Maybe Ben can answer this, or someone else. We have a 42 hp tractor with a tiller, but really can's use the tiller on the food plots at the cabin because there are too many rocks and we haven't got them all picked yet. Plus, we are doing quite a few new plots. My question is this. Would this 3pt spring tooth harrow work very well. We would turn the soil over with a 2 bottom plow first, then use the harrow. Do you think that would work? http://eauclaire.craigslist.org/grd/2946737393.html
Absolutely. It WILL find you some more rocks, but it'll break up the plowed dirt for ya. You will be able to use it on some loose ground that you won't have to plow prior to as well. You have some discs too right Dan?
I also thought it would help find rocks and bring them up better than a disc would as well. The only disc we have been using is a Sodbuster that I borrow from my buddy. I was thinking about getting a 3pt disc for the tractor as well, but thought we would try this.....hell, its only $225. We do have a disc at the cabin for a tractor that I am getting welded soon, but its a pull type and would be too big for food plots. Plus, it will probably be too big to pull with our tractor.
Having never used a spring tooth harrow before, would it need to be disced as well after using it before planting? We are looking at putting in a few smaller 1-1.5 acre plots and would plant corn in them some years. Here is a link to the 2 row planter we are looking at getting. http://www.midwestwildlife.com/jdplanter.php
Disc'd or drug afterwards. I agree, for the 225, it's well worth it. I think you'll find that on existing plots you may not have to plow, just harrow and disc.
I agree, but most of the plots are new, that's why we'll be plowing. I would love to be able to just drag it after, but we're working in clay and It doesn't break up really easy and stays in clumps. It holds too much moisture. We'd probably have to disc as well. I'm really interested in it getting the rocks up as well. That would make life easier. Thanks for the help Ben.
If it's rocks you want to find.....that is your tool. My buddy that plants corn on our homestead property just found a few nice ones the other day. He harrows and then discs, but that's not virgin clay. You're on the right track Dan.
We've used a spring tooth harrow for years following our two bottom plow. It does well pulling rocks out, but it's very good at pulling sod clumps apart and loosening the dirt from sod root system to quicken killing them off. We've been satisfied with the results.
