Wow that is a nice looking disk Rome! Mine is a TRH16-32" blades. 14" spacing. It has new front blades and older rears. Got the scrapers in and they are a heavy bit of steel. About 35# apiece.

Thanks cab! hope those scrapers work good for ya! I sure like the hyd angle on disk.

Disk scrapers are an everyday set up here in the Mississippi Delta

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you need to set the scraper just as close to the blade as possible (all but touching)

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so that it will peel the first accumulation of any sticking soil

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and keep on peeling. There are very few soils that I know of that a disk would not need scrapers for operation in damp conditions

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your pictures do not look overly damp.

Don't remember the model number

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but I use to have a 14 ft

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9.5" spacing Rome offset. Very dependable piece of equipment

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pulled it many a mile; and it was used when I bought it.

You might look around salvage yards for scrapers

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maybe even off of another model; but they need to fit up close to your blade to work properly.

Do take the time to keep the Rome bearings greased

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they are not flange style bearings when you get ready to replace them. (grease worms can be expensive)

Good luck

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Delta Dirt

After getting 4 scrapers installed I pulled the disk for a few hours and saw that I need a full set. They worked great but we are still wet enough for mud to build up in other spots. Guess I will bite the bullet and get the other 12.

New question:

When disking, I was always taught with a farm offset to only turn to the left and to disk lands, where you make a pass, turn left, and come back keeping plowed ground always to your left.

However a friend who is in the dozer business told me he closes the disk on the turns and makes right turns only, working in a clockwise fashion from the outside in. His way is much more efficient than mine due to less turning and more long straight runs.

So is turning right fine as long as disk is closed? If it is even a little hard on the disk I would rather do what is better for longevity of equipment.

Second, when disking lands and turning left should I close disk during left turn or leave it open? With a farm offset I have always left it open as it pulling "out" not digging "in" so I would assume leave it wide open for left turns?

Thanks to all and Happy Thanksgiving to each of you.

If I understand the pic correctly, it appears to me you would make left turns and leave it open. I always turn so that the disk runs out of the cut.

If it is closed then I don't think it makes any difference.

No problem either way

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in turning to left, the backside of blades are turning into the turn so disk tends to walk out of ground

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reducing the load factor in the turn.

Turning to right

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the cup of the blade is turning into turn and tends to bite much harder

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placing more strain on everything. But by lifting or knocking out of angle

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there is no problem in turning to right. Otherwise

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you will encounter a scooping effect on the lead blade.

The early offsets were mechanical angle engagements----so time consuming to lock out of angle for turning right. Hydraulics sure were a nice invention!!!!!

Play with it a little and see what fits you best.

Delta Dirt

You guys running a swinging drawbar or have it pinned to center?
All the old farm manuals always described letting it swing as it moves the pull under the rear axle giving an "Arc" into the hitch parts allowing for smoother turns.

The drawbar on my tractor is fixed.

Do you mean the tongue on the disk? I did notice a series of holes to pin it in different positions. Would be interested to try it unpinned but had not heard of that.

No he meant the drawbar, don't unpin the hitch. The hitch position is more for keeping the tractor centered.

"drujinin" wrote:

You guys running a swinging drawbar or have it pinned to center?
All the old farm manuals always described letting it swing as it moves the pull under the rear axle giving an "Arc" into the hitch parts allowing for smoother turns.

Here is an old Caterpillar cartoon describing what drujinin is referring to, I read it as helping the tractor istelf turn easier?? It does work better for me when I'm pulling my tandem disc, but of course my setup is a lot smaller than the Rome disc and is of a very different design. Now I've never pulled a Rome disc so they may be a totally different animal from what I'm used to. Figured I'd throw this cartoon in for good conversation anyway.