Scarifiers for following up with Disks?

You can get chisel points for deeper working, narrow shovels for a good compromise, or wide duck feet shovels for killing weeds.

--->Paul

Just reading between the lines, it sounds like you are fighting soil compaction due to heavy traffic and maybe even irrigation?

You didn't mention what type of soil, where you live or if you 'single crop' in a year's time, but I think you are on the right track with that ripper.

But, I don't think I'd follow it with a disc (unless you have a lot of surface trash to contend with), because, believe it or not, a disc will actually add to your compaction woes.

If you single crop and live in an area where you have freezing and thawing during the winter months, I'd sink that ripper clear to the clamps in the fall, let the ground freeze and thaw over the winter months, then smack it with a field cultivator in the spring like Indy says, just prior to planting.

That freezing and thawing action on the previously ripped soil will leave a very nice aerated bed.

Just my view,

Allan