Right now I use a tractor tire or a tree trunk behind my ATV to drag my seedbed…
I probably will have available a small ATV-sized drag to purchase if I desire.
It has been sitting unused outside for a number of years, so it will be rusty — but no doubt will work the same as when it was new.
If you were in the market for such a product, how much would you expect to pay for a used drag?
Thanks!
I would pay from $10-$30 for a single section drag that is adjustable 
I use a piece of chain link fence with a concrete block ratchet strapped to it. I wouldn’t pay a lot for it. No more than $30
You can pick them up cheap at auctions. If nothing is broke $30. Otherwise I wouldn’t give more then $10
$20.00 tops. I could probably get all the free drags I wanted back home. Most are over grown and would take some doing to get them, but most farmers have several sections buried in the trees.
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$20.00 tops. I could probably get all the free drags I wanted back home. Most are over grown and would take some doing to get them, but most farmers have several sections buried in the trees.
exactly what i was thinking i know where 3 sections are right now!
An old bed spring works good too
I’m planting ny 1st food plot this year and have a rookie question. Are you guys dragging after you disc, or after you broadcast the seed to get a better soil to seed contact??
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I’m planting ny 1st food plot this year and have a rookie question. Are you guys dragging after you disc, or after you broadcast the seed to get a better soil to seed contact??
What do you plan on planting?
If my discing leaves big furrows or clods (which is tends to, sometimes), I’ll often drag to get a relatively smooth seedbed, then broadcast, then drag again one time to cover…
BUT, seed size will determine appropriate seed depth. Some of the really small seeds only need to be broadcast on well disced soil, hopefully prior to ground-wetting rain… If you disc them in, you will end up burying small seeds too deeply. With corn or beans, you probably want to get them 2-4 times as deep in the ground as they are wide, which dragging after planting should help you out with.
2 cents, anyway.
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I’m planting ny 1st food plot this year and have a rookie question. Are you guys dragging after you disc, or after you broadcast the seed to get a better soil to seed contact??
What do you plan on planting?
About 1/4 acre of clover
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I’m planting ny 1st food plot this year and have a rookie question. Are you guys dragging after you disc, or after you broadcast the seed to get a better soil to seed contact??
What do you plan on planting?
About 1/4 acre of clover
with clover I just pack with my atv tires after seeding. if you have a cultipacker that would be the best. remember those small hard seeds like a firm seedbed. you only want to see about 1/2-1″ of your footprint in your seedbed or it is to soft
THanks Bob….I will be using a tractor to plant. Would running over the seedbed with the weight of the tractor tires be too much??
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THanks Bob….I will be using a tractor to plant. Would running over the seedbed with the weight of the tractor tires be too much??
The tractor should work fine. I have allways noticed that the seed grew the best in the tire tracks where I drove my tractor across the plot after planting
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The tractor should work fine. I have allways noticed that the seed grew the best in the tire tracks where I drove my tractor across the plot after planting
x2 I’ve used a tractor to pack before and it works well. A bit more rough to mow over the first time or two using clover and large tractors, but thats about the only disadvantage I’ve really seen.
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I’m planting ny 1st food plot this year and have a rookie question. Are you guys dragging after you disc, or after you broadcast the seed to get a better soil to seed contact??
What do you plan on planting?
About 1/4 acre of clover
with clover I just pack with my atv tires after seeding. if you have a cultipacker that would be the best. remember those small hard seeds like a firm seedbed. you only want to see about 1/2-1″ of your footprint in your seedbed or it is to soft
Just a thought 
even though I have had good luck with both spring and fall clover planting, I prefer to plant clover when I plant my kill plots mid to late July. I plant oats as a cover crop for my clover. This makes a great Kill plot 
and will protect your young clover seedlings from the hot sun and from excessive deer browsing but the greatest benefit will be that your plot should be weed free 
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