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1945 A

09-05-2007 08:58:09




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Okay----how would you go about dragging a disk through a field without going over the same row twice?
My little food plot is kidney shaped, more or less, and I have yet to figure out how to disk it without overworking the soil (by going over some spots 2-3 times).
The soil is really more like sugar sand, so the more it gets worked, the softer it gets, making each successive pass that much harder for my old JD "A".
Any help is appreciated by this "weekend farmer"!

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James22

09-06-2007 06:52:52




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to 1945 A, 09-05-2007 08:58:09  
Don't know if it is feasible with you setup, but if you have a wheel lift disk, leave undisked two-three entire passes around the outside. Use this unworked ground to turn around on while disking the inside. After completing the middle, make the necessary passes around the outside to finish.



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pair-a-dice farm

09-05-2007 14:45:47




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to 1945 A, 09-05-2007 08:58:09  
Go around the outside of the field until you have a strip wide enough that you can turn around. Then run length ways.



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bill mar

09-05-2007 14:34:13




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to 1945 A, 09-05-2007 08:58:09  
there is a technique for disking that they call double disking.maybe some one can describe it better than me,involves going diagonally from corner to corner and making right angle turns when you get to the end of the field.dont know why this wouldnt work for dragging.



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JMS/MN

09-06-2007 08:26:40




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to bill mar, 09-05-2007 14:34:13  
Double discing is when you make a 180 turn at each end of the field and go back with the tractor centered on the edge of your previous pass, thus covering the same ground twice as you work your way across the field. ie, with a 14 foot wide disc, you move over only 7 feet on each pass.



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1945 A

09-05-2007 11:19:22




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to 1945 A, 09-05-2007 08:58:09  
That's what I'm doing now, but, with a drag behind disc, with each pass, the area gets smaller and smaller, so that last pass is nearly impossible to make.
My John Deere "A", and the disc are pretty long anyway.
I was trying to figure out the technique needed to NOT go over the same area twice.....



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tractormiallis

09-05-2007 09:17:05




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to 1945 A, 09-05-2007 08:58:09  
Not knowing what kind of disk, pull type or hydraulic lift, at any rate, I would just start at the outside and go around in the kidney shaped area on the outside and work my way inward.



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TomA

09-09-2007 15:30:47




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to tractormiallis, 09-05-2007 09:17:05  
If you go around the outside and are turning left you wll leave a ditch. To turn right you need a way to close the disc, turning bar, hydraulic or wheel lift.

If you can not do that, strike out down the middle of the field and turn left and come back along the first strip you made. The first turn or 2 is tight and you may have to turn wide, after your "land" gets wider the turn is easy.

If you can make your first turns before you get to the ends that way you can get the ends when your "land" gets wider. This method will leave the field smooth and you can avoid going over twice. If the field is wide you may have to cut out several lands. The disc will leave a furrow separating each land.

Tom

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TomA

09-09-2007 16:31:37




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 Re: How To (Disk a Field) in reply to TomA, 09-09-2007 15:30:47  
Sorry, I read your problem field post. The above post is instructions that apply to an offset disc, I see you are using a tandem disc. I don't know how they work, I think you have to double disc.



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