Stabilizer For Disc Wings
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"Flapping wings are for the birds, not for disks," says George Wiemers, Greenview, Ill., who took the "flap" out his disk wings with a home-built stabilizer. He's used it for four seasons on his Deere model 331 disk (27 ft., 10 in. wide) and feels it will easily adapt to most any make of wingfold disk.
On each wing Wiemers uses the combination of a 48 in. by 4 in. hydraulic cylinder and a large coil spring that will handle 1,200 lbs. of pressure. He estimates that actual pressure exerted on each wing and spring for field operation is right at 400 lbs. He put about $600 into the two cylinders, coil springs and mounting brackets.
Wiemers notes that the most pronounced improvement for the wing supports is on hard ground, such as the first time over in the spring. He sets tension on the wings when he starts a field, then completes it without further adjustment.
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Stabilizer For Disc Wings CULTIVATORS Cultivators (58C) 7-3-8 "Flapping wings are for the birds, not for disks," says George Wiemers, Greenview, Ill., who took the "flap" out his disk wings with a home-built stabilizer. He's used it for four seasons on his Deere model 331 disk (27 ft., 10 in. wide) and feels it will easily adapt to most any make of wingfold disk.
On each wing Wiemers uses the combination of a 48 in. by 4 in. hydraulic cylinder and a large coil spring that will handle 1,200 lbs. of pressure. He estimates that actual pressure exerted on each wing and spring for field operation is right at 400 lbs. He put about $600 into the two cylinders, coil springs and mounting brackets.
Wiemers notes that the most pronounced improvement for the wing supports is on hard ground, such as the first time over in the spring. He sets tension on the wings when he starts a field, then completes it without further adjustment.
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