Re: Discing question?

Posted by Bill Smith on March 05, 2003 at 17:37:17 from (63.147.130.63):

In Reply to: Discing question? posted by Randy on March 05, 2003 at 14:15:04:

Do you use this prairy field for pasture or haying? If so, I don't think you would want to disc the edge for a fire block. That would tear up the sod to a point that you would have to re-seed it or something. And if you chose to not re-seed it, that strip will just grow up to weeds and trees. I ussually burn against the wind, to create a fire block. Go along setting the fire and let it burn against wind, and put it out as you go along the fire that goes the other way. Then when the fire block strip is burned you can go to the other side of patch and light it up. Of coarse if is that tall tall stuff then you are going to have problems no matter what. Seen fires jump fire blocks before, especially on really tall grass. And that tall grass will generate heat when burning and create its own draft (wind) even on a calm day. If you have that really tall grass, I would advise you to mow a sizeable strip around edge, and keep it mowed down all year and plan on burning the center next year. That is if you want this patch to remain in grass. I am oppose to extra work myself such as tearing up grass and then having to re-seed just for a fire block that you could gain in another way. As for discing though, most disc's are designed to float without any down pressure other than gravity. You might want to add weight to the disc so that it is heavier. However on sod is not a very good place to see whether the disc needs extra weight. Not uncommon to have to hit sod several times with disc to actually get it tore up.

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