750a wet conditions

[Tractor Boy]

With spoked wheels on you can drill in some really nasty condition . But I can tell you from my own experience don’t do it . Leave your seed in the bag . View attachment 837059

How has your disc kept clean?
I’m proper fed up now. Haven’t drilled since 10th Oct. tried yesterday and blocked most of my gauge wheels up. What happens with mine is the soil sticks to the side of the disc then pushes the gauge wheel lip away and fills the gauge wheel up til the whole lot stalls.
I know various people have said scraper rings and spoked wheels but the soil also builds up on the rolling circumference of the gauge wheel and also all around the non gauge wheel side of the disc. This build up then means the disc is harder to turn so the ground resistance to turn it isn’t enough in damp soil.
Basically it’s now too wet on clay soil for this type of opener but its all I have......so now it’s spring drilling or fallow!

 

[Bob lincs]

The best advice I can give you is put your drill in the shed until it drys up . I went down the route of making my drill go in the wet but I was then drilling when I shouldn’t have been and as a result had a lot of failed crops .

 

[Tractor Boy]

The best advice I can give you is put your drill in the shed until it drys up . I went down the route of making my drill go in the wet but I was then drilling when I shouldn’t have been and as a result had a lot of failed crops .

I think you are probably right. It’s just hard to look all winter at so much undrilled land. I already plan for 60% spring cropping but this year will be 85!!
Of the fields I drilled 10th October one headland was wet at the time and that smeared a bit, and no surprise there is very little coming up there.

 

[Readingfarmer]

Is the general consensus that the mudsmith spoked wheel is better quality than JD? How do I go about getting the mudsmiths here in the UK. Is there a buying group or anyone else interested in a bulk order? I’m also wanting to get a number of other things from overseas, - duraloks, aricks seed boots potentially.

 

[yellow belly]

I think you are probably right. It’s just hard to look all winter at so much undrilled land. I already plan for 60% spring cropping but this year will be 85!!
Of the fields I drilled 10th October one headland was wet at the time and that smeared a bit, and no surprise there is very little coming up there.

Put it in the shed in2012 not planting when it stays wet would have been the best margin on heavyish soil