Question about disking

neverfear · Mar 22, 2012

Should a single disk be pulled with a fixed drawbar or one that's allowed to swing? My disk tends to track with one gang going straight and the other at a severe angle. Hope that made sense? Seems to be worse the more angle I put to the disk and weight doesn't help. It just doesn't track staight so both gangs are working. I know some tractors have a so called swinging drawbar. Is this what it is for? Please help! Thanks

Paul from MI · Mar 22, 2012

A swinging drawbar will help on turns, but not your problem. There's something else causing the disc not to track straight. Maybe something is causing one side to cut deeper, etc.

VicS · Mar 22, 2012

Probably just need more weight on it.

TomH in PA · Mar 22, 2012

Sounds like it isn't level front to back

37chief · Mar 22, 2012

When I do discing I keep my drawbar stationary, that way I know where the disc is all the time. If I watch my tractor track next to a fence or tree I know right where my disc is. Stan

Anonymous-0 · Mar 22, 2012

Is it an offset disc?

Wheat Farmer · Mar 22, 2012

Measure the disk on both sides see if they are about the same. That is what an equipment buyer will do right away. I got ready to sell mine it was over an inch differents.

flying belgian · Mar 22, 2012

When I bought an old tandem disk to pull with my toys it had some broken blades on the front gangs. I was able to buy new blades.It is an old McCormick disk. Anyway, I replaced maybe 2 blades on one front gang and 5 on the other. It does not track straight now because of more larger dia. blades on one side.

fixerupper · Mar 22, 2012

I've never seen a disk that tracked perfectly straight but if it's off more than 6"-8" something is obviously pulling harder on one side. Maybe one side isn't level? One inch deeper on one end can make it pull quite a bit harder on that side. Jin

TomA in CA · Mar 22, 2012

I had a disk that pulled that way. Turned out the hitch had been modified and was too short.

neverfear · Mar 23, 2012

It is an old IH disk,not sure of the model#. It has 2 gangs side by side,about 10 ft total width. It has a latch on the drawbar you lift and back up or pull forward with the tractor to change the angle of the gangs.
I will check how level the hitch is when hooked to the tractor, seems like the weight pans are tilted forward when I'm pulling it so maybe it just needs leveling? Thanks

Bret4207 · Mar 23, 2012

I have an IHC disk like that. There are adjustments you can make to add a little more or less angle to the individual gangs on mine. Either take a little out of the side it's pulling to or add a little to the other side.

Texasmark1 · Mar 23, 2012

That is not a ONE WAY. Had one. Swinging drawbar allowed you to change the relationship of the tractor to a drawbar implement in making turns, if swinging, or to lock it to one side if needed like a moldboard that wasn't adjustable itself.

Mark

dcarp · Mar 23, 2012

I second the post about checking the angle of both sides, sounds like one has more than the other.
I had a disk similar to yours, angle changed in the middle but there were adjustments on the outside also. Measure where each disk gang is attached to the frame- front of the frame to the bracket holding the gang to the frame. I'll bet you find a difference. Good luck.

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