Feldspar
Member
- Location
- Essex, Cambs and Suffolk
Because they are an unnecessary complication and expense. There are parallel linkages or bearings to grease or go wrong, or bend or break. I don't feel you need them because using a strip til or no til system you don't sink in or create unlevelness, so after the initial first year I feel independent coulters are unnecessary. It is my opinion, and if people don't agree they are free to buy a different drill rather than continually criticise the one they have.
Pretty much agree. If your fields are into a strip-till system and bear traffic well and are pretty level then a Claydon performs very well. My own experience is that the Mzuri will give a very even crop even when the field is a bit compacted and has undulations from combine wheelings / previous effects from imperfect cultivation, especially where the field was ploughed the previous year. You pay for that though in daily maintenance (lots of grease nipples) and metal costs.