discer for ATV
 

Hi all,

I am going to try my hand at doing a few small food plots next year. where on earth do I get a discer for an atv?
thanks,

beej

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Here' s a picture of the disc I use.


I bought it used for $30 from an older gentleman who didn' t use it anymore. It was made to be pulled behind a small lawn/garden tractor. I had to modify it just a little to pull it behind an atv. The weights I used on it are large block off plates for pipe. It took roughly 3 hours to get it ready to go to work. It works great as long as the ground isn' t too dry. A medium to large sized tractor would be a lot better and faster but considering the extra cash they cost I' ll have to stick with my little disc until I win the lottery. I have pictures of some plots that I have disced with it. Go to my website below and click on the food plot pics button. Hope this helps.

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Notice the weights, those make a heck of a difference. The pull behind I use on my Kodiak is nothing like the discs our tractors pull. The weight makes all the difference in the world.

RE: discer for ATV
 

thanks for the info guys...

what kind of store do you go to for the discer if you can' t find one used?
the atv store? I can' t seem to find any on the internet (I take that back, I did find one, but it was some monster of a contraption that had something like 8 implements in one.)
thanks again...

beej

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I' m pretty sure that you can find these discs in Bass Pro Shop Catalogs. I can' t find my catalog right now but I know I have seen them in there before. I guess you could look at thier web site if this would help you any. If you end up buying one, you won' t regret it. We were lucky enough to find a used one and it has worked great for small plots in the woods.

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Most any lawn & garden store will carry them for small garden tractors. We have a local John Deere dealer that has them. Shop around a little to find the best price. Try to find one that has a steel pedastel that attaches the cutting discs to the frame. Mine were made of cast iron and one of them broke this year. I had to build a new one from scratch because cast iron can' t be welded. Took about 8 hours to do.

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Tractor Supply Co. has a set of discs for 150 bucks that looks like it would work well behind a garden tractor or ATV. I wouldn' t get a plot master, too expensive and light weight. Once you get your plot disced it just gets easier. Good luck. [&:]:D

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I have a set that cabelas sells. They have wheels on one side for transport and then flip it over for the discs. The problem with them is that if you do more than creep with them they want to crab walk behind the atv. I think the angle is to severe but it has no adjustment. Anyone have this problem with theirs and if so, what did you do to remedy it? By the way, when I say you have to creep, I mean a baby could crawl faster.

Thanks,

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after looking at the prices of the atv implements in the cabelas catalog, they seem to be about twice the price of the equivalent diesel farm tractor type of implement. and i have a feeling that they would take twice as long as a diesel tractor would. if you are just planting 1-3 acres of new ground, you might want to consider having/renting a real tractor to get the initial groundbreaking done. the successive years wouldn' t require such intensive groundwork, you could probably make your own atv implements for 1/3 the cost (assuming your time is free) of the cabelas prices.

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oh man....this is great info guys..thanks so much. there are two TSC' s near me, one I pass up on my way to one of my hunting spots. I will certainly check it out.
I will be hitting you guys up later on too for more information about planting. I haven' t taken in a soil sample yet, but found the place to bring it a couple days ago. I am fired up! good luck,
beej

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Strutter,
you mentioned that your disc tends to walk around on you, and I have the same problem. My disc is similar to Ballistictips' s disc,but the angle of my disc axles(not a farmer, probably not correct terminology) are much more severe. They are adjustable on mine but I was told that I would break up the ground better/faster if I kept them pointed in all the way. So Ballistictip, if your disc is working good, then I can probably set my blades more like yours and cut out some of the disc' s " walking" .

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Mine does do the crab walk but not very bad. You have to go slightly faster then a good hard walk before it happens. If you can get someone to stand on it it helps tremendously. I' m tying do figure out a way to use sand for weights thinking it would help out kind of like the way a deadblow hammer works.

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L2HNF---I have a set of farm discs that are adjustable from the tractor. I don' t know what you have but if you can get the discs to run in the direction of travel and not turn over the soil they won' t crab. When you decide how much of an angle you need to till correctly pernaps you can drill a hole and pin it. Would make it more convenient to use.[&:]:D

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Welcome to the world of foodplots. Let me say first soil test. Now that that is said try Monroe tuffline. They are located in MS and they make three different models of disc for ATV' s. I have their biggest one and I also own one that I made similar to the one shown above. The one I have from them was expensive but you get what you pay for. With my old one the ground had to be disced by a tractor and I could keept it going with my ATV. But the one I got now has no problems with fresh ground. I have to say thought if I could go back now I would probally bought a used tractor with implements. It is just easier and quicker. I have seen used tractors for the same price I paided for my disc. Monroe has a web page you can look at, but you will probally have to get a tractor supply place to order it for you. Good luck hope this helps. Food plots grow bigger Deer.........
Gabe

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I took one of the bolts from mine earlier this year and adjusted the angle of the blades to nearly straight. You could then pull the disc fast as you wanted with no crabwalking but it wouldn' t cut anything. I am now going to fabricate a system to adjust the discs to whatever angle I want and try to reach a happy medium so it will cut good and walk less. I may add about 50 lbs to each edge first and see what that does for it.