Vaderstad Seed Hawk

Brisel

Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Midlands

• Nov 7, 2015

• #41

@Dockers

 

Clive

Staff Member

Arable Farmer

Location

Lichfield

• Nov 7, 2015

• #42

phil said:

Anyone using twin seed opener on seed hawk bit like duet, saw it on Canadian drill. Gives a 3" seed band

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wouldn't be very low disturbance though would it ?

 

phil

Member

Location

Wexford

• Nov 7, 2015

• #43

I tried to link a pdf picture. It's not a 3" band more 1" bands with an inch gap
Being a tine drill anyway it will have disturbance.
If grass weeds were not an issue would the disturbance matter?

 

phil

Member

Location

Wexford

• Nov 7, 2015

• #44

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augie

Member

• Nov 18, 2015

• #45

phil, I have used the seedhawk twin opener. It does leave a slightly wider row of plants, but moves more soil, and therefore encourages more blackgrass to grow. It takes more pulling than the narrower tips, but didn't plug, and had better seed placement and depth, because of the bottom plate, and rear facing aperture. I have gone back the narrow tips.

 

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Pilatus

Member

Location

cotswolds

• Dec 11, 2021

• #46

So what direct drills are you now using as this thread was started 8yrs ago!!!

 

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Will7

Member

• Dec 12, 2021

• #47

MX7 said:

So what direct drills are you now using as this thread was started 8yrs ago!!!

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Still the seed hawk.
Rebushed it at 6000ha, put otico type press wheels on and it is ready for the next 6000ha.

 

dec

Member

Location

Leics

• Dec 13, 2021

• #48

Will7 said:

Still the seed hawk.
Rebushed it at 6000ha, put otico type press wheels on and it is ready for the next 6000ha.

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What width of press wheel did you go for?

 

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Will7

Member

• Dec 13, 2021

• #49

dec said:

What width of press wheel did you go for?

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I went for seedhawks own, which is 4.5" I think. It was a straight swap. They don't shed soil quite as well as a pneumatic tyre, but you also don't get punctures!!

An otico was 30% more expensive from memory.