Disco Is Back!!

[farmersamm]

This must be disc day (See Shortarc's "Farm Machinery Repair" thread).

Buy two, and you get a disc-ount

Anyhow..... this rolled, actually got dragged into the "shop" today.

It's a 1940's vintage one way disc. 24" plates, and 10' wide. Pretty heavy little dude.

Once I cut it out of the bushes and trees, it was easy(yeah right) to drag it on in

A full restoration is in order. Mainly the wheels. Originally these had iron wheels. The wheels were modified by the previous owner (It's a one owner disc before I got it). I picked it up at auction for $35 dollars about 6 years back. It went for scrap price, but it's basicly pristine except for the wheels.

Pic 1.... Peekin' outta the bushes

Pic2.... Breaking it free from the dirt, vines, bushes, and wild roses

Pic3.... The Draggin' Wagon doin' some draggin'. Yup, the front wheels can defy gravity

Pic4... The solution to the miraculous levitation problem. Sorry, didn't take actual pics of the actual deal, but had my hands full at the time. The principle is to lift the implement to reduce friction when pulling, while lowering the actual pulling point to keep the tractor on the ground. It works

Pic5.... A future land rippin' manglin' tearin' machine ready for a little TLC

More pics to follow. (never short on pics)

BTW- This is a good ol' MADE IN USA Moline. Back when the iron was good

[shortarc]

Every once and a while you see one around here that has been resurrected and used to touch up terraces.

[farmersamm]

The cosmetic problems

A note to y'all that might be looking to buy older discs. To judge the wear on the plates, look at the clearance between the plate and the beam. It it's close to the beam, it's hardly worn. If there's a lot of space between the beam and the disc, walk away from it.

This machine is nearly "new"

[mla2ofus]

Samm, does that have mechanical lift or hyd. I spent a lot of time as a kid pulling an old 6' disc w/ the mech lift. Had the rope tied to the back of the tractor seat. Pull once to lift it and pull again to drop it. Those were the good ole days???? When I worked for the farm in Idaho pulling a 36' chisel plow w/ a 300 HP tractor, I often thought," Boy, you've come a long way from that old "H" and that 6' one way".
Ah well, enough memory lane,
Mike

[farmersamm]

Originally Posted by mla2ofus

Samm, does that have mechanical lift or hyd. I spent a lot of time as a kid pulling an old 6' disc w/ the mech lift. Had the rope tied to the back of the tractor seat. Pull once to lift it and pull again to drop it. Those were the good ole days???? When I worked for the farm in Idaho pulling a 36' chisel plow w/ a 300 HP tractor, I often thought," Boy, you've come a long way from that old "H" and that 6' one way".
Ah well, enough memory lane,
Mike

I've never pulled one of these before. The front axle pivots up and down, but I don't see any sign that a cylinder was ever mounted anywhere on the frame. Nor is there any "tumble" mechanism like on the old manual lift plows.

It's an emergency deal. Usually I plow, but the weather's been weird. Drought all Winter, and now heavy rains. By the time I get on the ground it's gonna dry out fast because the temps are rising this time of year, so I need something that can run over the ground FAST. I couldn't find an offset that I could afford, so this is the baby

When the temps go up, I literally only have a half day to disc after plowing before it gets too dry to break up. I usually leave the other tractor at the edge of the field hooked to the harrow disc, and disc the plowed ground a few hours after it's been turned, then get on the plow tractor and plow again. A lot of my ground is really tight. It's a PITA. In a normal year I plow down during the Winter and let it mellow all Winter long.

This is gonna be really interesting, and all in about a week.

[farmersamm]

I had figured on using the discs to make a small offset one day. Now I'm stuck rehabing the disc as it was made

[farmersamm]

What I gotta do is figure a way around this mess, which ain't there on the machine I have(not a moline manual)

[farmersamm]

Settled on hyd lift with cylinder base attached to main beam that supports the gang. Have to make a provision for adjusting the mount in order for the cyl to stay in line with the ground wheel axle as it's adjusted.

Be easier to modify the ground wheel axle top plate, but I'm not sure the relatively light angle supporting it would take the stress. A cylinder between the main beam, and the ground axle would act as a strut to absorb the shock of the axle traveling over the ground. The main beam has been drilled to accept something, I'm pretty sure it was something of this nature. Be nice to see what was there in the first place

Only alternative would be a sector and long lever

Today's a wash though