Bettinson DD drill

[Firetail]

Hey guys, does anyone have the DD cassette gearboxes laying around?
Cheers

 

[dano]

Where are you located mate?

 

[Firetail]

Where are you located mate?

Located in Western Australia.

 

[DIJ056]

Gday mate, I'm currently running one over in Aus, and getting great results from it. Mine is the earlier of the triple disc machines. We use it for direct drilling cereals as well as small seeds such as Lucerne and clovers.
I have made a lot of mods and improvements to it and I'm currently giving it a preseason rebuild.
I have added some aftermarket disc openers to it that are a leading disc setup with a fully greaseable taper bearing setup and you can also bolt a depth wheel onto each unit which is a big plus. They are made by Tatu and if you Google Serafin Machinery you will see them on there.
If you are pretty handy you can repair or make most parts on the drill.
I will post some pics of mine when I get it all back together. A cheap min -till drill.

have you still got drill, I just got one and need smooth/soft rollers for it.

 

[robs1]

drilled some wheat into sprayed off grass(about 100 acres) so bloody hard , drill was filled and put 10 bags fert on top . could only get half inch penetration. told farmer he said that will be alright drill it . after I had finished he disced it twice then rolled with ballast roller. couple of months went by and happened to be passing by looked at that wheat. amazingly allin straight lines with all the tramlines showing .to this day im still scratching my head as to why that worked.

Probably had a ph combi come in and drill it again

 

[yellowfrog]

Probably had a ph combi come in and drill it again

know for certain he didnt. i was just a good operator

 

[New Puritan]

Hey mate Alan King in Griffith NSW 0269626219 he makes the rollers, he also does the small seeds (plain) roller as well. I think he said he also makes the black rubber suspension blocks that look like a footy too, the rollers were about $80 each. Send us a message if you need any other parts etc, I've got a few more contacts for spares.

@dano - not sure if you still use this forum, but does Alan King have a website? I've had a look but can only find an electrician in NSW called that! I've been offered an old Bettinson and am tempted but will need to find some rollers for it. Finding them in NSW isn't ideal (given I'm in England), but it's better than none at all.

 

[dec]

@dano - not sure if you still use this forum, but does Alan King have a website? I've had a look but can only find an electrician in NSW called that! I've been offered an old Bettinson and am tempted but will need to find some rollers for it. Finding them in NSW isn't ideal (given I'm in England), but it's better than none at all.

I’ve still got a new type set of rollers for a four metre in reasonable condition and quite a few sets of old type rollers in good condition here if needed

 

[New Puritan]

Thanks @dec... Do you happen to know if they will fit the 2.4m machine?

 

[dec]

@New Puritan The shafts are in sections and the rollers can be moved individually to anywhere you want on the shaft so I would have thought so