Reminder- planting season

[Milo]

Okay food plotters, this is the time of the year to start getting your stuff to plant. This is the auction season and it is going to go by fast before you know it. Be looking for you local spring consignment auctions to pick up some equipment cheap. Check local papers and websites for further details. I have seen a few 2 row corn planters already and seed spreaders for you do it yourselfers'. Lots of plows and disc's and a few cultipackers. If you have questions feel free to ask away and we can help each other out. Be sure to set time aside to preview the auctions if your going. I personally have found some great deals and gotten a ton of equipment to do the work. Good luck

[stumphole]

Milo,
I have a quad, and I rigged up a disc from a garden tractor that works pretty well. I never thought of a 2 row planter though, will a quad handle it or other small tractor stuff?

[Milo]

Milo,
I have a quad, and I rigged up a disc from a garden tractor that works pretty well. I never thought of a 2 row planter though, will a quad handle it or other small tractor stuff?
Yes it will. Two row corn planters are very easy to pull. Most two row pull type corn planters are height dependent. they have shoes( or knives) that open the ground up and a wheel that pushed the soil over the seed. very little effort is involved. The one draw back to corn is the fertilizer cost and the coons.

on the height thing, pull types need to be balanced when pulled. You do not want the shoe digging in to deep at the front and not in the back. You have to experiment with it a little. If you find one I will help you through it. these are difficult to find an affordable one.

[Milo]

Milo,
I have a quad, and I rigged up a disc from a garden tractor that works pretty well. I never thought of a 2 row planter though, will a quad handle it or other small tractor stuff?
I also wanted to ask, are you using a catagory zero disc with weights added? (one row of disc's that are slightly angled?)

[stumphole]

Yeah, that's the one. I had to modify it and put in an adjustable link to level it, then change the hitch so it pivots. I strap solid concrete blocks for weight. It works pretty well, I can get several inches deep with a few passes. What I'm working on for spring is some sort of wheel kit so I can get the disc off the ground when towing. Think'n about trailer jacks with pneumatic wheels. The thing will look like a Rube Goldberg by the time I get done with it.
On second thought, it has one row with two halves, so you have a V-shape.

[Milo]

Yeah, that's the one. I had to modify it and put in an adjustable link to level it, then change the hitch so it pivots. I strap solid concrete blocks for weight. It works pretty well, I can get several inches deep with a few passes. What I'm working on for spring is some sort of wheel kit so I can get the disc off the ground when towing. Think'n about trailer jacks with pneumatic wheels. The thing will look like a Rube Goldberg by the time I get done with it.
On second thought, it has one row with two halves, so you have a V-shape.
Try TSC and get some small tires an turn it into a flip disc. you can get a solid rod for an axle and weld it up or bolt it on. Good work. One thing that really help our food plots out is a cultipacker. cannot say enough good things about them.

[stumphole]

Try TSC and get some small tires an turn it into a flip disc. you can get a solid rod for an axle and weld it up or bolt it on. Good work. One thing that really help our food plots out is a cultipacker. cannot say enough good things about them.
I can get the tires OK but if I do a flip disc then I'm screwed with the weights.
How big of a cultipacker can I pull? I'm thinking of the cast iron jobs. Probally have to hack it up and make it about 4' wide.

[Milo]

I can get the tires OK but if I do a flip disc then I'm screwed with the weights.
How big of a cultipacker can I pull? I'm thinking of the cast iron jobs. Probally have to hack it up and make it about 4' wide.
how bigs your quad?:D you should be able to move a 6 footer with no problem. they are heavy but once they roll you in business. I have wanted to get one put together for 4 wheelers but no resources

[OhioHunter88]

keepin an eye in the papers for auctions is a great idea, over the summer we bought a two bottom dearborn plow for 25 bucks from an auction... Stumphole, we made a flip disc like milo is talking about when you flip it on the side where the disc is in the dirt, you screw in two bars(one on each side) and then slide weights on the bars( weights used for lifting).. as for a cultipacker, we just a regular yard roller for if we are doing it someplace a tractor cant get to...

[stumphole]

how bigs your quad?:D you should be able to move a 6 footer with no problem. they are heavy but once they roll you in business. I have wanted to get one put together for 4 wheelers but no resources

It's a Bombardier Traxter, the thing's like a tractor in low range. I think I have a source for the cultipacker or at least some roller sections. The 6 footer might be a bit large for the trails and hills for me. I'd hate to get stuck at the bottom of the hill.

[stumphole]

keepin an eye in the papers for auctions is a great idea, over the summer we bought a two bottom dearborn plow for 25 bucks from an auction... Stumphole, we made a flip disc like milo is talking about when you flip it on the side where the disc is in the dirt, you screw in two bars(one on each side) and then slide weights on the bars( weights used for lifting).. as for a cultipacker, we just a regular yard roller for if we are doing it someplace a tractor cant get to...
Thanks 88,
The concrete blocks are a pain, I can get all the weights I need at garage sales, along with stationary bikes and treadmills HA!

[Milo]

Thanks 88,
The concrete blocks are a pain, I can get all the weights I need at garage sales, along with stationary bikes and treadmills HA!
use all thread rods on the blocks and lock them in place with a top plate that screws down. :shhh: :shhh:

[OhioHunter88]

Stumphole, here is a harrow type thing we made, it is just railroad spikes on the other side, but as you can see there is a spot for two concrete blocks..BTW this works really good if there are no roots around..hehhe
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/OhioHunter88/DSCF0987.jpg

Here is an in the woods pic of after the harrow type thing had gone over it..
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/OhioHunter88/DSCF0984.jpg

[OhioHunter88]

Stumphole, here is a clover plot, after it had just been rolled with a lawn roller....
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c43/OhioHunter88/9c1473e5.jpg

[stumphole]

"88", Looks good, how quick do you stop when ya snag a root with your spike harrow? A guy might loose some teeth if your not careful.

[OhioHunter88]

"88", Looks good, how quick do you stop when ya snag a root with your spike harrow? A guy might loose some teeth if your not careful.
unless its a pretty big root, you break threw it, but most of the time, the spikes just bend, we've only used it once in the plots, BTW after you have plowed your driveway the spikes work great to break up the ice...