Amazon AD3000 drill rat damage

[Sonoftheheir]

Morning All,

what with the weather and the Christmas break the drill was left in the shed with wheat seed in it.

Since then rodents have been having a field day they’ve eaten through wires, chewed some plastic bits and been pulling the wheat out from the meter wheels (after gnawing them flat in places)

Question is do we now have to replace the metering wheels or when we calibrate it as it is should it be ok?

Looks like a big job to take the shaft out and replace the cogs?

TIA
Gary

 

[bobk]

Morning All,

what with the weather and the Christmas break the drill was left in the shed with wheat seed in it.

Since then rodents have been having a field day they’ve eaten through wires, chewed some plastic bits and been pulling the wheat out from the meter wheels (after gnawing them flat in places)View attachment 931739View attachment 931740View attachment 931741View attachment 931742View attachment 931739View attachment 931740View attachment 931741
Question is do we now have to replace the metering wheels or when we calibrate it as it is should it be ok?

Looks like a big job to take the shaft out and replace the cogs?

TIA
Gary

Looks like an insurance job to me.

 

[Lazy Sod]

With damage that bad, the wheels need to be changed.

 

[nelson]

you could still use it but the ones that have damage will put a differnt rate on to the ones that have no damage

 

[Robt]

warranty claim?

 

[Wombat]

warranty claim?

haha i have seen people try and get worse things on warranty

 

[Sonoftheheir]

There would be lumps of seed in the field where the gnawed bits were wouldn’t there? It would put more on?

 

[thesilentone]

You will need to replace the damaged metering wheels, a hard lesson learned.

I've seen this before, no sure about Amazone, but you can usually un-bold the metering shaft mountings, disconnect the drive coupling and lift the whole thing out in a one'er.

 

[Adeptandy]

On a box Vaddy the shaft slides out and the metering wheels drop into the cups, allowed a day for 2 of us, took 2 hours. The next time i did it on my own, but a tad more fiddly.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Apart from cleaning it out and having zero rats would there have been any other way of preventing it?

 

[davidroberts30]

leave up on link arms....

 

[thesilentone]

Apart from cleaning it out and having zero rats would there have been any other way of preventing it?

I would pressure wash that seed treatment off the peg wheels before you put it away, and spray with diesel. Then clean off again before using it.

 

[An Gof]

Looks like an insurance job to me.

Doubt insurance will cover rat damage. I had mouse damage to my mobile grain dryer where they wrecked the electrics. Insurance wouldn’t cover it.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

I would pressure wash that seed treatment off the peg wheels before you put it away, and spray with diesel. Then clean off again before using it.

Normally do that at the end of season, damn weather left us only 12 acres to plant, but it’s still water logged now (ex spud ground) don’t think we’ll drill it till next month now. Dad has taken the seed out for now.

 

[Wombat]

on our MF30 they still eat the metering wheels, when cleaned out and put away. They seem to like the plastic i think

 

[thesilentone]

Normally do that at the end of season, damn weather left us only 12 acres to plant, but it’s still water logged now (ex spud ground) don’t think we’ll drill it till next month now. Dad has taken the seed out for now.

Next three months are hungry months for wildlife, I would clean it off in the meantime.

 

[robbie]

If youve got drilling to do crack on, after its been up a month you wont know which coulters were the iffy ones. My mate drilled with a freeflow which had sulky metering for years with badly rat eaten metering wheels and his corn was always alright and you couldnt see and difference in the rows.

Ideally if you dont need to be using it then change the wheels, it looks a right twit of a job but from my experience there quite straight forward to do.

 

[Adeptandy]

Doubt insurance will cover rat damage. I had mouse damage to my mobile grain dryer where they wrecked the electrics. Insurance wouldn’t cover it.

They do on tractors, combines and handlers

 

[Robt]

They do on tractors, combines and handlers

And discovery 4's.........

 

[nick...]

Replace the wheels.not a major job to remove shaft either.ring Tim Smith at swanton morley.he will have all you need in stock
nick...