reel type stalk cutter

crowspond · Jan 17, 2020

looking at these not new pros cons do they disturb ground much shouldn't be to hard to pull opinions wanted just wanting stalk distructin thanks crowpond

super99 · Jan 19, 2020

Are you talking about the really old ones with 3 or 4 blades? My Grandad had one, about 6'wide, blades probably 4" tall. He had a field of sweet clover that he let go to seed and used it to knock that down. That's been over 50 years ago, so memory isn't that clear. Seems like it laid it down and didn't disturb the ground that much. He pulled it with a C Allis Chalmers and chained a old tire between the C and the cutter because it bounced the tractor so bad. Chris

Brown Dirt Cowboy · Jan 19, 2020

I have 2 of them built by IH, a #4 with 4 blades and a #5 with 5 blades. don't know how good of a job they do as I have never used them. just got them cheap at auctions. these have skids on them where you flip them over and drag from field to field. sorta neat, I don't think they make anything like they nowdays.

Alvin 41 · Jan 19, 2020

I also have an IH 4 blade with lifting skids about 5' wide. Tried it on some tall grass and weeds in an old feed lot last July and it was fairly effective and shook drawbar severely on Oliver 770 but not as bad as it did the Ford Jubilee back in the 1950's.The newer attachments on vertical till machines work at high speed and are attached to heavy frames. Multiple coulter machines can chop stalks just as well . The roller crimpers for killing tall rye cover crop
instead of spraying are best use now.

crowspond · Jan 20, 2020

thanks I was looking at newer ones with 5 or 6 blades probly building my own maybe 14 ft wide more blades less bounce split in middle for a center bearing rpobly pulled with m or md wanting faster than 7 ft bushog 2 transport wheels and hydralic cylinder box on top for weight or maybe water tank for weight ?? would really like a 14 ft or similar flail type cutter ??? wanting least ground disturbance used in fall
for 36k corn population so my field cultivator will pass corn stalks in spring thanks crowspond

Brown Dirt Cowboy · Jan 20, 2020

seems that more blades would help take out some bounce and cut the stalks into smaller pieces.

Leroy · Jan 20, 2020

Those old rolling stalk cutters were designed to be pulled with horses, not tractors. Then when the tractor came on the farm they used it instead of the horses untill they had enough PTO power to go with the newer units. They would cut the corn stalks to where the light weight horse drawn disk could start to work them in the ground or to where the single bottom horse sulky plow could get the stalks through under the frame. So it was lack of anything with a PTO that they were made like that.

Tx Jim · Jan 20, 2020

(quoted from post at 10:50:48 01/20/20) Those old rolling stalk cutters were designed to be pulled with horses, not tractors. Then when the tractor came on the farm they used it instead of the horses untill they had enough PTO power to go with the newer units.

There was a rolling stalk cutter designed to be pulled by a tractor not horses. I grew up on a farm with a tractor drawn rolling stalk cutter that was utilized to chop corn & cotton stalks similar to photo.

Leroy · Jan 22, 2020

I know there was a later made tractor drawn version but never saw one, only the horse versions. About the time of the tractor versions the PTO machines were comming out and nobody that wanted one would go with the tractor version of the rolling stalk cutter.

Mac AR · Jan 22, 2020

I have one like in the photo. It doesn't do a bad job as long as blades are decently sharp and you have a weight chained to it. They disturb the ground some, but not badly. Better than nothing, but I'd rather have a brush-hog mower. Still, if it's all you have it does a decent enough job that the trash will go through the plow.

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