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Chatham Ontario. | Yes disking seemed the smarter route to go with a pickup. Plowing is foolish.
So in the early eighty's we are getting corn stalks ready to plow. While my brother is running the chopper and we are short 1 tractor, I figured I'd hook on the old 6' drag disks with the 67 chev with a 283 and four speed trany. Flew out into the field in 1st gear, blades running straight just to warm up the wood block bearings. Geez... not going to bad so might as well go for 2nd. Wound up in 2nd you could get close to 30 mph. Well I'm covering ground but not moving enough dirt(any really) for my satisfaction. I stop and trip the adjustment on the hitch to get some serious bite. This considerably slowed my ground speed and increased the corresponding fuel demand. Looking in the rear view mirror,all that was touching the ground were the two outside front blades in a violent alternating pattern.( Hold your arm out in front of you,spread fingers palm down. Tip your hand 45* left then 45* right,really fast. That's how the disks handled).
We soon discovered a serious design flaw that could not be rectified other than decreasing ground speed(which was not going to happen with this 20 year old driving). Good learning experience to go through without father looking over your shoulder. It all came to a crashing end when the one front gang somehow dislodged from the frame and made anymore disking too much of a challenge.
My brother and I still laugh about that to this day until it brings tears to our eyes. | |
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