Used Tillage Equipment For Sale in MD, DE, and PA

Tillage Equipment Types

Planting season requires that you get your acreage ready to receive seeds. This means you’ll have to turn and loosen the soil to obtain the right texture. Ever since agriculture has been around, plows and cultivators have existed, but these tools were pulled by horses. Now we have motorized tractors that are capable of handling high-quality tillage equipment, making the task of tilling easier than ever before by reducing how much labor you have to put into it!

Three of the most essential pieces of tillage equipment are disk harrows, plows, and cultivators. If you’re new to sowing seeds, you may not be certain which pieces of equipment you’ll need for spring planting. That’s why your friends here at Atlantic Tractor, with several locations in the states of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, have provided this breakdown of each tool type. Come chat with us if you have questions after you’re done reading!

Disk Harrows

These tools consist of rows of carbon steel or boron disk blades attached to a frame. Disk harrows are made to loosen and lift up soil. The rows come in two to four sections to thoroughly and uniformly till the ground underneath them. They come in primary and secondary styles. Primary styles are used before any other tillage equipment to slice up organic material to add it to topsoil. Secondary discs are used after an initial harrowing to break down sod clumps and loosen up tightly-packed soil. It’s smart to use a disk harrow before plowing, since it can prevent your machines from getting clogged up and will result in a more complete turning of the soil.

Plows

This standard-issue agriculture machine drags blades through land to make furrows. This helps to improve the soil’s condition. You need to plow in order to chop up crop residue and other organic materials to make the underlying soil better. Plows come in several different sizes and types, and the most common type is mounted to a tractor with a hydraulic system that can adjust how deep and wide the furrows created are.

Cultivators

This piece of tillage equipment chops up soil in specific patterns so you can remove weeds from already-sown crops. Cultivators come in hand tool sizes for backyard gardeners as well as in self-propelled or tractor-pulled sizes to help you prepare your fields for planting or weed them once you’ve planted seeds. They’re great for detail work!

Need some great tillage equipment? Visit one of our dealerships to check out our selection of plows, cultivators and disk harrows. Atlantic Tractor has many locations serving the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Delaware.