Moving an old disk

Boy, I think that would really wear the disk blades out.  Dad made a carriage type thing years ago to slip under the gangs.  It had steel wheels on it.  We went real slow with that.  Another option may be to take a tractor and loader, lift it up, and just haul it tha way.

Hire some one with a rollback.

My grandpa used to pull his on a wooden sled that the tractor would straddle, unhook disk and hook to sled.  Only moved it maybe a mile or so mostly on the shoulder of the road.   Tim

Take it apart and load it in a pickup. Hauled dad's JD 15' straight disc from Ia to OK. Also gives you a look at the bearings and a chance to grease and repair . Be safe, the life you save may be your own. later

If it had a cylinder to lift it it would be a wheel disk. A wheel disk can be pulled by a pickup, tractor or anything big enough to move it. A pull disk has no wheels or any way to lift it , short of a loader or boom pole it its not to heavy for the tractor.

maybe get the rear axle out of a junk front wheel drive car and make some kind of dolly for it,

You can hire a roll back for about half of the traffic ticket.

Dad farmed 30 years with a 6 foot Allis disc and had 2 patches of ground a half mile apart. He would straighten the gangs and pull it down the road. Some places, where possible, he would drive off the side of the road but he hauled that thing back and forth many times.

If it was 10 miles of gravel I would say go for it.........but 5 miles of black top, if it was me I wouldn't chance it.

I'm in Kansas and there is no law against steel wheels on the blacktop, unless there is damage.  It sounds like if the disk is running straight there wouldn't be too much potential for damage.  I would, however, expect a fair amount of noise. My concern was whether it would damage or destroy the disk blades to pull them on the road.  Sounds like there is experience that the disk would survey the trip.  The cost of a rollback tow truck would be about $90.  I'd like to save that expense if I can.

Next question: I assume that "running straight" means with all of the disk blades are parallel to each other and the road, and at right angles to the ground.  Is that right? 

I intend to use the disk to create quail habitat around some of my hay meadows.  They need bare ground and annual weeds, near shrubby cover, to breed.  In other words, I won't be using the disk too much.  But I'm sure that my 1968 Allis 180 deisel will enjoy the work!

Thanks again!  If anyone else has any other ideas, I would appreciate hearing them.

I would be worried if the blades are worn out, the blacktop will be very hard on them if they are worn thin.

Dave Richards (WV) wrote: He didn't say it was a Farm Market road.  Also, there is a big difference to the law between using a tractor to pull it and a pickup truck.  We also don't know what state he is in.  Oh well, we will know if he tries it because once he hits the blacktop, we will hear it from any state.

The biggest problem may be the bearings.  I would stop and check their temp after a mile or two.  They were designed for rotation at 5-6mph or less.  If you get in a hurry with the PU, watch out.

You won't be able to pull it very fast the noise will drive you crazy. When I was a kid dad pulled a disk behind a pull grader with a C 5 miles. I rode the grader at 6 MPH the noise was deafining. The greder was on steel wheels with rubber tread wired to the back wheels. If you cant get grease in the bearings Take a scribe and dig out what you can than fill with WD40 it will loosen it up.  pulling it donw the road won't hurt anything as jong as you can get the gangs straight. If you can't straighten them it will jump aroung like crazy.

We always hauled ours on a flat hayrack.  Pulled it into a ditch and planked up to the side and pulled it on with a chain.