@ploughman1963 Was the dril fitted with Guttlers?
750A demo
- Thread starter ploughman1963
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- Acton Scott, South Shropshire
No standard press wheels
SilliamWhale
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Millions upon Millions of acres can't be wrong.
Its drawback is probably it doesn't like a huge amount of chopped straw but beyond that its about the best there is for no till
YELROM
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Can you start a thread with a few photos if you get a demo of the Sky drill
- Location
- South West
I will try and sort that if I get rained off tomorrow. Had the sky demo on Wednesday.
We can trundle up the road if you like?
H.Jackson
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- Location
- West Sussex
Haven't found a way of measuring air pressure in the lines yet been reducing fan speed and have 33mph coming out of the tubes no blockages 186kg/ha at 14kph drill speed, thinking blockage monitors might be the way to set this at the optimum level, reducing fan speed by 500rpm has improved the percentage of seed firmed in considerably.err, slightly off topic, but having spent my entire farming career ( 30 + years ) with airseeders of all sorts of makes & configurations, I rarely worry or consider actual fan speed, but the amount of air flowing. Generally, as a rule of thumb, the more product flowing requires more air
on an 8m rig with light seeds I usually run about 3 - 4 kpa air pressure
12 m putting out say total product of 100 - 150kg/ha ( which I realise is low for you ), then I might run 5 - 7kpa.
I suppose what im say is, I look more at air pressure than fan speed, which can vary across different brands or fan sizes etc . . .
Of course, running D Cup style air diffusers takes away any concerns of seed bounce or blowout at higher pressures, but I find too much air can cause other issues at times, including potentially damaging delicate seeds and can significantly increase the wear & decrease life of your air hoses
if worried about slot closure, have you seen some of the aftermarket closing wheels available here & in the States ? http://www.bprengineering.com.au/disc-seeder-maintenance/20-point-closing-wheel.html
just as an aside about various companies demos
a lifetime ago I was working on an estate in southern England. The farm was all MF, but both Case & JD were trying to sell them a new ploughing tractor. As I was the "ploughman" ( 20 something yr old Australian who until a year previously had never even seen a plough, let alone use one. Back then, I couldn't understand the fuss about me getting the "big" tractor. After being on TFF for a while, I have a better idea why) it was me who drove them.
Case dropped off a 7140 Magnum, some smarmy salesman in a tweed coat & tie, didn't talk to me, no explanation or instruction, so I had to read the book & work it out for myself
JD brought out a 4955 and the salesman was dressed in work clothes & spent all day with me. I was ploughing very flinty abrasive ground, so changing points every 4 hours. The salesman even grabbed some tools out of his car and helped me do that. I was hugely impressed by him & he was a nice bloke
All wasted effort as it turned out, the farm stuck with MF and I was back on a 3690 or whatever the model was
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
Most airseeders I've ever used over the last 30 years or so have always had a pressure gauge ( low pressure, either "inches of mercury" or in KPa ) or a display on the controller . . .
Pressure taken at fan outlet or manifold
yellow belly
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- south west lincolnshire
Thats a good idea similar to a sprayer pressure gauge gives spray pressure