Brinly Disk Harrow or Cultivator?

[mkedzierski]

Originally Posted by Chad126

It's funny that I am reading this, because I was going to get thoughts from you guys regarding weight on discs.

I've always run a gang of 20 behind my Ford 3000. Never used a small set of discs ( some of you might consider the 20 gang small, but whatever). I've always just put several pieces of railroad rail on them and gone to work and never worried about how much weight was on them.

I just bought a small brinly set (8 disc gang). I'm concerned about weighing them down too much and wearing them out.

I was curious as to know your guys' thoughts on 'how much weight is too much' for this little set of discs. I was going to start my own thread, but this fell in line with topic of conversation.

I was wondering on the Brinly disk if they have grease fittings to help minimize the wear? From the picture on their website, it looks like there are some, but not 100% sure. Keep us posted on how it works for you.

[Chad126]

Originally Posted by mkedzierski

Keep us posted on how it works for you.

I sure will. Might be a month or so, but I'll give a report

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Chad126

It's funny that I am reading this, because I was going to get thoughts from you guys regarding weight on discs.

I've always run a gang of 20 behind my Ford 3000. Never used a small set of discs ( some of you might consider the 20 gang small, but whatever). I've always just put several pieces of railroad rail on them and gone to work and never worried about how much weight was on them.

I just bought a small brinly set (8 disc gang). I'm concerned about weighing them down too much and wearing them out.

I was curious as to know your guys' thoughts on 'how much weight is too much' for this little set of discs. I was going to start my own thread, but this fell in line with topic of conversation.

First of all, a disk is measured by how wide it is, not how many "gangs" it has. And a "gang" is a row of blades on an axle. I don't think you have a "20 gang" disk. You might have a disk with 20 blades..... but it is either a 2 gang, or 4 gang disk. There are several types of disks.... but we really don't need to get into all of them as with a GT you only have a couple choices.

As far as how much weight can you put on them.... a Brinly disk is mounted, so you have to be able to pick it up. I guess however much you can lift without breaking the Brinly adapter is how much you can put on it. Like I said earlier, the cut of the blade and build of the disk only allow for so much angle, and you can't get the disk to cut with the standard set up. They really need a 1" dish blade and a little steeper angle to make them work well. You just can't get enough angle on the blade to get them to cut.

Originally Posted by mkedzierski

I was wondering on the Brinly disk if they have grease fittings to help minimize the wear? From the picture on their website, it looks like there are some, but not 100% sure. Keep us posted on how it works for you.

Yes, they have grease zerks. But even if they didn't you aren't tilling acres and acres. A little oil on the bearing (bushing) during use and it will last your lifetime.