Tandem disk on a sleeve hitch

[john hall]

Nothing to add other than to note it really depends on your location as to what you refer to equipment as. Saying disc here will get you a funny look. We say harrow, not disc harrow. For soft land or leveling we use a gang harrow. For deep cutting or burying trash we use an offset. For old timers you may find a spring tooth harrow or possibly a section harrow--both work good to level land and make a seed bed providing there isn't much trash. I've seen a small offset disc harrow (think I used all the terms so we would know what I'm referring too) for garden tractors and ATV's. It is a tow type with a hand crank for lifting. If it were built heavy enough to start with and you added a small hydraulic cylinder for lifting, you'd have a really nice tillage tool. For that matter an energetic soul could build one.

[Rescue11]

Originally Posted by dirtcowboy

I also agree a disc is a great tillage tool. My buddy and I have a tillage business we do on the side prior to our full time jobs and we use this tandem disc setup when there are huge chunks from when we mold board plowed a garden and the IH rear mounted tiller wants to till uneven caused by the tractor driving over big chunks of soil or sod. It does a fantastic job of filling in furrows and leveling but I do put blocks on it just so the disc busts up dirt clods instead of riding over them and to cut sod if it's a fresh garden we just put in but setup has a major play in how it cuts also. It does a great job cutting up old foliage in gardens from previous season prior to plowing it. I also have used a field cultivator to breakup the first inch or 2 of topsoil which is a great tool also. I have no problem pulling the tandem disc even with a harrow behind it with the 982 but i enjoy the seat time. This pic is taken after I disked down mold board plowed ground before tiller ran across garden. I know the garden is damp but customer wanted it done.

That is a very neat little field cultivator! Did you build it?

Jmech, dude... only one way to find out. Just Do it!! Then post pix!!

[dirtcowboy]

No I didn't build that field cultivator. I found it out in some tall weeds at my uncles house and he said he didn't want it so I took it. I tore it all apart and restored it but used case IH red & black to match tractor. It has tag still on it with model #, it says it's a Gilson.