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gorilla

03-02-2005 19:58:30

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What is the difference beween a tandem and an offset disk? I need a disk to plow up a good sized garden and also to plow up a few acres for hay. What do you think would suit my needs best? Thanks

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Gerald J.

03-02-2005 21:27:15

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Re: tandem/offset disk in reply to gorilla, 03-02-2005 19:58:30

Either one in an appropriate size will meet your needs. Sometimes an offset disk is made heavier for really heavy duty digging (like on road construction). Sometimes an offset disk is used to work under trees in an orchard because it tends to pull to one side.

A tandem disk has four gangs, a right and a left offset disk side by side. An offset disk has two gangs. In either case the second gang follows the first to move the dirt in the opposite direction of the first to keep from displacing the dirt to the side.

Gerald J.

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txblu

03-04-2005 06:50:13

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Re: tandem/offset disk in reply to Gerald J., 03-02-2005 21:27:15

And then there is the JD single row disc (think they call it a Surflex) that has a dolly wheel at the end of a long row of discs on one axle, which is supposed to offer counter action to the single row of discs. It is made for sodbusting clay soils where moldboards get gummed up (as it has rolling discs). If adjusted right, it appears to be a real plow. But mal adjusted you can't control your tractor; it belongs to the plow.

I use a tandem (2 rows, both in a V) for plowing heavy clay. Have 22" scalloped discs on the front and about 1000# of added weight to make sure it digs. Nice and balanced and no lateral pressure on the tractor.

Have seen offsets and just feel that they aren't as well balanced as the front gang does the real work, and the rear one covers it back up. Well if one is working twice as hard as the other, seems to me that the plow will accordingly put lopsided pressure on the tractor. I don't want that.

Mark

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