Cereal drill for very stony land these days.

[Pilatus]

When farming( tenant farmer),a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached.
Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had.
Just wondering what drill you use nowadays if you’re farming similar ground.

 

[DieselRob]

 

[Pilatus]

As a tenant I don’t think one would be allowed to do that !!
If one could it might give a reasonable gross margin per hectare

 

[deleted user 837354]

Tined seeder (Kvernland) or the Weaving Sabre drill.

 

[warksfarmer]

Tines will bring more stones to the surface. Where as a disc will help bury them. You need something like a rapid with a disc cultivating element to bury them.

 

[deleted user 837354]

You might joke about using a stone picker but the reality is that stone might be worth a fair bit of money if it's clean and of sensible size. Obviously it's always going to be stony but you can remove a lot of material leave it freer of larger stones.

Anything but a tined drill is going to see serious wear which is going to get pricey very fast.

 

[Nearly]

@Drillman

 

[Wigeon]

Horsch sprinter / Co here.

 

[Regenerator1]

Those stones are more valuable than your crop!!!

 

[Regenerator1]

Stones grow in the subsoil... So you have lost all your topsoil as it was sold as yield thanks to the Nitrates that burn off the SOM and Carbon... re educate your landlord and pre reset after a stone harvest... share the profit too

 

[Regenerator1]

When farming a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached.
Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had.
Just wondering what drill you use nowadays if you’re farming similar ground.

Mix that with some sand and cement and a bit of fibre and you will own a carpark??

 

[Regenerator1]

When farming a lot of the farms soil was very stony as per pictures attached.
Strangely enough I think the Amazone combi drill with Suffolk coulters straight behind the plough press gave us the most even seeding compared to other drills we had, had.
Just wondering what drill you use nowadays if you’re farming similar ground.

Mix that with some sand and cement and a bit of fibre and you will own a carpark

 

[Regenerator1]

As a tenant I don’t think one would be allowed to do that !!
If one could it might give a reasonable gross margin per hectare

Do a deal!!

 

[David.]

Such land ought to be growing grass.
There was a chap by Broadway Tower growing potatoes on similar, but only after having windrowed and removed all the hardcore.
But I suppose that one has to pee with the todger that God gave you.

 

[nick...]

Definitely a tine drill with plenty of tungsten
nick...

 

[Flatlander]

I used to farm some very Stoney ground. Ended up a gravel pit. I’d personally forget about going the direct drill route and tip it over with the plough to bring the soil back up that’s washed down between the stones. Then get it planted before if washes down again. You’d never remove all those stones economically even is selling it as hardcore. Different if you could use some yourself but even then the costs would be high.

 

[BuskhillFarm]

Flip I’ll not complain about stones here anymore!!! Be near thinking of broadcasting on that?!

 

[L P]

Definitely a tine drill with plenty of tungsten
nick...

KV TS with swept back tungsten points

 

[Spud]

Tines will bring more stones to the surface. Where as a disc will help bury them. You need something like a rapid with a disc cultivating element to bury them.

How will a disc bury them? A tine or a suffolk coulter is only running at derilling depth, and pushes stones out of the way, dropping seed as it goes. A drilling disc mostly rides over the stones. A convex cultivating disc might go some way to burying them, but thats not the type found on a drill

 

[Nearly]

As a tenant I don’t think one would be allowed to do that !!
If one could it might give a reasonable gross margin per hectare

Could make the farmyard bigger too.