CAT D8T pulling Big G Disc 

If it were a tracked tractor, it would have pulled it fine

Greenline, the manufacturer of the Big G Disk does ship over seas!

New Trend MFG will ship you one !

Andy Hobbs Thanks! Yes, this is a big disc and it works great for turning over the soil, rocks and any tree roots don't hurt it. Heather

@@Blackearthexcavationandtiling how much do replacement disc blades cost each if one gets broken ?

My thoughts exactly referencing the undercarriage

Yuxin Wang Hi. I haven't been able to spend much time on RU-vid the past few months and am trying to get caught up. Yes, this is in the US; we are in the southwest area of the state of Iowa.. We did use a tractor (I now see your comment on that video) and it pulled it down. The D8 worked great with this disk and for what little time is put on the dozer, it didn't wear on it, and it pulled it well. The people that say differently don't know what they are talking about as my husband thourougly researched it and can tell you specs and details of every piece of heavy equipment out there...he is like an encyclopedia when it comes to heavy equipment and farm equipment and just loves it. We ran this over a customers field, in which we took out 9 acres of trees, including old established large trees, and it grinds up the leftover tree roots that don't come out with the root ball, and loosens the soil which helps out with planting - a regular farm disc that the farmer had, wouldn't be able to do it. Thanks for the comment! Heather

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION & TRENCHING, LLC Thanks for your very full reply. Regards from Wales, UK.

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION & TRENCHING, LLC hello, I’m commenting on something that is 2 years old but I’ll give it a shot 😁 I have to tackle the same undertaking with virgin soil, etc. I was thinking of the D8 with a root rake and /or root knife on the back. I don’t have to take any trees just native grama grasses, tall fescue, and a bunch of pesky creosote bushes. Could I get your opinion please? Thanks much.

They are narrow base terraces. Without them our fields erode away, most of land is 5 to 12 % slope and highly erodible. In this particular video we cleared the draws (timber in the low spots) and installed terraces to control the water run off. If the land had been cleared and not terraced, with the big rains we've gotten over the past year there would of been 3 ft deep ditches down the hills.. I appreciate the comment, thank you, Jan

It required a LOT of power to pull

@@BlackearthexcavationandtilingI know you said in another video that you sold your Big G, would you or have you thought about purchasing another Big G?

@dlsunderground3064 we had a big G1818 disk - and yes we sold it ...for what we used it for, it was awesome ... but we don't currently have much use for one, so no .... if we do buy another disk, I would prefer something lighter and smaller that could be used for agriculture ground prep and construction.....

@@Blackearthexcavationandtiling did you know that Greenline builds farm tillage disks in all sizes? Up to a 55’er

Most time pull it in second although sometime on a good run can get into 3rd

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Impressive. Would a D6C pull that disc? I ran a D6C a lot and a D8K a some also.

No ... just downshifted

Can I ask why??

Adam Petroff Because, depending on your location, the crops may not have been very good (poor weather, late planting due to weather, early frosts) and even if they where good, the commodity prices have crashed. $3 corn means there is no profit in the crops you planted and some have even lost money around us. And if the farmer rented the land they plant, then they pay a fixed fee (based on agreements before when corn was $7), then there are the fixed costs for planting (seed, fertilizer, pesticides, fuel, etc) and in the end, the amount of bushels per acre leaves you with a total dollar loss, or breaking even, or minimal profits just to pay for the equipment and living....so no expendable income to re-invest in land improvements. Heather

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION I was more aiming towards the question of; Why use a D8T to pull a disk in circles?? Was it the only tractor there or did someone just say "hey lets see if the dozer can pull it" I wouldn't want my 8T to wear its undercarriage out doing this. Don't get me wrong I like the video but it just seems uneconomic way of doing a simple task.

Adam Petroff it was the only machine that had adequate traction

Thanks for the question and comment ... The land owner's renter came in with a field finisher and gave it another pass then they planted it .. it worked down nicely

B.E.E.T. What soil is it? eg loam, sandy loam etc?

David Farmer .. mixed

Lol ... actually it's a hydraulic balancing valve that screams when it's actuated

D8T handles it much better than the 4 wheel drive tractor .. tractor runs short of traction.. thanks for comment, Jan

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION ur welcome. :) o ok makes sense. :)

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Does the John Deere 9560 struggle with this disc? Or are you referring to a different tractor. I ran a 9520 John Deere pulling a 24 yard scraper and I figured it would handle this disc without a problem.

pinsog The 9560R handles the disk for most applications although in tough clay conditions it struggles .. mainly it runs out of traction, tractive effort with the D8T is far superior to ag tractor

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Agreed on tractive effort in favor of D8T with double the weight and 10 or so feet of steel track on the ground per side. The more I look at that disc your pulling, the bigger it looks. That thing is huge. I have never pulled a disc(I don't count a 6 footer) I have only pulled a 24 yard scraper and a 14 ft box blade (land level, what ever) and the 9520 handled both of those VERY well. Would a D6C pull that disc? I know it would be slow if it did, but would it even handle it?

Huh?

It was a load

It was a load!

Yes it is ... D8T LGP with a semi u blade and drawbar (I had the ripper removed, but left the ripper ports) ...

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION & TRENCHING, LLC uncommon too thise wide grousers on those big dozers but there my favorite to run

@@rileelang11 yes, not to many 8 LGPs made ... 38 inch shoes .. it has the bogie rollers too - nice nice machine!

Looking at the numbers, I'm not sure it pays to plant corn at all when prices are $3.50 and under, although the world trade seems to think we should all be farming for cost of production or under.. At $5 plus corn, yes it paid to get the land cleaned up and into production.. In this particular video the land owner has great pride in his farm and wanted to see it all fixed up.. I'm not sure how anyone's going to survive $3 corn, land improvement work has almost completely stopped and machinery sales are low, I think there will be a definite negative ripple through the economy due to the agricultural collapse. The government needs to wake up as to whats going on out here .. Thanks for the comment, Jan

BLACK EARTH EXCAVATION Thank you for responding. I can imagine with your equipment, you have quite an investment. Good luck. Crop farming seems to be quite a gamble with the ups and downs. I will stick to feeding brewers grain...

look up Dave Brandt, he'll tell you.