Discbine

[3words]

How do you guys keep your discbines from putting so much dirt in your swaths?I will agree they cut anything and everything,and every mole hill it gets in contact with it goes directly in to the swath.Any cures?I'm to the point spray out the 2 ton a acre meadow bromegrass and sell the discbine.

 

[jodywy]

my old Hesston doesn't have that problem

 

[Ho55]

Is this a pull type? Can you adjust the angle of the cut? Can you adjust the float? My self propelled has these adjustments that helps keep the gopher mounds out of the windrow. I also rake two swaths together. That helps sift some dirt out. Just some ideas. I would never go back to guards and sections.

 

[Richardd]

I have a NH7230, it has 3 settings on the cut height, I generally run on the middle setting, it also has a deflector on the exit that I raise all the way up to make a rooster tail when the hay comes out. Most of the dirt blows away. I also rake two windrows together. Gets most of the dirt out.
We have Gophers and Fire ants.
Most of the hay I cut is Coastal Bermuda which has a tendency to lay down from the wind blowing, in those fields I have to set the cutter to the lowest setting and still get rid of most of the dirt.

 

[PureCountry]

I've had the same problem with our JD 830 discbine. Tried cutting at different heights but our field is just too rough. I have resorted to levelling mole hills and marmot mounds as opposed to blaming the discbine. It's getting me better results.

 

[jigs]

we take an anhydrous tank and plumb in a 3/8 line with a ball valve and a 4 foot piece of 3/8 pipe.... shove the pipe in a mole run, and turn on the valve..... anhydrous runs down the tunnels and kills the moles. it don't get them all, but it sure slows them down... we goto the fresh badger holes put the pipe in, shovel the hole shut, and turn on the valve... works wonders on them too

 

[3words]

Is this a pull type? Can you adjust the angle of the cut? Can you adjust the float? My self propelled has these adjustments that helps keep the gopher mounds out of the windrow. I also rake two swaths together. That helps sift some dirt out. Just some ideas. I would never go back to guards and sections.

Pull type 1431 new holland.I have the hyd cylinder pinned back,so the angle of cut is the highest,and their is no float on this machine.I ordered the high stubble kit for this machine yesterday,they said that should get the cutting height close to 5 inchs,why they aren't built with them on them right from the factory is beyond me.I rake 2 swaths together to,but that still isn't getting enough of the dirt out of the swath for me.

 

[3words]

I have a NH7230, it has 3 settings on the cut height, I generally run on the middle setting, it also has a deflector on the exit that I raise all the way up to make a rooster tail when the hay comes out. Most of the dirt blows away. I also rake two windrows together. Gets most of the dirt out.
We have Gophers and Fire ants.
Most of the hay I cut is Coastal Bermuda which has a tendency to lay down from the wind blowing, in those fields I have to set the cutter to the lowest setting and still get rid of most of the dirt.

I also got the deflector all the way up,and even with rooster tail effect it's laying the dirt right on top of the swath.I can see how you say it blows a lot of dirt away doing it like that,but we have been so wet the last few years that the mole hills are basically just piles of mud.As soon as they start getting dry enough to cut again,which is normally a couple days,it rains again.

 

[3words]

I've had the same problem with our JD 830 discbine. Tried cutting at different heights but our field is just too rough. I have resorted to levelling mole hills and marmot mounds as opposed to blaming the discbine. It's getting me better results.

We drag all our hayfields every year before the alfalfa starts growing,and have been doing that for 15 years.Not having any trouble cutting hay with my 18' new holland haybine.Now that i'm into my heavy hay that is all lodged and a tangled mess i wanted to use the discbine i just bought,but so far not happy with the results at all,except it can cut.

 

[Richardd]

I have not run a 1431, but all of the ones I have ran including bar mowers, the manual states to run it on "float", that means to lock your control on the tractor in the float position, that allows the mower to float and not have any hydraulic pressure on it. The wear plates ride on the ground and most of the time they will slide over the top of most of the mounds, just flattening them out. Of course the higher ones will be cut the knives.
As for height control, when I am cutting Pearl Millet or Hay grazer, which you want to leave a minimum of 5 inch stubble for regrowth, I use hydraulic cylinder blocks on the rams for the raise/lower. They just snap around the hydraulic ram. The ones I have cost $12 a set, takes two sets, one for each side.
Hope this was helpful.