Custom Brinly diskivator

May 24, 2014

This winter, I found this disk on CL.

I don't think its hardly been used. At any rate, between the time I found the disk and went to get it, this popped up on CL, and was en route! Must be destiny....

So I decided to put them together, and build a miniature disk and drag rolled into one. First, some skeletal framework....

Now, to bolt them together. I was going to bolt them directly to one another, but then theres no room for my wheels and lift.

So, I need to make a little extension to space them out like this.

So, if you look at it, all the force of pulling is kept on the hitches, the angle iron braces I made are for keeping things in place, not pulling on the cultivator. Should be O.K.Front wheels off a B-10 are too big.

So, I took some plastic wheels off a Craftsman snowblower that I junked.

Bought some steel rims with bearings in them and swapped tires....

Scrounged up some raw materials for assembling the lift...

Mocked up how it would look in the raised position.

I wonder how much this thing weighs?

Don't give me that look, dog. At least mommas scale is being used for SOMETHING.

Well, I thought I'd better test this thing out, and see if a garden tractor would even pull it, before I make the lift mechanism.I made a sleeve hitch from Dutch's plans over in tech tips, pretty easy to make. Didn't get a picture of that yet.So, hook it up and off to the garden we go.

I should have never showed him how to drive. Now I don't get to drive anymore.

It actually worked out pretty good having him drive, I had to stand on the hitch for weight or he would just spin, so I could help him. I had to manually lift it up and put a piece of pipe in to hold it up for turning around, and then take it back out to work once we turned around.YES, after he went in to bed I hoppped on and made a few passes myself. With my petite 260 on board, no traction issues and the 416 pulled it with ease. Man, I cannot believe how good this thing works! It takes a rough plowed field and turns it pretty darn smooth in one pass! Once the cultivator digs in, it sucks the disk down and works like a dream. Even better than I thought.

So now, the hard part. I have come to realize I have no time for a garden. Last year I crawled around in the mud on Memorial Day and shoved seeds into the mud, because I didn't have any time otherwise. I went back out to the garden in October and exclaimed "Where's the damn food!??" The only time I'd got into the garden inbetween was to get baseballs out. So, I'm actually turning my garden over, spreading it out, and planting grass seed. I hate to do it, but, the kids can have more room to play this way.Getting back to my point, this thing is for sale, because I have no use for it if I'm not going to garden anymore. It can be taken apart and the disk and cultivator can be used separately, I never modified them or drilled any holes. I would like $225 for it. Thats $100 each for the implements, plus $25 for the custom pieces, including the sleeve hitch. I think thats a good deal. I can take it apart, and put it on a pallet and ship through Fastenal, your nickle.If nobody wants it, I will finish making the lift mechanism and paint it, some day. I have a parking brake cable off a truck, I am envisioning a few more brackets and using the rear lift to raise and lower it with the electric lift. Should work pretty sweet.Thanks for looking!