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Jerry (Al)

03-27-2005 05:07:59




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I've got a little ground, just a few acres that I plant a 4-5 acres of corn just for the deer and the other wild life. It seems like what ever the conditions are, the ground always ends up with a terrific amount of clods and it is hard to plant with the old Covington planter. Would something like a rotary harrow help?

I keep plowing under the corn stubble and think that some day it will help but I thinki it's just the make up of the soil.

Any suggestions for the long haul here?

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kraigWY

03-27-2005 19:42:45




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
I just got a kingcluter Rotary hoe or tiller, 56" model for my ford 850, just did about 5 acres (for oats) and its the cats meow, my only wish is that I didnt get it long ago.



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Chris Brown

03-27-2005 17:12:00




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
If I only had to do 4 or 5 acres, I'd consider a roto-tiller. I've been considering buying one for food plots and gardens.



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Jerry (AL)

03-27-2005 17:19:07




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Chris Brown, 03-27-2005 17:12:00  
Thought about that but there are a few rocks in there. I don't like the idea of rocks getting in a tiller. I use a trip plow and trip it several times.



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Chris Brown

03-27-2005 17:10:52




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
If I only had to do 4 or 5 acres, I'd consider a roto-tiller. I've been considering buying one for food plots and gardens.



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Hurst

03-27-2005 15:37:39




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
You may want to look at a small disk harrow, probably about 4 or 5 ft, since you don't have much in acrege. Another option would be a chain harrow. These are pretty inexpensive and very simple. If will take a few times over with each of these. If you have pretty good sized clods, I would reccommend a disk harrow over the chain, since it has blades that cut the clods into pieces. The chain harrow will do the job but will take a little longer, but these are pretty cheap, check around with horse farmers like us, they use them on the fields to break up manuar piles and pull up thatch. Ours is on a cart, but the chain can be taken off a broken cart and towed right behind the tractor with a pipe or steel bar, chain, and a pin in the drawbar. If you are in central Ky any time, we have an old 3pt chain harrow that the frame is no good on that we could give you real cheap (we have a new 20 ft cart pull type). Let me know if you have any questions on disk or chain harrows, just trying to give you another, and probably less expensive option. Goodluck with your search.

Hurst

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riverbend

03-27-2005 13:27:39




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
Continious corn is hard on your soil. Try splitting your plot into two parcels. Plant one to corn and one to clover or hairy vetch to help your soil structure. Plow the clover or vetch under next year and plant corn. Plant the old corn half to clover or vetch.



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RickL

03-27-2005 07:43:24




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
get you a harrowgator or a discmulcher these units will solve your problem. Have both units fellow wants to get rid of.



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Leroy

03-27-2005 06:28:37




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
Are you talking about a rotary hoe or the spike tooth type harrow that was made id the shape of a wheel and rotated on a center piviot either with the friction of the teeth angle providing the rotating power or with the PTO power unit doing the rotating of the harrow unit. The PTO powered unit would do a better job of fining up the soil as you could use a lower or higher gear in tractor and unit would t urn at same speed but on ground drive units speed would change in acordance with foward speed. For those that do not know a rotary harrow is like a large 8-12' diameter wheel with spokes in that the spike tooth harrow tooth is bolted to ant will be as long behind tractor as it is wide meaning if your harrow is a 12" unit(Wheel) it will be hanging out 14' from the back of the tractor on the 3 point hitch and will require at least a 60 HP tractor to pull it, and it may be powered with the pto that will keep the harror turning when raised and ground speed stoped. They did not catch on and were not very popular, were only made by a very short line company an I have a magazine ad around here someplace for them and I only saw one and it was junked when I saw it and I am 61 and on farm all my life

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Jerry (AL)

03-27-2005 08:23:25




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Leroy, 03-27-2005 06:28:37  
Not a rotary hoe. I noticed that King Cutter makes a ground driven model that goes up to 8 feet. I just wondered if anyone out there had any experience with them. It looks like a good heavy unit. They are noted for good implements. I have a rotary cutter and have been pleased with it. A small unit just wider than the wheels would do for me. They are made in Winfield Alabama not far from me.



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txblu

03-27-2005 06:05:22




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 Re: Rotary Harrow in reply to Jerry (Al), 03-27-2005 05:07:59  
A JD spike toothed harrow, bout 13 ft with additional wings, is cheap, plentiful, and does an excellent job; has the rigid frame and 2 rear wheels; operates with hydraulics.

The little light weight ones that are about 4' wide won't get it. You need a lot of weight and rigid frame to force the harrow to make the dirt move and not the harrow..... like the little ones do..... just bounce over serious clods.

Mark

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