Tilling Equipment
 

I purchased a new Kubota tractor with a bushog and was thinking about buying a set of disks for it. Are these tractor disk good for virgin soil?

Make sure the disc you buy do not have a fixed disc angle on them. You need to angle the disc blades to make them cut better and when you start to level/cover your seed you straighten the disc angle out . A friend just bought a set of Brown disc (made in Ozark, Al) a while ago and they are some of the nicest lighter weight disc I have seen.

Is the Kubota brand disk good?

When you buy a disk get one with heavy duty bearings that are greaseabl. Do not get a disk with the so called lubed for life bearings. Get a disk with that is made with a heavy duty angle iron frame. Some of the made in China disks are pretty flimsy. A friend of mine bought a disk at Atwood's and the frame got bent the first time he used it.

Is a tiller better than a disk harrow?

We have a King Kutter XB angle frame disc that's made for today's sub compact tractors. Being it has harrow discs instead of just regular ones, it really works the soil up nicely. We've had ours for 3 years now, and the soil on our property isn't exactly friendly to equipment being it's heavy clay, and VERY rocky. The XB disc has taken the punishment we demand of it and yet looks like it's hardly been used. I give it two thumbs up to anybody looking for a well performing disc for their food plots. http://www.kingkutter.com/XBProducts...od=5AngleFrame

buy a disc with tubing frame you will thanks yourself later. Angle iron disc are as low end as you can get. Buy a good one Tufline, Brown, Taylor way, If if you have the money buy a brushmaster. My dad used to say your implements should out last you.

I'm not sure Kubota makes disc or other implements, but I will say their engines are hard to beat. I've got a skid steer loader with a Kubota engine that has over 3700 hours and still runs good.

Besides what has been mentioned as far as disc goes, I've had a Athens off-set disc for 9 years and I really like it. The front gangs should have the notched blades for best results IMO.

Regardless of what brand of disc you go with, you'll need to match it with what horsepower tractor you have.



It is if you don't have a lot of rocks or very hard ground. One pass with a tiller will do what takes the best disc three passes.

I dont know what your ground is like, but where my food plots are a disc wouldnt be any good. I use a 5 tine chisel plow. It rips the ground a little more than a foot deep. It works great for the rocky ground where I hunt.