Rolling basket?

[oldnslo]

Is your tractor big enough to lift that disc if you made a frame to also lift the harrow? That is what we had on our field cultivator so you could back up with having to mess with harrow

 

[gstrom99]

Good point. The JD855 lifts the disc okay, but the extra 300# of a rolling basket contraption might be too much. Heck, even the spike harrow that we drag is prolly 150#.

We'll see next spring how it works out...

 

[dieselscout80]

Good point. The JD855 lifts the disc okay, but the extra 300# of a rolling basket contraption might be too much. Heck, even the spike harrow that we drag is prolly 150#.

We'll see next spring how it works out...

Plus it would be further back which would mean it actually puts more force (lever is longer- 3 point pins to basket) against the 3 point trying to lift it.

My NH 250TL loader manual has a quote about an implement used as weight can be multiplied by 1.5 vs it’s actual weight.

The example is a 400LB implement is equivalent of 600 pounds of ballast vs weight right at the 3 point pins.

 

[gstrom99]

Plus it would be further back which would mean it actually puts more force (lever is longer- 3 point pins to basket) against the 3 point trying to lift it.

My NH TL250 loader manual has a quote about an implement used as weight can be multiplied by 1.25 vs it’s actual weight.

Yep. Can't argue with physics. I loved that class in school, still useful.

 

[dieselscout80]

Yep. Can't argue with physics. I loved that class in school, still useful.

I remembered it wrong the multipler is 1.5 (I edited my post).

 

[Wagtail]

Following.

 

[George2615]

following

 

[alexbennet]

That is a smart idea. Yes, adding a rolling basket behind your disc harrow will most likely eliminate the need for a separate pass with the drag harrow. Rolling baskets are made for this exact problem. They are very effective at breaking up the large dirt clumps that a disc leaves behind, which should give you a much smoother seedbed.

 

[CATRAT66]

We had a three, and two 2 inch pipes a little wider than the disc connected with chain and eye bolts that would drag behind the disc.
Just pick them up and lay on top of disc for transport

 

[Rockbadchild]

Diamond harrow works pretty good to remove clumps... do you disk when it was very dry ? its is normal that wet/damp ground create clumps. but I have used diamond harrow and it work very well after disking.