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George

03-25-1999 18:17:20




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I have a Farmall 300 tractor. I am lookingat a 3bottom disk plow for use in planting cover crops and food plots in small plots and contour strips to improve quail habitat. Basicall, this a minimum till type operation planting sunflower, beans, sorgum and other seed crops. Would the disk plow be good for this operation and tractor? Any other advise would be appreciated. Thanks George




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paul

03-28-1999 23:18:54




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 Re: Disk plow in reply to George, 03-25-1999 18:17:20  
I tried e-mail, but you used a bad address. If it's any comparision to a regular plow, a 300 wouldn't pull much more than a 2-16 plow. Three bottoms would be tough. However in our soils it has not trouble pulling a 12' regular disk in firm soil. Some people call this a disk-harrow.

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Tom from Ontario

03-27-1999 20:24:38




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 Re: Disk plow in reply to George, 03-25-1999 18:17:20  
George: A disk plough is anything but minimum till. Anytime I used one it made a blister of a mess, and everything was torn loose. I wonder if maybe a fairly heavy disk harrow might serve you better. I hesitate to suggest a really heavy disc because a 300 doesn't have the oomph to move it. Maybe something like a 5 foot offset might do it or an old one-way. Tom



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George

03-29-1999 17:12:08




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 Re: Re: Disk plow in reply to Tom from Ontario, 03-27-1999 20:24:38  
Tom, I should possible re-state the minimumm till to mean a minimum of work for us. I am trying to establishfood plots and grass cover habitat for quail by tilling up small plots and coutour strips . I had hoped that I could use the disk plow in one pass, broadcast our seed , drag cover and then move on to the next area. Since we are trailering the tractor and inplements, I was looking for a single tool that would accomplish our task. You may be correct that we may have to use a heavy dish. Thanks for your response George

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Tim(nj)

03-28-1999 19:37:28




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 Re: Re: Disk plow in reply to Tom from Ontario, 03-27-1999 20:24:38  
George, are you referring to a disk tiller and not a disk plow? I agree with Tom, a disk plow is not min. till, as it will go just as deep as a moldboard plow. John Deere made something called a Sureflex tiller, which was basically one long disk axle set to operate at what I believe was a 30 degree angle. It would only go in about 4 inches, but it would pulverize anything on the surface and left the ground fairly level. As a matter of fact, JD put drill attachments on them that would seed small grain while tilling, making them one-pass machines. The only problem is, they were all big machines meant for use in big, flat fields behind big tractors. As I recall, the main markets for them were the Canadian wheat provinces, west Texas, and the northern plains states.

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George

03-29-1999 17:28:52




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 Re: Re: Re: Disk plow in reply to Tim(nj), 03-28-1999 19:37:28  
Tim I am looking for a quick way to rough up some groung to establish small food plots and grass cover to increase quail habitat and populations in our area. I had hoped that I could use the disk plow to create these food plots and cover with a "minimum" of work in a given area, load up the tractor and equipment and travel to the next location and repeat the process. Also, the plows that are available in my area are set up on a main beam just as a moldboard plow would be, but have a large disk (18"-20") in place of the moldboard. However, they are much too big for my Farmall 300. I may have to use a conventional disk, but it would be more dificult to transport. Thanks for your response George

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