What implement(s) do I need?

[Apogee22]

Recently purchased a corn field and am interested in any recommendations for knocking down these stalks to get them into the soil so they break down. Corn was feeder corn. My local dealer recommended a disc harrow. Is that a good recommendation? Do I need a sub soiler or single blade plow to get under those stalks? Or just run them all over with the edge of the FEL? Soil is sandy but rocky.

Sorry for newbie questions, there’s a lot of corn and we’re looking to get the soil ready for a new house and farm of our own.

 

[repete]

What are you going to do with the field long term? The reason I ask is if you want to turn it into a hay field then just hire someone to do it as opposed to spending money on something you will use once.

 

[sweettractors]

Recently purchased a corn field and am interested in any recommendations for knocking down these stalks to get them into the soil so they break down. Corn was feeder corn. My local dealer recommended a disc harrow. Is that a good recommendation? Do I need a sub soiler or single blade plow to get under those stalks? Or just run them all over with the edge of the FEL? Soil is sandy but rocky.

Sorry for newbie questions, there’s a lot of corn and we’re looking to get the soil ready for a new house and farm of our own.

A heavy disc harrow to cut up and incorporate into the soil. Ken Sweet

 

[Apogee22]

What are you going to do with the field long term? The reason I ask is if you want to turn it into a hay field then just hire someone to do it as opposed to spending money on something you will use once.

We’ll be building a house and starting our own farm on about half of the acreage. The rest will be sold off, but will be making a shared easement driveway on a good portion as well. Just trying to get this corn down now so it’s easier to move around the land.

 

[KiotiKowboy]

Gas and a match?

 

[jeff9366]

Kubota B2650 Dimensions​

Dimensions
Wheelbase:	65.6 inches 166 cm
Length:	101.2 inches 257 cm
Width:	53.7 inches 136 cm
Height (ROPS):	88.4 inches 224 cm
Height (cab):	84.6 inches 214 cm
Weight:	1786 lbs 810 kg (ROPS)
	2293 lbs 1040 kg (Cab)
Ground clearance:	14.6 inches 37 cm

We’ll be building a house and starting our own farm on half the acreage.

Awfully puny tractor for moving dirt.
Tractor weight is the single best indicator of tractor performance.
Few here would recommend an 1,800 pound bare weight tractor for more than three acres.

 

[jeff9366]

A B2650 is too light to pull a Disc Harrow that will turn under corn debris.

I would burn the field first, if legal. Then mix the dirt with a PTO powered roto-tiller or rip the dirt with a three (3) shank All Purpose Plow, depending on your next use for the field.


VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=B2650+rototiller

Do I need a single blade plow to get under those stalks? Just trying to get this corn down so we can move around the land easier.

A single bottom moldboard plow will bury the stalks and deal with rocks fine. However, then you have the plow furrows to flatten........

 

[oosik]

Looks to be quite a lot of acreage and the B2650 is a small tractor. I'd hire it out and get it done right. Heavier tractor and disk harrow or rototiller.

 

[jeff9366]

Apogee22​

I‘ve joined this group as a recent purchaser of a 2019 Kubota B2650 ROPS. The tractor has 330 hours on it and was a part of a package with a FEL, B2728B Snowblower, BH77 Backhoe, PFL2042 Forks and RB3596 Back blade. We’re in northern Michigan and primarily bought for 12 acres were closing on for constructing a large garden, house and driveways.

Just trying to get this corn down so we can move around the land easier.

If your ground is moist your back blade should serve reasonably well as an expedient implement for knocking down the corn residue and first stage smoothing, though corn debris will remain on the surface. Set the back blade at about a 30 degree angle, where it will pull fairly easy.

VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=B2650+back+blade

 

[repete]

For sure if you do not know your future plans, have the field professionally done before you let it grow back in whatever. In ten years if it is not leveled and compacted properly you will have a rough ride even mowing. Unless you can penetrate the ground evenly, it will settle and leave ruts. I know from experience. I have a 20 acre piece that was not treated correctly and I must now and forever mow in a lower gear due to the rough surface. The other 20 acres was treated correctly and I can mow it in 1/2 of the time.

If you decide later to plant a garden or whatever you can till it up. If you want to have animals on it you can zip over it with a rotary mower much faster if it is smooth. If you hire someone for even $1000, ten years later it will have cost you $100/year to have a smooth field. If you buy a $500 implement and do not get it right you will spend 10 years driving slowly over your field and have saved $50/year.

Bite the bullet, spend the money, drive in a higher gear and do not look back. Even consider having it drilled and seeded to what grass you desire.

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