How to disc a field?

RandyDowdy · Nov 19, 2012

This message is a reply to an archived post by Nofbdybs on January 25, 2011 at 18:11:38.
The original subject was "How to disc a field?".

If you have the time and don"t have all the equipment (or money) or experience, there are many ways to do it. I just had a field ready to sow wheat, when my Int 404 went down hard on me. I sowed the wheat, then dragged an I-bean, 10"x10"x8" behind my GMC 4x4 truck. That field is as smooth as a dance floor, and the beam filled in all the low places. I"m just saying that for everyone who says you have to have a cultivator, or any other equipment, it just isn"t so. Being determined, and using what you have, "miracles" can happen. Don"t let people deter you from your goal.

flying belgian · Nov 19, 2012

I believe the term is called "field expediency".....making do with what you have.

showcrop · Nov 19, 2012

Well, That's nice that it is level now, I would be surprised if it is very level in the spring though, because the winter will compact the soft dirt that filled in the low places. I think that your wheat will come in a little unevenly with the seed being dragged off the high places and piled up in low places. i think that I would rather have dragged some branches over it like we did in the old days.

Paul from MI · Nov 19, 2012

Never tried that, but I always pull a cultipacker behind my grain drill. Pushes down rocks, gives better soil to seed contact for good germination, and doesn't take much more power to pull it.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 20, 2012

I drag harrows behind the seeder, that way no corrugations as you get from a bar.

How to disc a field?

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