JD 110 disk

[Dave H (MI)]

Can anyone tell me what type of disk this is...wheel, 3 pt, etc and also size? Any info appreciated.

 

[Mike Aylward]

Dave, the 110 is a lighter weight pull-type disk. Parts are readily available. Sizes will run anywhere from around 11 feet or so to just over 14 feet. Hope this helps. Mike

 

[Dave H (MI)]

Yup...helps a lot. By pull type you mean a wheel disk, right?

 

[Anonymous-0]

Called the level-action disk that was introduced about 1973. The 110 was the lightest-duty drawn model. Width was 11 ft 4 in. to 14 ft 3 in. Available with 7.25 in and 9 inch spacing, 60 to 70 lbs per blade. No wings, and front gangs were offset and overlaped which eliminated the center ridge. Front gang angle could be adjusted in two degree increments from 14 to 20 degrees and the rear from 12 to 18 degrees. Blades were 20 inches in diameter. Haven't any experience or information on performance, but it's heavier-duty brothers (210,220, 230, etc) were difficult to adjust for achieving good level disking. The succeeding (models 215,225,235 etc) had similar problems and used ones generally sold cheap until vertical tillage recently become the rage. You don't need to cut up the frames to get the gangs straight, so the price of these older JD disks has skyrocked. If the intention is to just tear up the ground or otherwise play around a little, the 110 will do just fine. If you want to make a vertical tillage tool it would be a great choice. If good level disking is the goal, I would buy something else.

 

[Dave H (MI)]

That's very useful info, thank you! By "good level disking" are you referring to the end result on the ground behind the disk?

 

[Anonymous-0]

Yes

 

[Dave H (MI)]

Thought so...but I continue to be amazed at what I DON"T know after all these years using this stuff. Thanks!

 

[Tx Jim]

James22
What does your term "vertical tillage" stand for as I've never heard that term?

I don't remember any leveling problems on 210,220 & 230 disk when I worked at a JD dealer. I own a JD 310 and have no leveling problems. Problem I have is in first plowing in wants to zig-zag because of double offset design and one has to be very careful close to fences.

Now frame breakage on those 220's & 230's was a different story.

On a JD 110 it won't penetrate soil or burst clods very well because of limited weight.

 

[RodinNS]

Yes... frame breakage. I think every one I've seen was cracked in the corners. Certainly something to watch closely.

Rod

 

[Dave H (MI)]

Good to know! I am looking at two JD disks this week.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Vertical tillage only engages/tills a portion of the horizontal plane, so if any compaction occurs the roots can grow around it. A conventional disk, field cultivator, or plow works at a given depth the entire horizontal plane which can create a compaction layer that roots will not penetrate. Many short line manufacturers are releasing vertical tillage implements. Salford's RTS, Great Plains's Turbotill, Landall's To The Max, McFarlane's Reel Till are some examples. A Phoenix harrow is also considered a vertical tillage tool. The recently introduced CIH 330 Turbo might qualify.

Texas might be a different story, but in the Midwest few if any were happy with the old JD disks. IH and others owned the market. Some farmers were unwilling to consider anything other than a JD so there are a few around. The newer JD 600 series disks don't have the leveling/adjustment problems and are well received. I've recently purchased a 28 ft JD model 335 and have began the transformation into a vertical tillage tool by straighting the gangs and replacing the spherical blades (not cone blades) with wavy coulters. If they will fit without too much hassle, there is a slight chance I will install the CIH 330 Turbo blades.

 

[Tx Jim]

James22
How deep does vertical tillage go?

Is something used on disk harrow frame along with the coulters?

Down here in Texas there are several other brand disk harrows sold along with JD's. CIH & Sunflower being a couple of the brands.

 

[Anonymous-0]

Roughly two inches or seed planting depth in the spring. Fall residue sizing could be a little shallower. Spring use is typically to "open the ground and promote drying without creating a bunch of clods and moving an entire soil layer. In the fall it provides better residue sizing than a stalk chopper and also provides some beneficial residue/soil mixing without the complete inversion disking would cause. Aggressive fall disking also leaves the surface too rough for spring planting without additional tillage which can be avoided with a vertical tillage implement.
I primarily will use it in the fall on corn stalks. The following spring I will either no-till beans or plant corn again after a single field cultivator pass. Might install residue managers on the planter and eventually try some corn without the spring tillage pass. The other potential use will be to open up wet fields that "refuse" to become dry enough to plant. Don't foresee a significant amount of the latter usage, but this year would have been the exception.

 

[Tx Jim]

(reply to post at 13:30:24 06/16/09)

James22
Sounds as if vertical tillage is used along with no-till farming. Not much no-till where I live as it doesn't work well in this soil.