disc project, did it have a pole?

[OldKat]

@Countymouse 26489 wrote:

I have ordered several parts for projects from Agrisupply before. They carry more parts than they list online too, if you want something different than they list you can simply call. Alot of the parts are foreign made, but if you are making your implement than it’s made in the USA anyway… That’s how I look at it at least. I have no experience with wooden bushings. I suppose if they were used historically and people have success with them, than they must work OK at least. I would have guessed that this was an application where steel and grease would be better. That said, it’s probably not worth the effort to swap bearings if you can find replacement parts…

Andy, I have used AgriSupply before too. There are not any of their stores anywhere near me, but there happens to be one in Tifton, Ga which is not terribly far from where my daughter lives in Alabama. When we were visiting her last fall we drove over and picked the stuff up rather than having it shipped. Cost came out about the same when you figured in fuel, but we wanted to make a little road trip that day and see a part of the country we hadn’t seen before.

Their store was massive, think ½ the size of a big box hardware store like Home Depot and set up much the same. However, it was almost all ag related stuff. I could have spent the day there looking at everything. You are right though; much of their inventory is foreign made. That said I am not sure anyone is making discs, bearings, axles etc for disc harrows in the US anymore. The only thing Chinese made that I ended up getting was the axles. The rest was made in India. I thought: how bad can you screw up an axle anyway? Obviously the Chinese can as the 30” axles I ordered measured anywhere from 29.25” to 30.75”. But they seem durable, so I went with them.

Am building my own harrow, because I can’t find horse drawn equipment here that is not all rusted out or broken. Most of it goes for yard art now and those people will pay way more for worn out old crap than I can afford. I would have jumped all over a disc like the ones that Murray or Gordon bought, but they are just not available anymore in my area.

[Ed Thayer]

My disc need the boxings too. I have no pattern and wondered if anyone has an extra they would be willing to send me or take somw pics of?

My disc was missing the front truck, so I ordered a 12 In caster and will be making my own.

Thank you,

Ed

[sickle hocks]

Ed, I’ll post a photo of an old and new boxing (bushing? here when i get it done..it sounds like there was quite a variety of styles so mine might not match yours. Mine is just a cylinder shape with a hole bored in it. I’m going to take the measurements for it off the casting and the spool as the old bushings themselves are quite worn.

[Ed Thayer]

A picture would be great, then I can wrap my head around it better. Thank you,

Ed

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