Posted by TOR East Texas on January 19, 2010 at 19:30:01 from (98.194.136.74):
I recently bought 50 acres and it needs some work. It was leased out for cattle grazing for last 15 years, but little maintenance done, some briar thickets, brush, etc. I am in the process of brush hogging it down, and looking at pasture renovators. I'm getting all sorts of conflicting opinions. Some recommend the Hay King or Aerway type renovators. I'm sure they do a good job, but everyone I've talked to say they worked well, but once they've used them, the equipment just sits. And they are not a cheap piece of equipment to buy to just use a few times and let sit. Others tell me to forget these things and get a good disk, it will do just as much good. Use some sort of drag after it to smooth it down. Then I had a guy show me he had a simple sub-soiler type tool that did just as good as the renovators for a fraction of the cost. The shanks were about 10" or 12" deep. Doesn't look to me like it would do much good, it seems kind of shallow and only had shanks a foot apart. I've seen a chisel plow for sale locally, it looks like it would really get down and break up the soil. I've never used a chisel plow, would it be overkill for this? I have a 4020, how many shanks will it pull? Could I follow this with a drag and get a reasonably smooth pasture or would I need to lightly disk and drag afterwards? It doesn't have gauge wheels on it, is this a big drawback? Right now I'm leaning towards a disk followed by a drag, as I would expect I'd get more long term use out of a disk. Soil is nice mix of sand and clay, just tromped down by years of cow hooves, too many weeds and no fertilizer for years - except what the cows provided. What do you suggest?
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