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Weight added to disk harrows

Postby JLollis » Sat Mar 18, 2006 9:30 am

How much weight should you add to a set of 10 disk harrows? With no added weight, mine seems to skip over areas where vegetation has started growing.
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Postby Bigdog » Sat Mar 18, 2006 10:09 am

Jim - added weight depends on soil condtions etc. 2 to 4 cement blocks usually do the trick.
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Postby JLollis » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:11 pm

Is two 60 lb bags of concrete too much?
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Postby Eugene » Sat Mar 18, 2006 12:57 pm

You need something solid like concrete blocks or rocks, scrap metal, tires and rims, logs, framing timbers, etc.. Bags will get torn up from the disk bouncing around.

Concrete blocks work best. They are the right size to sit in the frame or weight tray. Other items need to be secured to the disk to keep from bouncing off.

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Postby jostev » Sat Mar 18, 2006 2:43 pm

I have a set of IH disks' that I "use"(just play around) and I have put 4 blocks of granite on them, it works like a charm.... i didn't secure mine as i wasn't going far or fast, just around the back yeard a couple of times...

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Postby JLollis » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:28 pm

I was really just referring to two blocks, made from one 60 lb bag each. Have you ever left a bag of cement sitting out? They don't stay in powder form very long. I guess I should have asked if 120 lbs is an appropriate amount of weight.
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Postby Jim Hudson » Sat Mar 18, 2006 11:55 pm

This should be enought weight 150 lb anvil, a Fast hitch point laying in there some place and little old me 220lb.
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