- Location
- nottingham
Can't fault the cayena until it gets too sticky for the tyre packer so a sabre time would be perfect to take over in dodgy conditions , havnt rolled much behind the cayena
Weaving Sabre Tine
- Thread starter Banana Bar
- Start date
GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
We have a 3m sabre tine, seems ideal for our small operation. Makes a nice job in a range of conditions, easy to use, not much to go wrong
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alomy75
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Sorry I meant drills without a packer with my slugs/pre-em comment, at least with a packer you get some firming action. What’s tine spacing on the Amazone? Always liked the look of them and surprised there’s not more about...are they pricey?
- Location
- nottingham
165 , the tyre packer works a treat and consolidates well , it just ticks a lot of box's , fairly easy to pull , good calibration , accurate seed rate and depth , will drill into most seedbeds or DD , got split tank so putting fert down the spout with nearly everything now , last time I looked at new was 70k couple year ago. Think a sabre tine would work well with it but cost would dictate a cheaper tine drill as back up
alomy75
Member
Just had a quick google; very smart! Saw quite a few pics with in-line disc openers at the front? Assuming that’s an option rather than standard-would be about as low disturbance as you could get with a tine drill
is the rubber sausage auto-reset on the coulters up to the task when it’s really tough going like this spring and you’re going deep for beans etc? Same applies to sabre-tine to get back to the OP!
- Location
- nottingham
Think those sausages on the mounts do a great job , causes a juddering effect which can help reduce the smear effect in the slot , we've gone on to Metcalf legs with adjustable seed tube so you can drop it in and create a bit of drainage channel under seed.
Looking at sabre tine drilled wheat today and looked good on wet land.
Looking at sabre tine drilled wheat today and looked good on wet land.
Goggles
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- Location
- Hertfordshire
Do the sabre tines run into trouble by having depth wheels behind tines, so running on freshly moved ground?
So much metal simply for the set of steps.We have a 3m sabre tine, seems ideal for our small operation. Makes a nice job in a range of conditions, easy to use, not much to go wrong
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
It's perhaps not as bad as it looks, it's not overly thick but sure they could have used less if they'd made it from box section and angle, but modern drills have to be laser cut in swoopy shapes for aerodynamics! The lower section does hold the fan, and the steps themselves are what I'd describe as adequate, nothing more. Our previous drill was a Sumo Versadrill, if you want excessive metal that thing took the biscuit, unbelievable.
GeorgeK
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- Location
- Leicestershire
There's no tines directly in front of the wheels, the tines that cover where the wheels run are behind them. The wheels also have scrapers, if they pick up mud it's from the tractor tyres moving the surface
GeorgeK
Member
- Location
- Leicestershire
I agree there are designs that do a more thorough job, but a 3m Claydon or Triton would be beyond what we could pull, the Sabre is quite easy on the HP. Certainly I stopped drilling at one stage when the seed was going to be left in an open slot filled with water, whilst the neighbor opposite carried on with a Claydon and it worked fine. However they have a lot to do so they have to crack on, I only have a bit to do so I had a couple of days off and came back when it had dried up a bit. As with everything it's horses for courses, and it suits our system
clodshopper
Member
Which DD did you go for BB?
- Location
- Bedfordshire
I think I would agree. need more HP though as the tines are working a lot deeper.
Yep, but then if you want to drill regulary late into wet that’s the trade off as you probably need that deeper slot
warksfarmer
Member
Good drills and good backup. A fendt 724 didn’t know it had a 6m drill on it. Front tank though so no rear weight issues.
trouble with Triton is they have spoken so much utter rubbish in the past and made such ridiculous claims I simply could not deal with them
it’s a shame as I can see there are situations where the leg would work well
After 2 wet seasons in a row though it’s easy to re equip as if that’s the normal. It probably isn’t a f this time next year the forum will be full of talk for high coulter pressure drills that can get in to u moved soil when conditions are hard and dry !
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
No
it probably just snaps
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