Recently, our workhorse had to go through a complete overhaul costing some serious time and enough money to make me consider just buying a new disc. And to think, some of those repairs and expense – completely avoidable.
The biggest enemies of a disc harrow are rocks, roots, and sticks – and in that order too!
By putting forth a little extra effort and removing as much of those elements as possible, your food plotting will become a whole lot easier and your equipment will stand up to the test of time better than mine has.
I have a tendency to push things to the extreme and this is no exception. I get impatient, in a hurry, lazy. I rush to get the last seed in the ground without first doing the necessary amendments that will save me much worry in the long run. This time, my impatience came with a price tag of around $200.00 for parts and welding not to mention the time and labor – it’s not easy disassembling and rebuilding a disc! (Just ask my Dad – he volunteered to do the majority of it – Probably the last time he does that!)
A new disc of the same line runs approximately $900.00 bucks, and therefore repairing our disc was the right move – this time! Next time we might not be so fortunate.
I understand fully that this is a standard farming practice, removing debris from your fields that could harm your equipment, and most farmers would laugh at this little “how to“, more like “not what to do”, writing. The fact is however, that most food plotters aren’t farmers – myself included. The only thing I farm for is wildlife and not to toot my own horn, but I’m pretty darn good at it – most of the time! Of course I should be after 14 years of practice. The main thing I’ve come to know and appreciate over the course of my adventure in farming for wildlife is: There’s always something new to learn and someone new to learn it from; something that’s just as important to remember as chunking rocks and such out of your food plot the next time you go to plant!
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