Devon James
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- Location
- Devon
Gona have one to show in a few days. Teach me not to be tight and re clean oats.
drilling misshaps
- Thread starter Bobthebuilder
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casemx 270
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- Location
- East midlands
As said early here is my mishap !!!!!! And also our specially built drill to fill in.
JPB
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Make sure you remember to leave some tramlines and in the right places!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think he has already drilled the tramlines????
I've seen mishaps like that before, but never a solution quite like that!
It really looks like you mean to fix it - well done.
mikep
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- Location
- Arse end of Surrey, UK
Probably did'nt need fixing as the crop would grow over pretty soon. More like restoring self esteem!!!!
mikep
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- Location
- Arse end of Surrey, UK
casemx 270
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- Location
- East midlands
Self esteem abit but one of the fields is next to the bosses house and he likes it to look pristine and some of the fields belong to someone we contract farm for with one field next to their house, over the whole area there would be a lot of wheat missing. Yes I ve drilled the tramlines but on some of the fields to get the width and sequence right I ve done the first run at 24 metres instead of 30 metres so we can use some of the tramlines 
casemx 270
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- Location
- East midlands
Thanks Serup
These tramlines will be visible all the way to harvest - trust me!
I just wish all who contract drill, did like that to fix it. I have someone else drill for us, and they always make plenty of tramlines to choose from.
It's also good to see people take pride in their job and do it right when something go other than planed. We all make mistakes, it's how we deal with it that shows the difference.
- Location
- Hockley Essex
Yep, on every bout by the looks of it!
YorkshireAndrew
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- Location
- West / North Yorks border
We once had someone drill for us & when it came up there were sporadic gaps . They came back with some seed , a bucket & a muck fork & put it right . Forgot the fork & it went up the combine at harvest . Fortunately it was theirs .
Forgot the fork & it went up the combine at harvest . Fortunately it was theirs . 
John 1594
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
First of the 50 acre I drilled the other week has just came through..one intermittent stopped coulter across all of it..comes and goes every few rounds
After a lot of head scratching and walking behind the drill..on the amazone there ia a black peg that goes through the fluted roll and engages with the smaller toothed roll secured to the shaft by a grub screw. The black peg has worn away and was allowing the fluted roll to freewheel on the shaft. If it got a bit of wheat jammed between the rollers all of a sudden it would engage drive again for a few rounds!!!
Thankfully its only on 5" spacing. .would have looked a lot worse with the mf 30 on 8" coulters!!!!
After a lot of head scratching and walking behind the drill..on the amazone there ia a black peg that goes through the fluted roll and engages with the smaller toothed roll secured to the shaft by a grub screw. The black peg has worn away and was allowing the fluted roll to freewheel on the shaft. If it got a bit of wheat jammed between the rollers all of a sudden it would engage drive again for a few rounds!!!
Thankfully its only on 5" spacing. .would have looked a lot worse with the mf 30 on 8" coulters!!!!
- Location
- Somerset UK
The 2 or 3 coulters on the end blocked.
Re drilled and just coming through
mushnt grummmble
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John 1594
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
WHAT!!! you made a error???
No..the drill did
And it wouldnt have made any difference on gps either.
mushnt grummmble
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good workman never blames his tools
John 1594
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- Location
- Cambridgeshire
good workman never blames his tools
Wear and tear more like. Ita not as bad as the neigbours field with a couple of 4m breeds of bare soil through the middle
- Location
- Lincolnshire
So here goes,my cock up, last 80 ac so only just showing up.FFS
This
coursed this
which has resulted in me making this to fill in the gaps ,when I get sprayed up.
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