Harder 750a discs

[Simon Chiles]

Talking to Exapta and Phil Needham today, they both are selling the Ingersoll discs as being harder wearing than the JD originals. Some Kansan no tillers joined in the discussion and agreed they got more wear from them. Make of that what you will. Phil did say that there are some harder ones still coming out of France shortly, which will be cheaper for us on the haulage.

Ingersoll are an OEM supplier to JD, so any claims of extra wear are fictional unless they are comparing high carbon steel discs to boron steel. We get the boron steel discs over here which are the harder ones of the two. Ingersoll can only make boron steel discs to 50 +|- 2 RC.

 

[York]

Talking to Exapta and Phil Needham today, they both are selling the Ingersoll discs as being harder wearing than the JD originals. Some Kansan no tillers joined in the discussion and agreed they got more wear from them. Make of that what you will. Phil did say that there are some harder ones still coming out of France shortly, which will be cheaper for us on the haulage.

Martian,
you want the address where they are comming from? They have a good price / Quality ratio. Proven concept.
York-Th.

 

[iaasr]

Spaldings just started stocking them, £39 on the flyers.
My rep offered me £24.50 if I had 64

 

[Louis Mc]

Someone try a At set of Spaldings and report back please
I still have another genuine set on the shelf

 

[Feldspar]

Spaldings just started stocking them, £39 on the flyers.
My rep offered me £24.50 if I had 64

Which discs are these? The harder ones?

 

[Simon Chiles]

Which discs are these? The harder ones?

This thread really needs merging with the other one, it needs a moderator who knows what they are doing @martian ??

 

[Feldspar]

This thread really needs merging with the other one, it needs a moderator who knows what they are doing @martian ??

Have missed the other thread. Do you have a link to it?

 

[Simon Chiles]

Someone try a At set of Spaldings and report back please
I still have another genuine set on the shelf

According to the spec I'd wager that they'd last between two and three times as long.

 

[Feldspar]

According to the spec I'd wager that they'd last between two and three times as long.

Damn! Now I wish I hadn't ordered the JD ones.

 

[dontknowanything]

Damn! Now I wish I hadn't ordered the JD ones.

Ditto

 

[all_arable]

According to the spec I'd wager that they'd last between two and three times as long.

Why is that? When I heard about spaldings selling JD disc I heard that they were from the same source as JD[emoji50]

 

[Simon Chiles]

JD discs are Boron steel so spec'd as 48-52 HRC. For some reason they stopped doing the 55 HRC ones, I suspect it was because they were expensive and tight farmers weren't prepared to pay for them when comparing their price against high carbon steel alternatives.

 

[all_arable]

JD discs are Boron steel so spec'd as 48-52 HRC. For some reason they stopped doing the 55 HRC ones, I suspect it was because they were expensive and tight farmers weren't prepared to pay for them when comparing their price against high carbon steel alternatives.

I'm a little confused now. Earlier you said APM discs would be 48-52HRC and therefore would were quicker than genuine (which you now say are 48-52HRC) so should wear the same surely?

 

[Clive]

I'm just rediscong our drill now - what price these Spaldings ones ?

 

[Simon Chiles]

I'm a little confused now. Earlier you said APM discs would be 48-52HRC and therefore would were quicker than genuine (which you now say are 48-52HRC) so should wear the same surely?

I don't think I've ever said how hard APM discs were as I don't know what spec they are or have ever had a set of discs from APM so couldn't comment.

 

[Simon Chiles]

I'm just rediscong our drill now - what price these Spaldings ones ?

@H.Jackson was going to get a price when I last spoke to him. You could pm him.

 

[Tractor Boy]

I'm confused now. I've just collected a set of JD original discs for approx £31 each. What spec would these have been?
What spec are the Spalding ones? I'm wondering whether to put a set of them on and keep the JD ones on the shelf.

 

[H.Jackson]

@H.Jackson was going to get a price when I last spoke to him. You could pm him.

Pallet load just arrived matched oem price will be putting a bumble bird mix in with them as soon as it dries up, will soon see how long they last on flint!!!!

 

[Big-Al]

The Spaldings ones look good value to me and are 53-54 HRC also a 1/3 cheaper, the original ones have done 2400 acres and are totally shot, may give them a go, i have two original JD spare discs to run with them if i decide

regards

 

[Simon Chiles]

The Spaldings ones look good value to me and are 53-54 HRC also a 1/3 cheaper, the original ones have done 2400 acres and are totally shot, may give them a go, i have two original JD spare discs to run with them if i decide

regards

If you end up changing the discs every three years you'll be able to spend more time watching the rugby!