Revamped Disk Used As Fall Finishing Tool Behind Ripper

Revamped disk used as fall finishing tool behind ripper TILLAGE EUIPMENT Disks (18) 11-6-9 Illinois farmer Bill Cox, of Jacksonville, turned a conventional Deere disk into a "fall finishing tool" which he pulls behind his subsoiler ripper when working cornstalk ground in the fall. The revamped disk leaves the ground "less lumpy," wipes out wheel tracks and eliminates an extra trip over the field in the spring ù yet leaves enough trash on the surface to control erosion. Cox started with a Deere BWA disk. He discarded the rear gang of disks and moved the front gang to the rear. One reason for choosing the Deere BWA was that he could adjust the angle at which the disks would run. He wanted them almost straight, leaving only as much angle as needed to make them run. Cox discovered that, to get the depth of cut he wanted, he had to have the wheels carry some of the weight. Cox, who hasn't used a moldboard plow for 12 years, uses the ripper-disk combination only to work cornstalk ground. He zero tills corn directly into previous year bean ground.

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