vaderstad

  1. J

    4 metre disc harrows

    Wanted: second hand and tidy 4 metre Disc Harrows such as Kuhn Optimer, Amazone Catros , Vaderstad Carrier etc….. . Can’t be wider than 4..25 metres . ……. pm any details please. Thanks
  2. CPM RSS

    Spring barley: Ready for a shake-up

    Written by CPM Magazine from CPM Magazine Download PDF New malting barley varieties capable of producing more litres of alcohol per hectare could not only reduce the carbon footprint of beer and spirit production, but they could also deliver significant benefits for growers. CPM finds out...
  3. Bald Rick

    KTwo gone bust?

    Hearing KTwo the trailer and muck spreader manufacturer has gone bang. Is right? Very good kit and big shame if true
  4. T

    Chipping Norton to Exeter

    I need to move a Fiat 780 DT with a set of Vaderstad 6m Rolls from Chippy to Exeter. I could get the tractor and rolls to Gloucester (M5) somewhere sensible if that would help...? Not urgent but sometime soonish would be great.
  5. Bald Rick

    In my opinion …

    …., and having read posts for and against, it’s not worth driving hours to look at a tractor, combine, forager or other large engine driven kit unless you really know what you’re looking at - and even that is likely subjective. Why? Because: What does it prove? Photos and video should determine...
  6. Wigeon

    Winter cover crops on heavy land... what a disaster

    I farm heavy silty clay with flints. No ditches, no land drains. Good strong wheat land, if unforgiving. I've been trying to grow cover crops on and off for the last 9 yrs. With one exception, they have all been disastrous. Summer cover crops in place of a spring crop, on the other hand, can...
  7. bobk

    Looking grim .......

    10th of March , next 10 days is shite , turning in to the year of shiteness , El Nino can fo .
  8. Banana Bar

    Power harrow combination.

    What’s the best combi out there, 4 metre or 6 metre folding, mainly heavy land post sugar beet? BB
  9. Poncherello1976

    Straw/Stubble Rake

    Looking at getting a rake for this autumn, using the FETF grant. It looks like some of them come with discs on the front as an option. It will be working in front of a tined direct drill and as well as spreading out the residual straw I am interested in the fact that it may chop the straw up a...
  10. L

    24 row Erth drill versus 32row direct drills

    Looking at buying a 24 row Erth direct drill for direct drilling grass into burn off and for stitching, slightly concerned about the spacing on the 24 row machine versus a 32 row machine, is there much of a difference in establishment ?
  11. Wigeon

    Broadcasting spring corn.....

    This is written in the hope that it will induce drought like conditions... But anyway, anyone regularly broadcast and harrow spring corn in? I have barley and oats to go in, and the spring tine is going to be the only machine that will go, if it carries on anything like this.. I know, I...
  12. J

    Vaderstad spirit drilling discs

    Anyone know where to source sensibly priced Vaderstad spirit drilling discs from?. Prices range from £40-£68 so far. V expensIve compared to Rapid discs…..
  13. L

    Building the perfect direct drill

    Come on you farm engineers if you were to build one from scratch what features would be an absolute must. Would you choose discs or more of a knife like coulter? How would you go about designing a drill which would cope with a mixture of cropping from Cereal,rotational grass ,into cover crops...
  14. Farm Classifieds

    Part worn vaderstad drill coulters and discs

    Part worn vaderstad drill coulters and discs Advert added by: @Trigger Happy Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £20 Condition: Used Description Part worn coulters and discs available due to a three row conversion on an 8m vaderstad rapid...
  15. Scrambler

    Which drill to sow grass/IPM4/AHL2 mixes?

    What’s the preferred method for sowing grass seed now days? I will want to sow into cultivated wheat stubble. I am thinking of getting a Vaderstad BioDrill 180 to mount on our Rapid box drill, or is a grass rake/seeder combination better?
  16. Farm Classifieds

    5M003093 Vaderstad RD400 Drill.

    5M003093 Vaderstad RD400 Drill. Advert added by: Chandlers (Farm Equipment) Ltd Machinery Details Category: Tillage Drills Price: £4950 Condition: Used Description 5M003093 Vaderstad RD400 Drill. How to make contact with the Dealer Click here to read more about this...
  17. Bury the Trash

    Will No till put paid to the plough ? asks a piece in the FT.

    https://www.ft.com/content/9b819b0c-663a-46f0-86a8-5e570913317a we havnt had a good ploughing vrs DD dust up for awhile :sneaky:it all seems dominated by the politics of rt nfu et al :rolleyes:
  18. A

    When AgOpenGPS and ISOBUS collide...

    Some of you that follow the AOG world might know there's a separate fantastic team working on ISOBUS, virtual terminals, implement control, that sort of thing. Today, Daan uploaded this PoC video - and I think you'll agree, it's pretty damn sweet eh ! This will be an interesting year for...
  19. Andrew1983

    4m drill price

    Anyone had quotes for a 4m drill along lines of a vaderstad spirit or horsch pronto recently? Pm if you don’t mind sharing please.
  20. its.... only me

    Lely Polymat on a Khun 4003 power harrow

    Has anyone any experience or information of mounting a Lely Polymat on a Khun 4003 power harrow (or any other p.harrow - other than a Lely) reason I ask is unlike most other combi. drills - which use a standard A frame set up, the Lely appears to use a floating linkage & dimensions are all...
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