Brinly Disk

IliketheRedcubs · #1 10-17-2013, 09:06 PM

Hey I have a chance to pick up a 3 point tandem Brinly disk... actually choice of two, one older than the other. Question, any differences between a newer disk vs. an older disk? I.E. quality? Are they useful?

Is it a worthwhile purchase? I've been wanting either a disk or a plow... thoughts??? Thanks!!

J-Mech · #2 10-17-2013, 09:39 PM

Plows and disks are two totally different pieces of equipment. They are both useful in their own right. Question is, what are you going to do with it? You really can't go wrong with brinly implements, old or new, they are very well built.

A plow, is..... well its a plow. It is a ground breaking tool that requires another tool to finish the ground after using it. A disk, can be used for either ground breaking or finishing.

Darrell · #3 10-17-2013, 11:17 PM

This is my opinion on disks for GT's , the sleeve hitch disc are to light to do anything to plowed up ground. I guess you could throw enough weight on it to do some good , but i do not think it would break up the dirt around here.

A Cat 0 plow isn't much better , but they are heavier than a sleeve hitch disc.

I have had both , but i didn't keep them long.

If you are looking to get one to work , i would pass on it. But they really do look cool restored and behind a nice looking tractor !!

Just my .02.

IliketheRedcubs · #4 10-18-2013, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Plows and disks are two totally different pieces of equipment. They are both useful in their own right. Question is, what are you going to do with it? You really can't go wrong with brinly implements, old or new, they are very well built.

A plow, is..... well its a plow. It is a ground breaking tool that requires another tool to finish the ground after using it. A disk, can be used for either ground breaking or finishing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Darrell

This is my opinion on disks for GT's , the sleeve hitch disc are to light to do anything to plowed up ground. I guess you could throw enough weight on it to do some good , but i do not think it would break up the dirt around here.

A Cat 0 plow isn't much better , but they are heavier than a sleeve hitch disc.

I have had both , but i didn't keep them long.

If you are looking to get one to work , i would pass on it. But they really do look cool restored and behind a nice looking tractor !!

Just my .02.

Where I was going with this idea was if I had just enough cash to buy one or the other (category 0 disk or category 0 plow) which of the two should a person go with first?

(Thinking disk at this time, more versatile). Also, of the two disks I've found, according to the owners, one is a D-100 and the other is a D-1000... I'm not familiar with the disks and didn't know if there was a difference or if one of the owners read the serial tag wrong...

My ground is pretty sandy so I'm thinking the disk and plow should work ok??

Thanks!!

Darrell · #5 10-18-2013, 10:32 AM

You can't go wrong with the Cat 0 plow , they work great !! You can fine tune them to work in the dirt.

If you only have enough money for one , i would get the plow. Buy both if possible , keep the one that works best for you and sell the other if you feel the need to do so. Cat 0 attachments are HTF and sell really well.

If you have softer soil than what i have here where i live , the disc may work , and you can add weight to it if needed.

Hope that helps !!!

cub123 · #6 10-18-2013, 12:11 PM

What I do is run my disc over the weeds first, plow, disc again and till it. Really the two are best to have, but I would go with a plow first IMHO.

jimbob200521 · #7 10-18-2013, 12:27 PM

I'd say depending on your soil and how much weight you can get on that disk, I'd go with the disk first. The plow is great, but once you get a plot established, with a little patience (and who doesn't want more seat time, after all

), a good disking could get your garden plot ready each year. I know this because when I was but a wee lad, we'd put in a garden as a family each year and rather than invest in a plow, we used my grandfathers disk that had been passed down to my father and now me. Anywho, y parents would put me on the ol' Wheel Horse with the disk and a couple cinder blocks and go inside. When dinner time would come around, they'd come out and peel me off the tractor and violla! Perfect garden plot

IliketheRedcubs · #8 10-18-2013, 12:44 PM

Thanks for all of your thoughts!

UPDATE... since I posted this I found another disk... the guy had a disc, plow, and cultivator. The three implements together was just a little more $$ than the one disk I found!!

They are a little farther, east of me but here's the killer... he posted them last night, on Craigslist and I found them this morning... They're sold!

Win some, loose some...

J-Mech · #9 10-18-2013, 12:54 PM

How much are they asking for this disk??

PaulS · #10 10-18-2013, 02:06 PM

If you have sandy rather loose soil a cultivator will rip up the soil down a couple of inches. A disk will cut the soil down a couple of inches. The shape of the disks tend to turn over the soil in very small furrows and will require a few passes to get a tilled look. A plow will turn over the soil to a depth of 5 or 6 inches. You have a rough looking finish after plowing. A disk will cut the furrows and smooth the surface by cutting things up. You may have to weight the disk with a concrete block or the like. A tiller will very quickly cut the soil and will give a finished look after one pass. I have used all three and if the soil is hard or rocky a cultivator will most likely work best.