Homemade tine drill pointers

beefsheeparable

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Livestock Farmer
Upland beef and sheep farm wanting to improve some pp, after pointers/ criticism any of you might have with regard to build and suitability for drinking into pp! Fancy making a 3pl tine drill on a budget of around £3500. Was thinking of 3m wide 4/5mm 100mm box frame with two rows of the universal type pigtail tines.Was thinking of 24 tines in total so would give 12.5cm row spacing. Between each row I thought 10.0/75*15.3 wheels on stub axles with some way to alter depth. Then stick a 3m accord drill on top. Metcalfe, simtech coulters etc, sound expensive so plan on getting my own 8/10mm wide ones made up with ferobide/ hadfacing tip like I have seen others do on here. Wouldn’t be huge acres to do at home but think there is potential for a bit of contracting localy.
Cheers!
 

ih1455xl

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Mixed Farmer
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newholland

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Location
England
@beefsheeparable I have 16 x Aitchison tines, tine clamps, seed pipe brackets and a load of tungsten tipped feet which need building back up with hard facing weld. Old style and a bit worn but could maybe be of help to you? I have them left over from a project and it would be a shame to put them in the scrap bin!
 

beefsheeparable

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Livestock Farmer
I've got a bammlet direct drill in my metal recycling corner just needs a accord hopper on it
will grab some pics

Thanks for the reply’s, hows the depth adjusted? Looks for sowing deepish, is it narrowish spacing?

@beefsheeparable I have 16 x Aitchison tines, tine clamps, seed pipe brackets and a load of tungsten tipped feet which need building back up with hard facing weld. Old style and a bit worn but could maybe be of help to you? I have them left over from a project and it would be a shame to put them in the scrap bin!

Sound right on the job, part worn be no bother, have you got a full set of the 16?

Cheers
 

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