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Need help with a disking bid please, long post


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Posted by JBMac on August 03, 2010 at 17:17:02 from (174.131.58.31):

Gents,

We are bidding on a County project that requires disking 10" deep prior to spraying. This project is to control Cogon grass, considered one of the worst weeds in the world. If you live in the coastal Southeast, pray you dont get it on your property. Anyway, any assistance you can give me will be great appreciated. Here's the scope of work: 400 acres of flat, dry, old tomato fields(soil is fairly sandy, no clay, will be burnt prior to disking. To be disked north and south, then east and west. Tractors we have available are an 85 h.p JD mfwd and a 110 hp JD mfwd. Sorry, I dont recall the exact models, both with aux. hydrualics and good tires. We will need to buy / rent some offset disks, being that these tractors are usually used for spraying. No doubt this grass builds an dense mass of rhizomes below the surface. Considerations are these:

1. How big of an offset disk can each tractor reasonable pull? Maybe I dont need a true offset, but something that will be able to aggresively cut through a pretty tough root mass, in sandy soil, but at least the tops will be burned.

2. How many acres a day, in flat old farm field thats been burned could I expect in a day, average? I know there's the incedentals: 350 chevy block left in a field, flat tires, refueling, etc. Fields are square for the most part. I'm thinking it might be slow going due to the drag on the disk.

3. Anyone within a 6 hour drive interested in renting the appropriate disk? Located in N. Florida, Where I-10 and I-75 cross.

4. What would be the going rate for this type of work in the Southeast (Since I have to go both directions, does $70 an acre sound crazy?. This is a special project, not disking for a farmer / neighbor.

You guys have never let me down, let me know what you think. As always, much obliged.

John


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