Allan In NE used to live 1/2 mile down the road from me. He grew up on, and operated a gravity/flood irrigated farming operation, and knows what he's talking about. His is your simplest and easiest solution to what you want to do. Just set the rear gangs on your tandem disc to throw maximum dirt to the center, angle your disc back so those rear gangs are doing all of the work, and go to it. If you're working in tough sod pasture, you might have to make twenty passes to get the ground loosened up, and a border built, but it will work. You may want to just make multiple passes with your disc running level to start with, to work that sod up, and create some loose dirt, then crank the disc back, and go to making your border. In my experience, you'll have a hard time building usable borders with a 3 point blade on the back of a Ford tractor. It's kind of precision work if you want water to run right, and pretty tough not to cut and gouge, and end up with to many high and low spots. A disc won't do that. You can also pretty easily and cheaply build an outfit like Chuck in CA has pictured, with any kind of an old Cat 1 tool bar and some old disc parts. If you're going to be doing much of this, it would be a worthwhile project and investment. There's been hundreds of them built and used in this area over the years, they work great for building borders, and also for closing ditches, if that's how you convey your irrigation water. Good luck!! :wink:
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