harrows

djmc

Could someone explain the different jobs they do or do they all do the same thing
Power harrow, rotavator , disc harrow, spring harrow, tine harrow, grubber ,land leveler ,
Lots of harrows and big range in prices looking for some thing to repair badly poached ground and prepare seed bed after ploughing

grazeaway

djmc wrote: »

Could someone explain the different jobs they do or do they all do the same thing
Power harrow, rotavator , disc harrow, spring harrow, tine harrow, grubber ,land leveler ,
Lots of harrows and big range in prices looking for some thing to repair badly poached ground and prepare seed bed after ploughing

no they are different, depends on what you want them for.

power harrow, mostly used prior to setting corns many as part of a one pass. consit of a a series of blades the turn perpendicular to the ground. depending on size you would be looking at about 130-150 hp.

rotovator, used mostly for deeper tilling usually for the likes of beet and spuds. also used in reseeding. slower then a power harrow and blades rotate along the ground.

disc harrow, consit of a couple of blades that are slightly offset and pulled along to slice up the ground mainly for grass or cearal tilling.

spring harrow. depending on your definition but these can also be grass harrows used mainly to grub poached ground and cleaning out moss, not great on tilled land.

tine harrow, stronger then the spring harrow, used mainly to prepare tilled ground for a sed bed and for covering the seed.

grubber, also called a deep rooter round here, again used for deep tilling a lot used to dig out tram lines or breaking the pan, won't finish the seed bed though. have often seen fellas use it on red ground after spuds or beet instead of ploughing.

land leveller, like a tine harrow but spread the soil side ways to fill in the furrows.

the power harrows have pretty much taken over from the tine harrow and landlevllers.

from what you are saying you want it for i would say get a power harrow or rotator. we have a spike rotator and we use it for seed beds for beet, cereals and reseeding. you can set the depth on them so you can use it for shallow or deep tilling. you can spread the seed with a wagtail and use a roller to cover and finish.

micraX

Rotavator not rotovator.
A lot of lads are using mascio and other brands of machinery that have ripper tines disks and a crumbler cage when they are chopping up cabbage broccoli etc as rotavating take too much diesel to run.