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I’m no cane expert but I’m thinking the more you stir that schit around the bigger that cane patch is gonna get. Of course then you’ll always have something to do.

The way I understand it is,..you've got to keep cutting it until it gives up.

Its not ground breaking stuff.....pun intended????........what would you be without your windmill....er, I mean cane patch.



It may seem insulting to be distilled down to such a level.....but we all need something to keep us moving forward.



If you did not have a cane patch, you would need to invest in one.

Guess what?

You're not wise beyond your years.

What would you have to talk about?


Digestive habits of yellow dog?

And your conversation tonight has some special significance?

I've got kids older than you,......smarter too. I don't feel the need to seek advice from them, either. They know enough not to offer any.

As mentioned,...they're smarter than you.

So its to be yellow dog then?

That is a pretty good looking old AC disc, for a fifty HP tractor.

The 8N would struggle pulling half of that critter, and the 8N has no remotes to run the hydraulic cylinder.

Hell, I am not sure my 4020 would pull that JD. I know it won't with the 15.5x36 tires it has now. Maybe with new 17.9s.

Your 4020 wouldn't pull an 8' finish disc? It should pull one twice that width fairly easily. My FIL has an 8N with a mounted disc of unknown make. I'd guess it to be 6 or 7'. Quite a few 4020's around here still running. My 930 Case would probably pull both those disc's at the same time if you could figure a way to hook them up.

I have a JD five foot 3 point disc for the 8N. I filled the front 6.50-16 tires with calcium chloride so I could keep the front tires on the ground MOST of the time when the disc is in the air. The 8N, with a newly rebuilt good running engine will only pull that disc in soft soil because it has draft control to lift the disc when it loads up.

I pull an old seven foot offset disc (no tires) with the 4020. And have had to walk to the house many times for a second tractor, and the wife, to pull me out when the tractor spun itself down and got high centered in dry sandy soil.

I'm no plant expert and damned sure no farmer, but I do know a thing or two about eradicating patches of certain kinds of invasive plants. It took 3 years to rid my property of maybe a quarter acre of knotweed. That bugger is fast-growing, resilient and unbelievably tenacious. Imagine a plant that can--and does--send shoots up that'll work their way up from below and punch *through* a paved driveway surface...

Anyway, I don't think just cutting and mulching/disking or whatever is going to solve your problem long term, as rhizomes will survive any chopping and will eventually continue to grow. As I commented before, you need to slash and burn then repeat as necessary. And stop fretting over setting the county ablaze already. Wait for a wx pattern that drops rain over the course of a few days, set up a contingency plan that addresses putting out any burn that might have a chance to spread, get your fuel on your target and toss a match. Take video, but just in case wear a disguise and toss in some false narrative done with a severe lisp or whatever: "As an Antifa Captain and champion for all causes of downtrodden minorities I hereby ignite this here confirmed KKK cane patch on behalf of all that is righteous!" Make sure your old lady can corroborate your alibi of you being in another county looking to buy Morgan some new fangled chew toy or something at the time of the conflagration.

Call your fire folks and let them instruct you Stoe. On best day and time

They may even want to do for practice

The old RWA is a finish disc or "wheel disc" and pulls way more easily than your offset. The offset would do a good job plowing up and cutting up the cane patch. The finish disc might. Assuming your 4020 is a diesel and has an engine in good shape, it would literally pull two of those 8' RWA's, unless you were trying to go through mud or the like. That calcium chloride will rust your wheels. I would drain that shixt out. Consider non-corrosive ballast or putting some weights on the front end instead. The offset disc is not for finish work nor is it an all-around disc. It is a heavy disc for plowing through wheat stubble and the like.

Get one wider than your wheels.

Most people love it when folks ask them to help. It's human nature to want to help people. And if you are going to give him money, it's not really a favor.

I bought a medium duty 4 1/2 foot disc angle iron for mine. The ground had never been broken before. It took quite a few passes to get it where I could plant a food plot. The disc weighs a hair over 400 pounds. It did its best work when I was turning. I looked for a decent used disc for a long time and never found one.

If you lived closer, I'd let you borrow one. I've got an old 6 foot drag disc sitting in my "boneyard" that I haven't used in 10 years. Just remember though, a disc is not necessarily going to clean that stuff up for you. I imagine burning it is a better option, or just letting it rot for a few years.

My brother in law has a batwing disk you can have, if your tractor can hook up and move it...

I forget what tractor you have.... but for a 7-8' disc you may need 50-70hp to pull it. I did a quick search on Tractorhouse and found (so far) only one 7 footer; a JD, and the price was $11,500 - used...

Are you sure you can't use (or don't have) a suitable 3-pt tiller that would do the job you need at a fraction of the cost?

https://www.tractorhouse.com/listings/farm-equipment/for-sale/26910037/ford-10-217

Just buy this plow. One state away. $400 and you don't have to ask the neighbors for shixt. Haul it home in the back of your F150. Plow that shixt under and forget it. Work it back down with your tiller.