New plow build thoughts and ideas

[Dropped82]

At the last plowday, something new to me caught my attention. After drooling for a bit, an idea popped in my head.

Disc plow for a GT.

You don't see them very often but are neat. Now I want to build a double or maybe even a triple for a GT. I found a GT sized one on Facebook. Talked with the builder a bit. He mentioned it pulls pretty easily. Also, mentioned the rear wheel needs to be heavy since it acts as the landslide. I've since sourced some discs. Nothing on a wheel yet. Also, the big ones have angle adjustments for the cut width. I'd like to integrate that. If I make a triple, it'll probably be a drawbar pull with its own lift setup due to lots of weight hanging far out.

Anyone have any experience with these? I'm looking for any tips or info when it comes to vertical angles, Etc. These are new to me. Thanks!!

Eric

 

[MH81]

If the disc is behind the rear wheel, it'll fight you Bad. You'll have to have a follower landside wheel to use it.

 

[KennyP]

Bet it'll need a lot more traction to pull!

 

[bbuckler]

Here pictures of my belly plow. I don't know if it helps but you can see the angle it sits

 

[Shorty]

I have been eyeing this one. The owner says it pulls easier than a Brinly.

 

[Propane1]

Neat video, Shorty.

Noel

 

[MH81]

I have been eyeing this one. The owner says it pulls easier than a Brinly.

Nice. Heavy machine, tho...
Is the depth wheel working as a landside also? What depth and width of cut?

 

[TAHOE]

@Dropped82 , Eric spring plow days are right around the corner, better get a move on and get this built

 

[Shorty]

Nice. Heavy machine, tho...
Is the depth wheel working as a landside also? What depth and width of cut?

The angle of the depth wheel makes me think it is. I would guess around a 5" depth. Not sure on the width.

 

[Russ Trachte]

I've wondered about a disk plow too. Can anyone tell me what or if they hold an advantage?

 

[Arti]

I've wondered about a disk plow too. Can anyone tell me what or if they hold an advantage?

You can plow corn stalks etc. with out the plow plugging up. Also they are different and have a Cool factor.

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

The disk plow requires less hp to turn over the same amount of ground in a single pass. They also work better in har packed or dried ground like the Clay's of the south east. Also instead of hanging on a buried object in the ground, the disk will roll over the object.

 

[Russ Trachte]

So why did the moldboard plow become prominent?

 

[chieffan]

A disc does not make an even cut due to the blade being round. 5" center depth may only be 3 or 4 on the lead and lag, depending on the diameter of the disc. They would pull easier as they are not turning near as much ground. A 10" Brinly will cut a 10" width where a 10" disc may only cut a 5" width, depending on the angle. Places for both of them.

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

So why did the moldboard plow become prominent?

Because the moldboard plow had been around for a couple hundred years before the disk plow came to be early in the 1900's. And actually according to a report I find stating that the disk plow continued in popularity so much so that if we hadn't have gone to no-till farming the disk plow would have surpassed the moldboard in the coming years.

In the western and great plains states the diskplow had already replaced most moldboard plows.

 

[Texas Horses Hogs and Deeres]

A disc does not make an even cut due to the blade being round. 5" center depth may only be 3 or 4 on the lead and lag, depending on the diameter of the disc. They would pull easier as they are not turning near as much ground. A 10" Brinly will cut a 10" width where a 10" disc may only cut a 5" width, depending on the angle. Places for both of them.

That's true to a point, most disk plows are 18"DIA and bigger to make the same or greater width of cut and the moldboard plow.

If I was building one for a gt I'd use at least a 16"DIA disk and more than likely I'd look for a 24" disk.

 

[Russ Trachte]

Thanks to all for the education. I first experienced disc plows when I interned in South Dakota in 2005. Never had seen them before then!

 

[TAHOE]

Thanks to all for the education. I first experienced disc plows when I interned in South Dakota in 2005. Never had seen them before then!

I never seen one before until a fall plow day back in Sept, guy was pulling a 3 or 4 disk behind an older JD tractor, neat to watch it work

 

[Shorty]

The guy who built the one in the video above told me it is definitely harder to pull a 10 or 12" moldboard than his disc.

 

[KennyP]

Be nice to see what angle they set the disk to!