Are Carrier Tine Drills any good?

[Cowcorn]

Much of the field is reasonable. The clay hills are terrible. Not sure it’s even worth bothering with them.

Stick on a new set of reekie tines Doc and dual up . The forecast is for a few dry cold days after today . Wait for your moment and then attack keep the drill up tight to the powerharrow and it should go in fine .
Carrier are a great drill but do you really want tto add another drill to your collection ??

 

[Spud]

There's a tidy 4m MF 30 tine drill on eBay looks like it'll do a job

 

[Stuart J]

Dos anyone have any photos of these old carrier drills?

 

[yellowbelly]

Dos anyone have any photos of these old carrier drills?

 

[yellowbelly]

 

[Deranged peasant]

Spin it on and spring tine in.
looks better than drilled here

 

[Suffolk Serf]

A 165 barely ticking over? You'd need getting on for 200hp nowadays.

 

[nick...]

A 165 barely ticking over? You'd need getting on for 200hp nowadays.

And twin beacons and a 2 ton weight block on the front
nick...

 

[Suffolk Serf]

And twin beacons and a 2 ton weight block on the front
nick...

And for all the kids out there, 165 doesn’t mean that it’s 165hp, nearer 65hp.

 

[le bon paysan]

No twin beacons...
Less wind resistance!!

 

[le bon paysan]

Last 3 Replies in as many minutes, coffee time?

 

[Suffolk Serf]

Last 3 Replies in as many minutes, coffee time?

Might be.

 

[essexpete]

Farm I worked for in student days drilled everything with a 4m carrier behind a 90hp 2wd MF. Late drilling usually with duals. They absolutely flew along in some conditions. As said small hopper a bit limiting.
Days of stubble burning it was used direct in some conditions including OSR.
Trash could block as the tines are so close.
Used behind the plough in late claggy conditions but still got a crop.
As said in other posts I seem to remember depth control being a little tricky in some conditions.
Drilled headlands last always.

 

[Andrew K]

We had two in the 70,s,
Cant say depth control was any good and hopper suited small bags best.
Simple tramliner and no electrics were the best details really,the rest was crap compared to a modern tine drill.

 

[nick...]

I allways had concern about the huge spring on the front activating the tramlines when lifted.tractor often seemed to struggle to lift drill and stretch the spring and often thought what if spring broke.for those confused about what I’m mentioning the spring was about 4inches wide and probably a foot long.seemed huge at the time
Nick...

 

[Two Tone]

Crude but efficient just about describes them best.
Probably the last drill to keep drilling when everything else can’t.
Protect your back window with a mesh if on stony ground.
Will drill very fast in good conditions. I once drilled 50 acres after tea with a 4 metre one being pulled by an MF 690.
The idea was to use a 2WD tractor, start on a straight side, get to the end of the field, lift the drill and hit the side brake to turn, then drop the drill back in the ground. All without turning the steering wheel.
Twice (2 widths) round the 3 headland sides when the middle was drilled and it’s all done.
Brilliant drill, but worked best when trelleborg wide wheels we filled to it.
Mind you it scared you to death that it didn’t drill every across the hopper width, because one side was empty way before the other. Something to do with how the feed rollers were bunched in groups of 2,3 and 4, from when they widened the 31 coulter 3.5 metre version to a 33 coulter 4 metre version.

 

[DrWazzock]

An annoying amount of rain this morning, so preparing the Carrier as an emergency back up. Needs a few tines in the following Harrow. A bit of entertainment if nothing else. A refreshingly simple drill even with markers, tramliner and preemergence markers.

 

[Oat]

I used for winter beans and had a few problems getting a high enough seedrate. I think the max. I got was about 180 kg/ha. But then had problems with the pipes blocking occassionally. This was with several coulters blocked off

 

[7610 super q]

And for all the kids out there, 165 doesn’t mean that it’s 165hp, nearer 65hp.

You'll be telling us next a Ford 4000 isn't 4000 hp........

 

[Suffolk Serf]

You'll be telling us next a Ford 4000 isn't 4000 hp........

The one that I had used to think it was. Should never have got rid, I know where it is.