home made disc

[spo307]

weighs 410lbs you think i need to add more weight? looking to do 3 to 4 inches

 

[stuckmotor]

Nice job. If you've got some steal on hand, you could fabricate some weight boxes while you wait to try it. If those pictures are recent, I'd guess that the ground is frozen or at best, too wet to plow.

 

[pedalstomper78]

Nicely done!!! A disc will dig in using 2 principles....the angle and the speed.

Play with your top link length to see what gives you the best bite. Also, going a bit faster will let you dig in a bit harder. Adding weight will help, but the other two are the items that will make the biggest difference.

 

[6011Artist]

good looking disc, you did a really professional looking job on it. I haven't used a disc enough to really know a lot about them (have a 5' tiller) but I understand that with one row of blades it pulls your dirt inward or outward, according to how you have your blades turned. If you had another row behind that and turned the other way it acts to pull your dirt back in or out, opposite of the front, to keep your field more level. If the single row gives you a problem, get the welder back out and add the second row.

I do know angle and speed is a big factor as pedalstomper says. They work great out in an open field but in small areas by the time you get it sunk in and cutting it's time to pick it up and turn.

 

[creekbend]

Nice work.

 

[spo307]

Thanks for the replies, I use to have a jd 8' kba disc that I sold and bought a roto tiller. I made this half disc to break sod. And expose rocks. Prior to tilling, should be 50lbs per disc. I have 136 train rail 2 pieces would put it at 600

 

[Gary Fowler]

Nicely done!!! A disc will dig in using 2 principles....the angle and the speed.

Play with your top link length to see what gives you the best bite. Also, going a bit faster will let you dig in a bit harder. Adding weight will help, but the other two are the items that will make the biggest difference.

I don't think the top link will do much for a single gang disk to change the "bite" and speed can get too fast for it to cut properly. 4-6 mph is about the best speed for a disk. Any slower and it doesn't roll the turf over and any faster and it starts coming out of the ground. Adding that railroad track will certainly help put it in the ground. I have 2 each 6 foot sections on this one.