Test driving a somewhat broken disc harrow?

icehorse

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I'm thinking about buying a 16 x 16 disc harrow. In other words, the discs are 16 inches and there are 16 of them. Its working width is about 5 ft.

Two of the discs need to be replaced, they're spinning independent of the axle they're on.

I'd like to test out the harrow a bit before I buy it. I know those spinning disks won't work well, I can deal with that. The question is, if I do a little test harrowing, can I make things worse for the harrow? I can't see how, but I might be overlooking something?
 

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I'm thinking about buying a 16 x 16 disc harrow. In other words, the discs are 16 inches and there are 16 of them. Its working width is about 5 ft.

Two of the discs need to be replaced, they're spinning independent of the axle they're on.

I'd like to test out the harrow a bit before I buy it. I know those spinning disks won't work well, I can deal with that. The question is, if I do a little test harrowing, can I make things worse for the harrow? I can't see how, but I might be overlooking something?
You are mot going to harm anything. You have a tandem 5' disc harrow
 
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