Skid Steer-Mounted Disk

Skid Steer-Mounted Disk DISKS A skid steer-mounted disk lets Clyde Reilly work the soil close to tree lines The shelterbelt removal and renovation expert adapted a compact tractor’s rear-mount disk to work with his 533 Bobcat skid-steer “We had a wet summer and got behind on mowing and disking the tree lines we had worked on ” explains Reilly “When the mower was on the tractor the disk just sat there Mounting it on the Bobcat also let us put more down pressure on it for more aggressive action ” Reilly notes that disking behind his compact tractor had little impact on wheel tracks Pushing the disk ahead of the skid steer eliminated that problem Adapting the disk to the skid steer was easy Reilly simply welded two pieces of channel iron across the two rear-most bars on the disk frame The channel iron was sized to fit forklift forks on the skid steer “I can offset the disk to get closer to the trees without hitting branches by how I position the forks ” he says “Perhaps the biggest reason I adapted the disk for the skid steer is it was a hot day and the tractor didn’t have air conditioning but the skid steer cab did ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Shelterbelt Solutions 513 5th St Crystal N Dak 58222 ph 701 202-5000; www shelterbeltsolutions com

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