1959 John Deere 830 Rice Special - capabilities

Stasbj · Nov 10, 2018

Just purchased a restored 1959 John Deere 830 Rice Special. Looking to purchase a Heavy Duty Offset Disc. Does anyone have a recommendation on the size of a disc to purchase for an 830?s capabilities? I was thinking about a 12 ft heavy duty model. Western PA solid conditions. Help is greatly appreciated from experienced 830 owners! Thank you!

Roger in Iowa · Nov 10, 2018

An offset disk is a primary tillage tool (i.e. Plow). 12 feet may be a bit much.

JD Seller · Nov 10, 2018

While a JD 830 was the big tractor for its time it really is not a very big tractor. About 70 drawbar HP. If your really talking about a DEEP tillage offset disk then you would be lucky to pull an 8 or 10 foot one. A 12 would be too much if you let it down very deep.

jddrawbar · Nov 10, 2018

830's are stout, but they are NOT 12' heavy cutting disc stout. Growing up on the Tx. coast
in the rice country, I drove them when they were new, and have had at least one on hand for
40+ yrs. When we went from plowing to using heavy breaking disc, in the 60's, the 9'
Taylor-Way disc was popular. That disc was a load for a good 830, actually a overload. 930
Case's had the same issue pulling the 9'. Soil conditions would matter, but in my opinion
8'for a heavy cutting disc. You could pull a 12'-16' finishing disc w/o any problem.
We had a 830 on steel & added paddle extensions to the outside lugs....it gave up every
ounce of power it had.

Stasbj · Nov 10, 2018

Thank you

Stasbj · Nov 10, 2018

Thank you!

Stasbj · Nov 10, 2018

Thank you!

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