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Post by wheatfarmer on May 3, 2012 22:21:56 GMT -5
I am familiar with and like Sunflower and Krause disks. How do the afore mentioned Case IH disks compare? Anybody want to brag or complain about CIH disks in general?
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Bristol Hillbilly
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Post by Bristol Hillbilly on May 4, 2012 4:54:03 GMT -5
I have a 490 that I bought last year, no welds and always heard they were decent. So far really like it but don't use it on a whole lot.
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Post by rowfarmer on May 4, 2012 9:25:39 GMT -5
496 was and still is a great disk. Did a great job as a fiishing disk. Simple and rugged easy to set just a good all around disk.
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Post by acfarmer on May 4, 2012 11:07:20 GMT -5
There are alot of 496 disc around here. Ive got one , it seems to be a ok disc. Ive never heard to many people complain about them.
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Post by wheatfarmer on May 4, 2012 12:52:59 GMT -5
How would you rate it in terms of weight for staying smooth and not bouncing across the field first time over. Sunflower in the early days was very light compared to the ones made in the last 20 years. Crustbuster and Krause were always the heavest best cutting disks in the past.
thanks for responses.
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Post by acfarmer on May 5, 2012 7:10:06 GMT -5
They will stay in the ground. They are no Landoll or sunflower of today but they are nothing to complain about.
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Post by kwestfarms on May 5, 2012 11:03:53 GMT -5
The old IH disc's are the models looked for up here.....very few new disc's bought inthis area. Just do not use them enought. John
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Post by Gambi80 on May 5, 2012 12:24:43 GMT -5
Got a 496 with mcfarlane behind it...does well enough though we don't use it much any more. They were the thing to have around here.
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Post by Dave-ECIA on May 7, 2012 7:01:47 GMT -5
We had a 490, it was a really good disk, but had the narrow spacing 7" I think. The 9" spacing would do a better job of sizing residue and cutting. The 7 did a great job of leveling and incorporation.
We sold it to a neighbor, and it's changed hands twice now, and to my knowledge, nothing other than bearings has been done to it. No welding, etc.
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Post by wheatfarmer on May 7, 2012 9:14:12 GMT -5
Thanks for the info Dave. I use the disk as a first time over to size and incorporate residue. I have seen both the 7" and the 9" advertised so I will make sure to look at the spacings.
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Post by gr ecks on May 14, 2012 7:01:37 GMT -5
I have had one for years, it followed my dad home from an auction. It has been a real good disk. I can't recall if it has worn out two or three sets of blades. I have only had one break on the frame, one of the straps on the frame for the depth stops broke off years ago. It has the narrow spacing but does a good job, a few years ago a neighbor asked me what kind of disk I was using because he was impressed with the field after it was over it.
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Post by Angus in NCMO® on May 15, 2012 19:46:55 GMT -5
I don't own one but, I just got finished retubing the wing axles on a 490. It was at least the second time (seen the torch marks from at least one prior rebuild on both wings) this had been done. Previous replacement was with schedule 80 pipe on one side and schedule 40 on the other (probably not done at the same time) and the lighter pipe was worn completely through -- which allowed the pipe to twist and the wing wouldn't raise far enough to clear the ground. The other side with the schedule 80 was showing signs of definite wear, but was still plenty thick enough to not cause any problems. The pivot rings were worn pretty badly as well, but were still serviceable -- the owner ordered new pivot rings and was going to tap both top and bottom, for grease zerks on the new ones.
Just something to keep in mind if you're looking at a used one. I'm not sure about the main axle on these disks ... the owner just brought me the worn out wing axles on this one.
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