The Groundhog MAX GHMAXNOKIT ATV Disc Plow

This thing is the bomb as long as you know it's limitations.You need a good 2" receiver hitch. I have a 2015 foreman with just a ball, so I installed a hitch from strongmade. You need 4wd. I got this thing stuck on level ground and couldn't get it out until I put it in 4wd, then it just walked away. My atv is air cooled.. I don't think it's required, but I would check your temps while disking if yours isn't... just to be safe.As long as your atv meets the above needs, you're good to go. I've had this for 6 months now and put two plots in my backyard and 4 at my lease. It does work best if you can kill the grass and overgrowth first. It will eventually turn it into mulch, but it will take a while. It also works at slow speed but if you can get moving, say over 15mph, it will really tear things up quickly. It will throw a rooster tail of loose dirt behind you if you get over 15mph. I've been successful doing a few runs at a medium setting then cranking it down when I know I won't hit a stump. Then it really grinds the dirt up well. It almost feels like your back end is floating when it's all the way down, but it does indeed work and hasn't come close to damaging my 4 wheeler! It will skip over rocks and tear up roots just like a tractor, but I do walk it first just to make sure there isn't a big stump or a huge rock. If the ground has been previously worked by a tractor, it's even better.The only con, for which I did not deduct a star, is that it will only disk the width of the plow, not the 4 wheeler. You can't get right up to trees or obstacles like a tractor with a harrow. If you're disking timber cuts or straight lanes you'll wish for a few extra inches, but it's obvious from looking at it what it can do. It will get you 2 inches of loose dirt though. It also works in reverse, which is cool. But again, in reverse you can't get the speed up to really rip things up. It's more of a set up for your next pass without having to take off the disk.For the money, this thing is awesome. Honestly, I figured I would either break it or my 4wheeler by now, but it's just fine. I've had rocks stuck in the disks, but just pulled them out and got on with it. I think I could beat on it 2x as hard and neither it nor my 4wheeler would even notice. Very cool product. Well worth the money, but I do think you really need 4wd on your atv to ensure you don't get stuck. If your atv is only 2wd I would ensure I had a backup plan for extrication.

this works great to break up the soil for food plots. BUT, after one day using it all but 2 bolts fell out of one of the disc's. we started checking all of the bolts and they were all loose. Make sure to check often for loose bolts.

I had a dilemma on wether to buy a small tractor and disc,harrow and cultipacker. Or should I purchase one of those over $5000 do it all contraptions and pull it behind my side by side? I already had the side by side for hunting and if there was some way to use it effectively to plant food plots then that is what I wanted to do. But I was skeptical about the over $5000 multitasking planters. Shouldn’t there be a cheaper way to put in a food plot? Then while doing my research I ran into the Groundhog ATV/UTV disc. I was skeptical but watched the videos of the guys using it and it seemed simple enough. It is a good simple concept to let the weight of the ATV or UTV push the disc into the ground so it can be worked up. Don’t let the small size fool you. Because it is small you can go a lot faster and just keep going in circles or figure 8’s. Because it is small you can take it anywhere, anywhere you can take your ATV/UTV, you can disc up the ground. My food plots are along the Mississippi River which has sandy soil, so it really works great there. So, In my opinion, the only thing you really need to put in food plots is a Groundhog and a harrow of some sort. I ordered one on Amazon that you drag behind to help cover the seed after you have broadcast it. I think it can also be used to help clear the area of tall grass/vines/sticks/etc.before you start to disc. I also purchased one of those 20 lb. Seed throwers that have the sack and zipper. Everything I needed was less than $1000 and I feel as though I will be able to get to some areas to put in kill plots where I wouldn’t have been able to with other bigger equipment. Small food plots in the woods will attract the deer earlier to browse before they go out to the bigger agricultural fields. This means they will be at these food plots while the sun is still up and it is still legal shooting time. The food plots in the woods will sometimes also act as early staging areas before going to the larger agricultural fields. Put up a stand on these food plots and substantially increase your odds.

This thing does work. Make sure your hitch is strong made brand for sure. I can’t find any info anywhere to beef up the hitch on a tracker 570 atv. I followed the exact instructions that they say on the website back up on 4x4 wood and lower down to ground then go up two holes or so to do a fresh cut. The problem seems to be most ATV hitch’s can’t handle the up pressure. That’s why I 100 percent recommend upgrading to a strong made type of hitch for this even if you are using a factory two inch receiver from your atv brand. It just seems to spread the receiver apart from the abuse. Try at your own risk but please be sure to upgrade your hitch. I’m out the money for this thing. The brand king kutter makes an awesome pull behind disc set that I know for a fact works wonders and won’t abuse your factory hitch like this does because of the down pressure. I would not recommend this product simply because it is just too much for most of the atvs without doing some upgrading thanks.