The way you frame this... the first thing that comes to my mind is liability. What is the reason for this job and who's responsible if the results are not up to their specifications? Some big liability insurance would be in order I think... Be worth a call to your agent and probably a lawyer as to what coverage they'd recomend for you.
As far as discs go... I'd agree that 26" blades are going to be a bare minimum here. With the gear you have you might drag a 9' on the 6400 and mabey a 10' on the bigger tractor... though 8' would certainly be easier for the smaller tractor. I handle a TaylorWay 670 which is 9' behind a Ford 7710... but that's also wound up to over 100 horse... with a lot of ballast on all 4 wheels. Workrate with that setup is 2-4 acres per hour but in this case I'd lean towards the 2 acres per hour figure. I also wouldn't consider it at less than 70/hour... and I'm using farm fuel, I own the disc (which should be more economical than you renting it) and I don't have liability insurance... I'd say you're going to be closer to 100/hour. I'd also probably not want to bother with it unless there was the potential there for some good profit. Too many potential headaches there to work for nothing...
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