Chae1
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Surprised nobody's mentioned the triton!
Tine drill solutions?
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- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
tynes ?
hillman
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- Location
- Wicklow Ireland
Fill up a container or 2 and send across to Ireland, there's a market for them
robinsjanis
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I guess the choice of drill drilling grain and solid fert is limited?
You can add a front mounted hopper or tank for liquid but yes, UK spec drills with multiple hoppers are fairly rare but manufacturers are starting to wake up to this demand.
robinsjanis
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They are really rare. I cannot find any for sale. 6m is the max width I could ever pull with my existing tractors
Yes, I know. Only budget grain and fert drills are finnish made Tume and have two disc openers, which are not very good concept and the bearings fail regularly. They are good for mintill not no till.
Few weeks ago one was sold at 4k euro, 2-3k for new wearing metal and you are good to go.
3m and 4m COs are too overpriced IMO.
Peppa pig
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- Location
- Castle douglas
I have a 3m simtech aitchison for sale at the minuite if its any interest??
robinsjanis
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What's the price then?
- Location
- Foothills of the Quantocks
richheady
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- Location
- North Norfolk
This is a KV that @Bob lincs converted to Weaving Sabre tine and we bought from him this autumn. Works extremely well, with excellent clearance for maize stubbles.
You will be taking a risk on strength of the frame as the tines are much more stiffly sprung on the Weaving drill.I would trade the KV in for a abre Tine or similar but I think you may be too late to get the Countryside productivity Grant now. My KV used the narrower 25mm points named Vaddy Marathon but they arent in the same league as the weaving type.
richheady
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Thanks @sjt01 & @Andrew K, really interesting. I have a Weaving GD and was looking for a tine option that might go in slightly wetter conditions without investing in a new drill. Someone suggested that the new Sabre tine drills have brackets on the front for cutting disks like a Sim-Tech. 
I was thinking something similar might cut the pressure on the legs and help protect the lighter KV frame, (just thinking out loud really).
I was thinking something similar might cut the pressure on the legs and help protect the lighter KV frame, (just thinking out loud really).
H.Jackson
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- Location
- West Sussex
They look like konskilde vibroflex springs, surely on a vibroflex frame with front tank and sabre tines would be strong enough?
clbarclay
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- Location
- Worcestershire
I noticed on there parts page, Weavings do a version of the saber tine to retrofit there lighter tine drills, at a glance they look like they might fit a KV TS.
alomy75
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We have these on a trials drill. Had to wind the springs up so tight that they’re basically solid now. No stones here so no biggy but I’d be wary with them if going into anything but soft going
clbarclay
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- Location
- Worcestershire
I suspect that they wouldn't take too much load.
richheady
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Yes, I had word with Mr Weaving, and the auto reset option should fit straight on the KV TS. If I kept it on a suitably powered tractor hopefully I would feel the strain if conditions were too tough before I bend the drill frame.
@richheady @clbarclay did anyone use these weaving conversion tines?
if you only ran 24 legs instead of 48 on a 6m, guess stress on frame less. trash flow better.
Surely we're only trying to get a seed in the ground 1" in soft November soil, cant be too much stress.
if you only ran 24 legs instead of 48 on a 6m, guess stress on frame less. trash flow better.
Surely we're only trying to get a seed in the ground 1" in soft November soil, cant be too much stress.