Why does a chisel plow work better than a disk harrow?
For a tillage tool to work effectively the tool must be able to penetrate the surface and work the ground. A chisel plow, like the Till-Ease Model 543, creates all of it’s own down pressure. This down pressure allows the Till-Ease Model 543 to effortlessly penetrate hard ground. A disk harrow does not create any down pressure at all and actually the tool constantly tries to return to the surface. It takes a tremendous amount of weight to force a disk harrow in the ground just to create a shallow seedbed. A common misconception is that a disk harrow is a tool that has been designed for primary tillage. A disk harrow was never intended for primary tillage and was designed as a secondary tillage tool for following after the moldboard plow.
