Claydon and stones

[fred.950]

The stone release kit is the ram system on the legs that should trip back instead of shearbolts

We must have the poverty spec one!

 

[juke]

One quick question while we're on the subject of stones & Claydons. What pressure do you all run in your Stone Release rams? Mine was set to 100 bar but we were breaking lots of ram bolts, then I had to crack off a pipe to fit a new bolt so dumped the pressure via the spool valve. The book says 10 bar but Claydon say 80. Now I've opened the tap to let some off the system won't stay pressurised. No leaks.

ours are running at just over the 100

 

[Brisel]

We must have the poverty spec one!

I saw your old 8m one that was there before your time. That had every extra on it!

 

[jjm]

Mine found a hideous amount of stones in already stoney field. Spent three weeks wondering if it should be sold but having seen the beans emerge now it definitely has a place. Leading discs will be purchased for the stoney ground for the future.

 

[CivikS]

Can i ask your opinion about leveling option. You prefer boards or harrows? With the disc you use green harrows?

used them from the start following a cover crop the video is on claydons website, that was originally our plan to use the discs just to drill into covers. used the tines once or twice for drilling cereals into stubbles n then we thought we would see what it was like on light land with the discs .. the rest is history farm practise is use the discs for cereal and some bean drilling... tines are used for osr and contract work mostly now.... one customer did ask for the disc over the tine..

 

[Brisel]

Boards better at moving soil back over the rows when dry. Harrow tines better in the wet or if trashy.

 

[JJT]

Quick photo update, pleased with how it's looking, if it wasn't for the stones issue would definitely go down the Claydon route. Have got drill booked for autumn and will do the same fields again, see how bad the stones are next time through. Have a some 3yr leys to come out into wheat so maybe do one of those fields aswell.