Rolling Basket: Anyone Use One? Pros and Cons

[Victor Van Meter]

For those of you who use a disc, does anyone use a rolling basket to break up clods? Just looking into possibly making one to use behind my disc if it is worth the time, effort and money.

VV

 

[Howboutthemdawgs]

No but I wish I had one. I know that doesn’t help

 

[SwampCat]

My Woods Seeder has a disk gang in front, a spiked roller about 15” diam behind the disk gang - where much of the weight rests - and then a cast iron cultipacker behind he spiked roller. That spiked roller busts up most of the dirt clods. There is no comparison between a pass with a stand alone disk and the woods seeder.

It is NOT a rolling basket - but if you have a cultipacker, you may be able to pull it behind your disk and bust up a lot of those dirt clods. I would hate to have to back up with that rig, though.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

No but I wish I had one. I know that doesn’t help

I think they would be a huge help. My soil isn't heavy clay, but has some mixed in, so clods are sometimes an issue.

 

[Victor Van Meter]

My Woods Seeder has a disk gang in front, a spiked roller about 15” diam behind the disk gang - where much of the weight rests - and then a cast iron cultipacker behind he spiked roller. That spiked roller busts up most of the dirt clods. There is no comparison between a pass with a stand alone disk and the woods seeder.

It is NOT a rolling basket - but if you have a cultipacker, you may be able to pull it behind your disk and bust up a lot of those dirt clods. I would hate to have to back up with that rig, though.

I do have a cultipacker, and that, along with a drag, is my usual process, just take forever. The way the plot is laid out, there is a lot of pulling forward and reversing to get to the next strip, so attaching it to the disc would be problematic.

 

[Telemark]

Most people just put an old tire on the drag harrow. You could fill the tire with water if you need extra weight.