Thank for responses.
Yes it was too wet. But I was waiting and waiting.
Since I plowed and planted we got 3 more rains.
I think the water table is just 2ft down.
I sort of just laugh it off, glad I don't have to make a living at this,
at this spot. I do the same thing at my brothers place, high and dry, no problems.
Well maybe a little with trying to get perfect seedbed leveling.
The disk is set moderate on the gang angle.
The gang axles/spool/spaces were not down in the dirt.
I just removed the 3p arms from pins of disc on level ground, they were able to drop 11 more inches, so the hitch was not holding up the disk.
But I sure was surprised at how deep the tires sank in.
In past years I was able to plow earlier and waited before disk harrow.
This was better.
I use a hand push planter, I don't think it could work in stubble, need a fluffy seedbed.
But this restriction may be big part of my trouble.
I don't own a roto-tiller.
More information, back at harvest time, each batch of corn is picked then gets bush hogged. After all the corn is picked, I lime and broadcast rye (cereal rye) and then disk.
I guess this could morph into a how to plant sweet corn in wet land discussion.
It does always dry out eventually.
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