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Don In Tally

03-08-2002 06:52:28




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I have never seen one either. The only information i know is what the seller put on ebay.
It would be interesting to know more about it, and as to why a PTO is needed, Does it indeed make it cut brush better
guees i will need to do some research.




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Tomfrom Ontario

03-10-2002 13:43:03




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
I've had two of those things. They were both Bush Hog model PD108, worked 8 feet wide at 4 mph with 65 horse tractor working it easily. Was able to work 30+ acres a day with it, and it should be compared to a light offset disk if anything. You work the field in lands like you were ploughing and I used it for working grain stubble and light cover crops. If you have heavy cover, you must slow down and put a bunch of weight on it after making sure you keep the disks sharp. The scrapers were a sick joke, but other than that, I've never spent a dime on it. Not many of them around. Could also be compared to the old one-way discs (disker,tiller,surflex tiller lots of names). If your main job is ripping up sod, I think you would be better with an offset disk or heavy tandem. The thing with a power disk is that stones are not a problem. The powered disks will skip right over them and the power disk does not need huge weight like an offset to work. I ripped up a 30 year old pasture with mine and there was every piece of junk in there you can think of. It was slow and it was a blister of a mess. But three trips with power disk over the space of two weeks, a chain harrowing and I seeded it. Job done. Mine was the biggest model available and it was $4200 CDN in 1980. Everytime I talk about it, people go "it's a WHAT?". Good Luck. Tom

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Tomfrom Ontario

03-10-2002 13:38:33




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
I've had two of those things. They were both Bush Hog model PD108, worked 8 feet wide at 4 mph with 65 horse tractor working it easily. Was able to work 30+ acres a day with it, and it should be compared to a light offset disk if anything. You work the field in lands like you were ploughing and I used it for working grain stubble and light cover crops. If you have heavy cover, you must slow down and put a bunch of weight on it after making sure you keep the disks sharp. The scrapers were a sick joke, but other than that, I've never spent a dime on it. Not many of them around. Could also be compared to the old one-way discs (disker,tiller,surflex tiller lots of names). If your main job is ripping up sod, I think you would be better with an offset disk or heavy tandem. The thing with a power disk is that stones are not a problem. The powered disks will skip right over them and the power disk does not need huge weight like an offset to work. I ripped up a 30 year old pasture with mine and there was every piece of junk in there you can think of. It was slow and it was a blister of a mess. But three trips with power disk over the space of two weeks, a chain harrowing and I seeded it. Job done. Mine was the biggest model available and it was $4200 CDN in 1980. Everytime I talk about it, people go "it's a WHAT?". Good Luck. Tom

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marlowe

03-09-2002 10:14:32




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
it is NOT a power smothing disk it is more like a plow but you don't need any speed to turn the ground over it works great for the job that i do with it a plow would not do the same job



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marlowe

03-08-2002 19:13:28




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
as to ypur question why pto its like a pto rake you can have real slow ground speed but high pto speed and it will make the machine run at it's full potential in tought conditions



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marlowe

03-08-2002 19:08:26




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
we got one to work up black dirt in the marsh and it works great i use it on a to-20 it don't like stones or real hard clay and yes it's run with the pto the one i got dose a 5 ft. cut i think it has 6 blades



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marlowe

03-08-2002 19:08:11




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
we got one to work up black dirt in the marsh and it works great i use it on a to-20 it don't like stones or real hard clay and yes it's run with the pto the one i got dose a 5 ft. cut i think it has 6 blades



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paul

03-09-2002 00:11:53




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 Re: Re: PTO Disk in reply to marlowe, 03-08-2002 19:08:11  
Well, I have a lot of clay & stones. I was figuring it wouldn't like the rocks, but if it doesn't like clay, then what's the point? anything will cut through the easy dirt! :)

Probably not fair of me to be against it without ever even seeing one, but it just doesn't add up for me as to what the point of powering smooth disk blades is...

--->Paul



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Dave M

03-08-2002 16:16:41




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 Re: PTO Disk in reply to Don In Tally, 03-08-2002 06:52:28  
The seller probably thinks PTO means the same things as 3 point hitch.



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Keith B

03-10-2002 05:16:57




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 Re: Re: PTO Disk in reply to Dave M, 03-08-2002 16:16:41  
No, if you look at the picture, it has a PTO Shaft and a gear box



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