John Deere Disc

jrpontiac · Apr 10, 2014

I got this disc with my 2n, because it is green I think it might be a John Deere, but not sure. Anyone know the brand/model. It is about 6ft wide. It looks to big for my 2n but not sure. I've never had or used one so I'm not sure. Is there an adjustment so I could tow it around without it discing.

mhb@ufe · Apr 10, 2014

I can't help with brand/model but you can adjust the bars to set the discs straight and they will just roll without discing.

Mark

maxwell99 · Apr 10, 2014

The old disc looks to be in good shape, someone took
good care of it all the years.

If I were you I would give it a good lube job, then
try it out, you may be surprised how well it works.

In years passed, many thousand acres were tilled
with disc just like this one, just do not angle the
gangs too much and it will be easier to pull.

jon · Apr 10, 2014

I've got a smaller one like that but if you need it in more than one area it's about useless. It'll tear up whatever you pull it over.
I did rig a way to hook it up & move it with my boom pole but still more trouble than it's worth.
It [i:737f50cf4e]is[/i:737f50cf4e] worth about 10 cents a pound... :wink:

Anonymous-0 · Apr 10, 2014

The post above is correct. All those pull type discs have some sort of adjustment on the angle of the blades. Discs running straight for moving then around 20-30* for field use. Before we had a wheel disc, this is all we used when growing up. We tried to run on the berm as much as possible when moving down the road. We also hitched a cult-a-packer (or roller] behind it to bust up the clods on the second pass over the ground. Then the third pass we used a harrow behind the disc in place of the roller-packer. Gotta laugh now though. With no-till, all the planter does is open the ground and drop in the seed. In our day if we had clods any bigger than a baseball, dad had us cover the ground again. We also put big rocks on the top to help it cut in. A 8-n should pull this disc ok. If you do have trouble pulling it on the first pass, remove some of the weight on it and straighten out the blades some. The more angle, the harder it is to pull.

Royse · Apr 10, 2014

My JD disk doesn't look like that, but I'm sure they made many.
On mine, there is a latch on the tongue.
You lift that latch and back the tractor up to angle the gangs,
then lock it in place to use it. The latch is ran with a pull rope
from the seat. To transport, pull the rope, drive forward to
straighten the gangs out, release the latch to lock and go.
If we had to travel on the road we just put it on a trailer.
They'll back right up a couple of 2 x 12 ramps.

Ultradog MN · Apr 11, 2014

Not a bad old disc. Would still do a lot of work for you.
Post it on Implement Alley. Someone there could ID it for you.
Might be something someone wants to go with their vintage JD or Ollie and sell for enough to buy yourself a 3 point disc. Though I doubt a 3 pt disc would work any better if you don't have to transport it.
All those old Allis Chalmers, John Deeres, Cases, Molines, Farmalls, etc were just draw bar tractors.
Their curse is there are still a lot of good implements around for them that make your 3 point Ford, well, a draw bar tractor.

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