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Regen Ag General Discussion
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<blockquote data-quote="Old John" data-source="post: 634062" data-attributes="member: 1512"><p>We managed to get the rams for £30 each through our Pan Anglia rep. No idea where he got them from, but brand new.</p><p>Took about three weeks to build, during Easter holiday. My elder son cut steel and drilled holes. I had made jig for coulter arms etc and tacked things together and our tractor driver welded things together. My younger son and our other chap put it all together, painted and did the hydraulics.</p><p>When we put the seed box on top our tractor driver said,"you are a lucky beggar, it fits perfectly". I thought yes it should it's been three years in the planning.</p><p>The coulter tips came from a Bamlett drill I got for swapping a very old mower. We subsequently made our own design. The steel, rams and the rest cost under £2000. We had loads of old hydraulic piping laying around.</p><p>I think building the drill enthused my elder son into farming and now at 33 runs the place so I can take it easy.</p><p>We now run an Amazone Primera 6 metre, which is what I would have liked to begin with. Bought in a very used state for not too much and then rebuilt for about £3500 for new pins and bushes, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old John, post: 634062, member: 1512"] We managed to get the rams for £30 each through our Pan Anglia rep. No idea where he got them from, but brand new. Took about three weeks to build, during Easter holiday. My elder son cut steel and drilled holes. I had made jig for coulter arms etc and tacked things together and our tractor driver welded things together. My younger son and our other chap put it all together, painted and did the hydraulics. When we put the seed box on top our tractor driver said,"you are a lucky beggar, it fits perfectly". I thought yes it should it's been three years in the planning. The coulter tips came from a Bamlett drill I got for swapping a very old mower. We subsequently made our own design. The steel, rams and the rest cost under £2000. We had loads of old hydraulic piping laying around. I think building the drill enthused my elder son into farming and now at 33 runs the place so I can take it easy. We now run an Amazone Primera 6 metre, which is what I would have liked to begin with. Bought in a very used state for not too much and then rebuilt for about £3500 for new pins and bushes, etc. [/QUOTE]
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