Short disc ..... any good

[nails]

Just scatter the seed on the stubbles first and skip over it ,,turnips only need scratching in so even if the machine bounces ,the seed will be buried enough to grow

That is right. Turnips grow on concrete if it rains and grow all over the tractor cab normally. Simple crop to get growing, but people seem to want to make it very complicated.

 

[snipe]

Just had a look can’t see it ?

Still there £7500. Look under disc harrows

 

[Guy]

2 x 3m shirt disc cultivators due in just under 2 weeks ! Maybe if interest ?

New ROL/EX Taurus mounted short disc cultivator- 3m with 600mm toothed packer, 24x 560mm discs, maintenance free hubs - £4995 + vat delivered
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[Billboy1]

Before we purchased we demoed a Horsch Joker, Weaving Short Disc and Vaderstadt Carrier. The Carrier was superior but far too expensive. On hard dry stubblesthe Weaving Short Disc performed better than the other machines. I liked the rear packer on the Weaving and in the end that's what we purchased. It does "bounce" at times and I've wondered if being a mounted machine doesn't help. For what it cost it was a good buy. The Proforge machines look similar and if I was buying again I'd go for a trailed version. Our Massey 6480 struggled to lift our 4m Weaving if discs and packer were blocked with soil. You'd need a big tractor for a 6m mounted!

Do you find if you look from behind the machine on the left hand side that it leaves a slight hollow ( not quite level ) ? My 4m does

 

[solo]

Do you find if you look from behind the machine on the left hand side that it leaves a slight hollow ( not quite level ) ? My 4m does

3m mounted Weaving discs here also leave a small furrow. The outer disc cuts the groove.

 

[Billboy1]

3m mounted Weaving discs here also leave a small furrow. The outer disc cuts the groove.

Any remedies?

 

[solo]

Any remedies?

Sorry.No. I only use mine for shallow chit so haven’t bothered with it. Subdisc after and that also leaves a furrow. Newer machines have sideboards to help I see. Sprinter drill hides it all

 

[ih1455xl]

I keep threatening to cut 1in of the outer disc to fill the furrow less but have never got round to it

 

[Spotty Dog]

I have a 5 m trailed Heva, i like it but i've modified it a lot.
The thing that has always bothered me about short discs is the flappy paddles are always at the very front of the machine and just bounce over hard ploughing without really doing much levelling. I extended the chassis on my Heva and put the paddles after the discs and before the packer where they bloody well should be. Makes a lovely level job on ploughing now, and by putting an extra paddle on either end it also levels the hump on one side and fills the hollow on the other.
I hardly use the paddles when chitting stubbles though.
I have 230hp on the front.

 

[legin]

Does anyone shortdisc rape stubbles and drill wheat straight in?

 

[ih1455xl]

Yep brought mine when I had the freeflow now go in with the weaving gd

 

[DRC]

Short disced all my heavy land wheat stubbles this year. Hoping to drill straight into them end of the month

 

[simon-0116]

3m mounted Weaving discs here also leave a small furrow. The outer disc cuts the groove.

Does it not adjust up/ down. Vaderstat carrier one does to stop problem

 

[Gedd]

View attachment 715544 View attachment 715546 Short disced all my heavy land wheat stubbles this year. Hoping to drill straight into them end of the month

Do you go in with tines to loosen to depth as well

 

[General-Lee]

Does anyone shortdisc rape stubbles and drill wheat straight in?

Yes twice over with discs, roll then drill.

 

[DRC]

Do you go in with tines to loosen to depth as well

I did the tramlines and headlands , but felt the weather had done the subsoiling this year

 

[DRC]

Do you go in with tines to loosen to depth as well

I’m trying it for the first time, as usually plough everything

 

[solo]

Does it not adjust up/ down. Vaderstat carrier one does to stop problem

There is pin depth adjustment via the rear roller and front to rear is via the top link. I set it so that it pulls with the top link straight.

 

[Billboy1]

I’ve just tried mine 2nd time over and it’s leaving 3 to 4 inches of lovely tilth so thinking roll and drill

 

[kermit]

Some of these discs use metal coil springs, others use the rubber block suspension, what are the pros & cons of each?