In that case, check its all there - it had a couple of covering wheels missing when I saw it!!
Brand New 4m 750a
- Thread starter Banana Bar
- Start date
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
It's being built at the moment, stupidly the covering wheels have to be put on for me to replace with Guttlers!
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Bump, still here if anyone fancies one after looking at Cereals
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I'm so tempted!
Go for it! You'll never regret it...
- Location
- Cambridgeshire UK
Can't believe it's not been snapped up, it ticks all the boxes, tried and tested, narrow coulter widths, low disturbance, drills into min till or dd into cover crops, low hp requirement and available now!
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
All of a sudden quite a bit of interest David, think I shall await bids now, if I don't get a good one I shall keep it and do some playing!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Is it your drill in this week's FW?
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
How are you finding the drill @Banana Bar? Good conditions for it now I would have thought.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
We are using it today got several different scenarios that have been left for it. 1st wheat, 2nd wheat, 1st into grassland and some oats
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
How did it go?
not making it easy for yourself then, tp 3 hardest zero-till situations right there !
I'd be interested to hear how you got on with 2nd wheat Andrew. As Clive says, difficult situation. When we had demo it was winter barley into spring barley chopped straw, and heavy clay, too wet really. Spot on for a demo! My father (DD negative) was even more impressed than me at drills ability to put get seed depth whatever the conditions. When we tried it after min till and plough too I think we both realised that zero till or not, that drill would save us money through at least 1 fewer pass in a cultivation situation. The dawning of cultivating to suit the drill has finally landed with the older generation here! What control box are you using?
- Location
- Cambridgeshire UK
Drilled into cultivated beet ground with mine today. Very low pressure as Simon C recommends, it went very well. The drill is more versatile than I thought and would do the job of a Vadi or Pronto in min till or plough unless to wet when the only sensible answer is a cheap tine drill.
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
How do you think it would cope with a knobbly dry cultivated seedbed?
SilliamWhale
Member
If its fairly level and not fluffy then it would be fine. Roll it before drilling.
- Location
- Cambridgeshire UK
Just roll it down tight before drilling.
Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
That's what I'm thinking. It would be a good idea to be able to get a seedbed a time before drilling, then we could possibly put the glyphosate with the pre-em and save a spray pass. More importantly however it would avoid the cultivation that we currently do immediately before drilling which is likely to give another BG flush. Also would avoid the massive peak in labour and machinery that we have at this time of year.