Claydon TerraStar

Feldspar

Member

Location

Essex, Cambs and Suffolk

• Jan 23, 2017

• #161

Have just checked - it's £2033.20 for a complete reblade. I reckon we did about 2000ac with them, but then again we were needing to go through a lot of things twice to get a reasonable finish so in terms of field area prepared, it's going to be more like 1200-1400ac.

 

dontknowanything

Member

Location

Cambridge

• Jan 23, 2017

• #162

Feldspar said:

Have just checked - it's £2033.20 for a complete reblade. I reckon we did about 2000ac with them, but then again we were needing to go through a lot of things twice to get a reasonable finish so in terms of field area prepared, it's going to be more like 1200-1400ac.

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Looks like they were right with £1/ac then

 

farmerfred86

Member

BASIS

Location

Suffolk

• Oct 8, 2018

• #163

Those of you that have had a terra star for a year or two now how are you getting on with it?
Used a lot or sat in the nettles?

 

Chae1

Member

Location

Aberdeenshire

• Oct 8, 2018

• #164

@Knockie

 

General-Lee

Member

Location

Devon

• Oct 8, 2018

• #165

farmerfred86 said:

Those of you that have had a terra star for a year or two now how are you getting on with it?
Used a lot or sat in the nettles?

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@Devon James you have one don’t you?

 

Devon James

Member

Location

Devon

• Oct 8, 2018

• #166

General-Lee said:

@Devon James you have one don’t you?

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No we dont. We considered what we bought to be a little more versatile. But the terrastar was good for its purpose.

 

Brisel

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• Oct 8, 2018

• #167

@Feldspar @Andrew K

 

Feldspar

Member

Location

Essex, Cambs and Suffolk

• Oct 8, 2018

• #168

farmerfred86 said:

Those of you that have had a terra star for a year or two now how are you getting on with it?
Used a lot or sat in the nettles?

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We use ours a lot. This year more to level off land that had been Trioed, but it did a remarkably good job of doing what we thought we'd need a power harrow to achieve. 6m wide and 1600rpm doing 18kph is some cheap output. Find that direct into unmoved ground though that if it's a bit solid it will just pluck at the soil not moving the whole surface evenly. Not what it is meant to do, but the pockmarked effect isn't ideal for a disc drill, although we find a lot better than not doing anything especially in front of spring crops.

 

Andrew K

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Essex

• Oct 11, 2018

• #169

Ours made a great job of creating some tilth,back in early August when condition s were very hard and dry.
Drilled straight into that a week later and am delighted with the rape that followed.

 

Andrew K

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Essex

• Oct 11, 2018

• #170

Devon James said:

No we dont. We considered what we bought to be a little more versatile. But the terrastar was good for its purpose.

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What did you purchase in the end James?

 

farmerfred86

Member

BASIS

Location

Suffolk

• Oct 11, 2018

• #171

I think a stubble rake could do a job for us, for slugs/weed chit/straw spreading.
But not many about and lots for sale put me off.
I see what you mean James about the terra star with a disc drill, not ideal.

 

Brisel

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• Oct 12, 2018

• #172

Straw rakes aren't really for producing a tilth, though my Claydon rake does chip the top 1/2" depending on how hard the surface is. Any later passes do a further 1/2" so it does go deeper each time. You'll need to leave it a couple of days between each pass to settle or it does bung up with lots of residue. I have a 15m version running at around 12 kph on smooth ground so decent daily outputs are possible.

 

YELROM

Member

Location

North Yorkshire

• Mar 27, 2021

• #173

How is everyone getting on with there Terrastars now, thinking of getting one on demo

 

Nearly

Member

Location

North of York

• Mar 28, 2021

• #174

Stubble rake for sale on facebook.

 

Last edited: Mar 28, 2021

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Spud

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

YO62

• Mar 28, 2021

• #175

Nearly said:

One for sale on facebook.View attachment 950589

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Terrastar = turbotiller or Falcon Sampo to you & I - different animal to a stubble rake.