Bush Hog Disc

[goat64]

How many Hp
to handle a bush hog 8ft offset disc? Thanks Dave

 

[DanielW]

Very much dependent on the soil type. But a fair bit of HP to pull it effectively if running full depth. Offset discs pull way harder than regular tandem discs. And those Bush Hog built offset discs were waaay more heavily-built than most other offsets. If I remember right, the square steel that Bush Hog used for the gang supports was solid 4" square bar, whereas most other manufacturers were 4" hollow structural tube. The Bush Hog discs were very well built, heavy discs.

At a very (very, very) rough guesstimate without knowing your soil type, I think a bare minimum of 70-80 HP if you don't mind raising it up to not cut full depth in heavy soil. And you'd be much happier with more HP.

 

[urbancase]

Yes for a disc as I had a 22 foot brush hog disc, rule of thumb 10 hp per foot of width. I hooked mine up once to 150 hp and could not get out of first gear, pulled mine with either 200 or 225 hp tractor.