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<blockquote data-quote="Simon Chiles" data-source="post: 5553050" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Sadly it’s a JD thing not to have a dedicated demo driver and just send out a salesman, it has always been so. When I was a combine demo driver I always enjoyed being up against JD for this very reason. Obviously there are some very good salesmen that really know their stuff but they can’t all be experts in everything.</p><p></p><p>Quite a common mistake made by inexperienced operators of the drill is not to run the coulter pressure on constant pumping, this leads to erratic seeding depth and could possibly be why you were leaving seed on the surface. At 1 inch seeding depth the seed boots should have been just into the soil and not above it. Excess seed boot wear could also have the boots above the surface and would leave seed on the surface. In normal conditions at that depth I would expect to run the press wheel in the middle position, decrease pressure in wetter conditions and increase when drier.</p><p>At normal seed rates for wheat you could run the fan on a 3 or 4 m drill at 2000 rpm and it would still be ok although I wouldn’t advocate it. Normally in wheat I’d run a 3 m drill at 3400 and a 4 m at between 3800 and 4000.</p><p>You could increase the seeding depth to 2 inches for wheat, one of the advantages of the JD is it’s accuracy of seed placement so you needn’t worry about some of the seeds being too deep.</p><p>If you’re worried about slot closure then I’d definitely run a set of rolls over it, Cambridge rollers with a levelling board is probably the best option but failing that a flat roll or stubble rake/ grass harrow will do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon Chiles, post: 5553050, member: 1233"] Sadly it’s a JD thing not to have a dedicated demo driver and just send out a salesman, it has always been so. When I was a combine demo driver I always enjoyed being up against JD for this very reason. Obviously there are some very good salesmen that really know their stuff but they can’t all be experts in everything. Quite a common mistake made by inexperienced operators of the drill is not to run the coulter pressure on constant pumping, this leads to erratic seeding depth and could possibly be why you were leaving seed on the surface. At 1 inch seeding depth the seed boots should have been just into the soil and not above it. Excess seed boot wear could also have the boots above the surface and would leave seed on the surface. In normal conditions at that depth I would expect to run the press wheel in the middle position, decrease pressure in wetter conditions and increase when drier. At normal seed rates for wheat you could run the fan on a 3 or 4 m drill at 2000 rpm and it would still be ok although I wouldn’t advocate it. Normally in wheat I’d run a 3 m drill at 3400 and a 4 m at between 3800 and 4000. You could increase the seeding depth to 2 inches for wheat, one of the advantages of the JD is it’s accuracy of seed placement so you needn’t worry about some of the seeds being too deep. If you’re worried about slot closure then I’d definitely run a set of rolls over it, Cambridge rollers with a levelling board is probably the best option but failing that a flat roll or stubble rake/ grass harrow will do. [/QUOTE]
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