Tines over chain harrows

[Haythers]

So what are the advantages of grass tine harrows to chain harrows thinking of getting some

 

[Dry Rot]

Chain harrows (no tines) would be fine for burying grass seed but nothing much else that I can think of (someone will correct me!). Maybe rolling up trash?

The tines break up mole hills and dung, rip out moss, and break up/spread/and smooth lumps and ruts in the soil.

Then you need a roller to squash the stones in before you go to mow your meadow!

Forgot to say, you also need a tined harrows to find head collars!

 

[Pan mixer]

I have had chain harrows for years - mainly for covering broadcast grass seed - towing behind spinner sort of thing. They are great for that.

If there is a bit of trash or you are trying to split up applied FYM the chain harrows can roll and rope the trash which is a nuisance.

I bought a stubble rake - similar to a grass tined harrow, just bigger tines but less of them - last year for the arable department and have been pleasantly surprised how good it is in coping with trash without raking it up so much and I have used it quite a bit on grassland for cow pat distribution, splitting up lines of toppings etc.

Horses for courses but the chain harrow is miles cheaper.

 

[Haythers]

Chain harrows (no tines) would be fine for burying grass seed but nothing much else that I can think of (someone will correct me!). Maybe rolling up trash?

The tines break up mole hills and dung, rip out moss, and break up/spread/and smooth lumps and ruts in the soil.

Then you need a roller to squash the stones in before you go to mow your meadow!

Forgot to say, you also need a tined harrows to find head collars!

Calm down the head collars is to progressive for us haha
But yes that all seems to make sense, kept passing a field that had bedding muck spread on it then one day saw it being tine harrowed and it did a great job of breaking the muck up couldn't see it after he'd done it

 

[Dry Rot]

Calm down the head collars is to progressive for us haha
But yes that all seems to make sense, kept passing a field that had bedding muck spread on it then one day saw it being tine harrowed and it did a great job of breaking the muck up couldn't see it after he'd done it

Forgot to add that you'll also need a mower to find the chain harrow in the long grass....

 

[Haythers]

Remember dad telling me one of his baling customers years ago couldn't find his mower so he went and bought a new one, so the fella starts mowing round the field and heard a crash........ he'd found his old mower

 

[Ffermer Bach]

now, I was thinking of a chain harrow to level ruts in the field from spreading slurry in the winter, the sort with cast triangular tines, as the grassland harrow is not up to that job, the parmiter chain harrow is, but with it lowered so the frame is actually running on the ground

 

[Kevtherev]

@GTB

 

[Great In Grass]

Tines will will help invigorate leys by aerating the surface and let oxygen get to the roots also helps release any locked up N. Great machine for pulling out weeds like annual meadow grass and chickweed.

 

[Kevtherev]

Modern mounted chain harrows will do just as good a job especially the heavycast section ones.
Nothing wrong with either machine though

 

[hilux]

I've got both here. For breaking up sheep manure and levelling mole hills the chain harrows are second to nothing. For breaking up spread fym the tine harrows do a very good job. If I had to choose one for my farm then it would have to be the chain harrows, though not the new diamond shape type. A neighbour bought one and I was talking to him after using it and he was not impressed with it .
Forgot to add the tine harrows leave a firm level seedbed after discing and don't bring up half the number of stones.

 

[milkloss]

If you had to have just one then it would be chain harrows every time.

 

[hilux]

Definetly