ID an old 7 ft disc?

[JRobyn]

You guys saw my location, right? And you've heard "RockyTop"? No subsoiler for me, I'd be replacing a shear bolt every 8 inches. In most places, I have barely 12" of soil on top of the solid rock, and what "soil" there is, is about 1/2 baseball or larger sized rocks. Land is being used for horse pasture, and they could care less, but kidneys REALLY hate bushhogging it. It was in tobacco for a few generations; we get our corn from a jar.

I have previously contacted a few local ag service folks (dozing, excavating, ponds, bushhogging, etc.) and no one would take it on as they didn't have a heavy enough "bog disc". So not sure I could even find one to rent.

 

[ishiboo]

I think for your purposes, anything will work... Do you have a box blade? LPGS? Harley rake borrowed or rented would be good too.

Mow it once, then glyphosate... when stuff has died go to work. 2-3 acres is no problem for that size tractor. Unfortunately since you do get some freeze/thaw cycles and the soil is half rocks, keeping it flat is probably going to be a maintenance item over the years....

 

[JRobyn]

Got both a box blade, and recently acquired a LPGS GS1572 (fabulous on our 1/2 mi+ of gravel road!!). I once tried the box blade on it - just bounced along the top. Even with the rippers full down. They completely filled up with vegetation in about 50 ft of grading. Even if the vegetation was "dead" the roots are still a problem.

Now, if I reset the LPGS blades full down and even on both sides, that might just work. It seems to be very good at slicing off the vegetation/roots which then ball up and spill out the rear. I can handle dead balls of vegetation, no problem. Would make a fun bonfire if piled up and lit off! Or do absolutely nothing and wait for a strong wind or the next routine bushhogging.

Would probably also help to chain a tree trunk on top of the LPGS.