbs. of cast weights on each side of the back. Forty 110 lbs. weights on the front( special double stacked bracket we made when using the mounted rippers). Tractor turning 300 HP at the PTO. Draft control working correctly. I could not pull the ripper over 4 MPH and if I did not watch it even then the draft would stall the tractor in some places. Even then I had to skip the haul lanes. I could not keep the depth and go through them. So when I was done with everything but the haul lanes I dropped two shanks off and ripped them shallow twice. Then dropped to full depth twice more. Full depth is 24 inches to the bottom of the lift arm travel as they are set now. Looks like a rock patch with the chunks of hard dirt all over.
This field will not be getting any bedding pack manure this year. In a few weeks we will cover it with liquid hog manure that is injected under the surface. I hope we get a hard freeze this year. The frost will go deeper in the open ripped ground. The surface compaction issues will be much better come spring.
This field is close to the barns so it gets heavy traffic at times. The boys will have to keep off it more.
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