D2596 disc & 800 Compact Drill

[edisonck]

I am looking for a new disc and drill. Does anyone have experience with these implements? They sure don’t give them away...

 

[SidecarFlip]

Great Plains Manufacturing (Land Pride) has them both in Kubota orange too.

 

[edisonck]

Know one has experience with either of these implements?

 

[BigG]

I can not help you with the drill. For the disc I would find a pull type with the two wheels to transport it. Most on this forum favor a 3 point disc. There are many problems with a 3 point disc and a few benefits. If you travel on the road with one they will make your front end very light and may cause a loss of control due to the loss of contact between the tires and the roadway. It is difficult to keep an even pressure on both sets of disc.

A drag disc is much easier to hitch up. They are much more forgiving when traveling down the road. They follow the ground and do a nicer job of cutting up the ground. They are harder to back up but only require the disc to be jacked up on the wheels.

http://www.dirtdogmfg.com/Disc-Harrows-Tillage---Pull-Disc-Harrow-v-33.html

https://bushhog.com/tillage/dhp-pull-disc-harrows/

https://athensplowcompany.com/M62.htm

 

[BigG]

You may be able to rent the drill from the county extension agent or a growers association in your area.

 

[bucktail]

Pheasants forever might have a planter you can rent cheap or use free if you're doing food plots. On the disk you could get an older pull type if you can pull 8 feet or more. I haven't seen much available in smaller pull type disks if you want to go new except for 4 wheeler designs. The only drawback to the pull type is that you have 2 tires to maintain and if you can't back a trailer.

 

[SidecarFlip]

When I need to drill forage seed, I borrow the planter from the co-op. I buy my seed from them and the give me a cut rate on the drill. Far as discs go, you can shorten a big one by removing disc plates from the ends... If you lack the power to pull it.