central - east central Minnesota - | crabbynuggets - 11/21/2013 07:10 We combine 180 bu corn with 643 head and it leaves the stalks pretty tall. The JD 331 disk just rolls on the BT corn stalks and doesn't do anything. 1600 chisel plow doesn't have much clearance. I have a DMI 530B disk ripper but it leaves the groundrather boggy in the spring. Plus it takes forever. Is there anything I could do to my corn head to reduce the amount of standing stalks? Would a disk chisel be more up my alley? Looking for under $15, 000 investment and have 300 hp to pull. Ground needs fall tillage around here. Should I also find a cheap stalk shredder/chopper?
A later model disk chisel (glencoe's, CaseIH and JD's in the glencoe age) would do any better cutting/sizing residue, then your jd-331 disk . .. . If you look at some of the newer disk chisels (landoll, sunflower,great plains), then yes, you would get some sizing and better incorperation - But, as someone suggested - a stalk chopper, sounds like it would be best for your current operation. |