Anyone using a lighter 100/150hp tractor with old cultivator drill this season

[nick...]

Maybe I should sell my amazone combination as I’ve finished with it and it’s washed down and back in shed.hoping to maybe jump onto the notill,strip till band wagon next year if I get the chance to see some machines in action.
Nick...

 

[Nearly]

Not as old as some, and not a lightweight drill but they got it done.

drill tractor on 600's, plough on 520's.
It gets a bit heavier at the bottom of the field so I had to put fresh harrow tines on to bury the seed.

 

[SMID]

Does this just scrape under the bar 4 cyl 149 hp and 4 m combo

 

[Richard98]

These are our 2, normally the weaving does the most but this season has been one for ploughing and combi drilling
@carbonfibre farmer you’ll win hands down on the weight front?

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@Richard98

 

[MattR]

What hp should a 3m Kuhn/Accord combi (or similar) require? (Decent medium loam, moderate slopes in places)

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

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These are our 2, normally the weaving does the most but this season has been one for ploughing and combi drilling
@carbonfibre farmer you’ll win hands down on the weight front?View attachment 841619

62hp and 3mtr Nordsten tine drill.
Not a Set up for a wet year, our set up every year!

 

[Romney_Rob]

6m vaderstad was not moving so have done 90ha (ish) with this - borrowed drill combo unit from Dad . Don't think it's done this much work for a long time!!

Really saved this years drilling when nothing else would move.

 

[nick...]

What hp should a 3m Kuhn/Accord combi (or similar) require? (Decent medium loam, moderate slopes in places)

You should manage with 100hp ok,unless your a fashion victim then you woukd want a minimum of 200/250.
Our first combination was a power Harrow with up and over linkage with a Nordstern drill on the back pulled with a ford 7610 and worked very well till we had an amazone rpd.as allways technology marches on with rapid progress.
Nick...

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

At the other extreme, neighbours in a muddle are using a 4mtr power harrow on a weaving 4mtr tine drill with front tank on a 350hp jd crawler

 

[nick...]

62hp and 3mtr Nordsten tine drill.
Not a Set up for a wet year, our set up every year!

But it’s doing the job and working well.no disrespect but probably £10k doing the same job as something 10/15 times more expensive.
Nick...

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

But it’s doing the job and working well.no disrespect but probably £10k doing the same job as something 10/15 times more expensive.
Nick...

£10k
Drill was 275£ at a sale years ago and the 4600 was brought new early 1976 for around £2k ish. Probably worth £1500 now.
The seed cost more than the drilling set up
I have upgraded to hydraulic markers this year, modern stuff!

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

But it’s doing the job and working well.no disrespect but probably £10k doing the same job as something 10/15 times more expensive.
Nick...

If we can't go......then there ain't nobody going.....

 

[nick...]

If we can't go......then there ain't nobody going.....

Is your neighbor at Morley who moves claas combines about busy around there or was it all drilled early before the rain
Nick...

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

Is your neighbor at Morley who moves claas combines about busy around there or was it all drilled early before the rain
Nick...

Ask @Richard98 ..... he sees their comings and goings.

Struggling I believe, 5f plough on massive tractor, power harrow on cat etc etc.

To be fair they did get some in early as well which is now very lush and green.

 

[nick...]

Someone who will remain nameless had a 9RX stuck beside a friend at poringland during the week.big plough on the back too.apparently it was well in and on top of a hill for all to see.imagine its out now.another local had a six row tanker winched out last week and plenty of stories if vaddys getting stuck and completely blocked up and one that could not be got close too for 4 days,allegedly.some of us have been lucky
Nick...

 

[S J H]

I learned the other day that it probably did! ?

I thought the reg rang a bell ?

 

[Bury the Trash]

at the end of the day snipe axle weigh is what it is 60 ton Bert harvester on 6 800 or 1000 tyres is still 10 ton a tyres. . How far down is the compaction

Exatcly and the deeper that compaction is, the harder it is to get out.

 

[DrDunc]

Is that a 10 ft drill rather than 3metres then
Nick...

To set seed rates using the book and calibration chart, you need to work in lbs/acre ??

 

[Drillman]

What hp should a 3m Kuhn/Accord combi (or similar) require? (Decent medium loam, moderate slopes in places)

We used to have 130hp on ours with front press with leading tines as well. Now have 155hp on it and making much faster progress.

In places power is still what limits output.