Re: Newbie question on hooking up a disc harrow

In article <smp2m1p44gckumq1sgkl54d8vkg8cgffd7@xxxxxxx>,
Ben Phlat <bphlat62@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Boy, that's the oldest tandem disc I have seen that was not horse
> drawn. I have a similar one although quite a bit newer. The lever "G"
> on yours I'm guessing is to set the angle of the front row to parallel
> or what ever angle you want. On mine this lever controls both rows.
>
> To set mine I have a long rope attached that I pull tension on while
> backing up the tractor to close the disc to parallel. Moving forward
> while pulling tension on the rope opens the disc to the desired angle.
>
> "B" is where you have a disc blade missing, you can see on one side
> you have 7 blades, but only 6 on the other.
>
> The unit does have mud scrapers on it, which is nice in clay type
> soils but appears to not be heavy enough for hard soils. I have to
> weigh mine down with a couple hundred pound concrete chunk to get more
> down force.
>
> "E" or "F" appears to be the lever for adjustment of the rear blade
> angle, hard to tell from the picture.
>
> Drag it around and see if it works, just dont get stuck somewhere
> cause they don't back up real well.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
That leaves one question unanswered. How to transport it? My Dad
had a single disc. It had a set of detachable wheels that one would
manually lift the disc with for transport. Is that how this works on
the tandem version?

Dean

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