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Post by benmnwi on Jan 5, 2024 13:44:20 GMT -6
I'm coming up with a 2024 food plot plan for my new place and I'm looking into atv disks. I can get my atv and equipment to my new property fairly easily, but I don't have a great way to get my tractor there and back. Has anyone bought or used a pull behind atv disk?
I'm thinking about taking a few acres of cropland out of production and turning them into food plots. My initial plan was to go with a no-till spray and throw seeding plan, but I'm a little concerned about seed to soil contact since this field has been no-till corn for years and there is a ton of residue. I'm thinking that I could run over this field a couple times in early spring to chop up the stalks a bit and speed up the decomposition. That should then get some weed seeds to germinate, which I would then spray or possibly disk up again before seeding. I'm thinking of putting half into a clover mixture and half into a late season brassica blend since I'm looking to draw in the deer from early season bow to late muzzleloader. Any thoughts or recommendations for this plan?
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Post by badgerfowl on Jan 5, 2024 14:20:51 GMT -6
Find a way to get the tractor there.  Seems like a lot of work for the ATV. Even w/ my fancy new ATV I wouldn't want to do a few acres of no-till corn ground. If the ATV is the only route I'd try the no-till spray and throw method. Maybe get a cheap drag to try and work the seed down a bit but those clover/brassicas seeds are small and should work down to dirt fairly easily w/ minimal disturbance. |
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 5, 2024 14:32:41 GMT -6
I should note that I think my good friend has an ATV disk that I likely can borrow this spring. I'm hoping to give that a try before pulling the trigger on any purchase.
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Post by biglakebass on Jan 5, 2024 15:20:37 GMT -6
If u have stalk residue, an atv disc is near futile for that.
U need a ton of weight to do anything. And it will take a lot of passes to get anywhere.
The disc absolutely requires serrated discs.
We had an 8 ft we pulled with a allis d14, that was a lot of work to bust up stalk residue.
Do u have a trail mower to cut everything as low as possible first?
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Post by Reagan on Jan 5, 2024 15:52:30 GMT -6
I have a Tuff Line atv disk. I think that’s the name.
I have 2 solid cinder blocks (no holes) strapped to it for weight. I’ve never run it on corn but it sucks breaking sod. I can’t imagine it would work well in corn.
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Post by nhmountains on Jan 5, 2024 16:23:49 GMT -6
Find a way to get the tractor there. Seems like a lot of work for the ATV. Even w/ my fancy new ATV I wouldn't want to do a few acres of no-till corn ground. If the ATV is the only route I'd try the no-till spray and throw method. Maybe get a cheap drag to try and work the seed down a bit but those clover/brassicas seeds are small and should work down to dirt fairly easily w/ minimal disturbance. Yeah. The drag and invest in a 4’ cultipacker Ben should be fine. |
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 5, 2024 19:59:37 GMT -6
I’m going to have to measure to see if I can get my tractor with a bucket on my trailer.
I know that I can’t get my tractor and disk or digger on the trailer together, but maybe if I can get my tractor there alone I could put the tractor there on one trip and the disk there on a second trip. I could probably buy a reasonably priced 3 point digger or disk that I could leave at the new place so I wouldn’t need to make multiple trips all the time.
I’ve had decent luck disking corn stalks with my 6’ 3 point disk behind my tractor, so if my buddy’s at disk works ok, I might be able to get by with that.
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Post by terrifictom on Jan 5, 2024 21:10:40 GMT -6
If you decide to go ATV disc, I have a Roth loyal atv disc that I would sell. The thing is a beast. It has all new scallop discs and all new bearings on it. I pulled it a couple hundred yards to test it out after I replaced the discs and bearings. The disc worked very well for me.
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Post by Tooln on Jan 6, 2024 8:01:07 GMT -6
When I had my property I had a few different ATV disk. The first 2 were junk and not worth a shit. Then I ran across a Roth Loyal disk and let me tell you that was the cats ass. It did a good job without adding any extra weight. You can adjust the angle of the disk in several different ways to get the cut you need. Unfortunately they stopped making them several years ago. Good luck finding a used one someone is willing to part with. There is a company that makes one that could be a twin to the Roth unit. Here's a link. tarterusa.com/8-blade-disc-harrow/ |
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 6, 2024 20:14:02 GMT -6
My buddy said I can borrow his atv disk this spring, so I’ll give that a try this spring. I might have to contact Tom if I’m ready to buy one though, it sounds like his is a very good brand.
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Post by terrifictom on Jan 6, 2024 21:10:09 GMT -6
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Post by biglakebass on Jan 6, 2024 23:17:52 GMT -6
Did u ever use it to chop corn residue?
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Post by terrifictom on Jan 7, 2024 8:46:47 GMT -6
Did u ever use it to chop corn residue? Not any thing major, but 1 year I had 10 foot screen around all my plots and it knocked it down and chopped it up where it could be planted. I now have a 6 foot wide Land Pride disc that I pull behind my Kubota L3301 tractor. The ATV disc does a better job as it cut deeper than the tractor disc. It all comes down to, how much weight pressure is being put on each individual disc wheel. |
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Post by benmnwi on Jan 7, 2024 9:16:01 GMT -6
That looks great. What kind of atv did you use to pull that disk?
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Post by smsmith on Jan 7, 2024 10:48:28 GMT -6
I've been looking at the El cheapo (not really cheap I guess, $600+) atv disks because I'm sick of spray and pray burning up in what seems to be annual droughts. If I could tear up the top 1" or so I'd think that'd be good enough for brassica and rye...
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Seems like a lot of work for the ATV. Even w/ my fancy new ATV I wouldn't want to do a few acres of no-till corn ground.
