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<blockquote data-quote="Feldspar" data-source="post: 4076726" data-attributes="member: 386"><p>[USER=27]@Rob Holmes[/USER] - in the video with Dick Neale in he says you really need to go through twice with this, but looking at your video it certainly looks like in that situation that you could get away with once if necessary.</p><p></p><p>Did you consider the Terrastar before buying this? Problem I have with the Terrastar, and admittedly it's not designed to do this, is that it does move the soil evenly. Even after two passes you have bits still completely unmoved. The good thing about is that you have solid soil which carries the traffic well, but from a black-grass POV I'm not sure this is optimal. More crucially though, especially when using a disc drill, is that the lack of uniformity in the surface does affect seeding consistency. This isn't a problem with a Claydon type drill because it busts through these small variation.</p><p></p><p>The other issue with Terrastar is that going through once really isn't enough, especially in drier conditions like we had last year and if the soil is more settled (i.e. after being direct drilled the previous year rather than ploughed). Having the option of just doing one pass would be quite useful if short of time. On the other hand though, the Terrastar has a very fast working speed and low power requirement. I was using it about 16-17 kph and a 220hp tractor hardly knew it was there.</p><p></p><p>What do you think about using it as a OSR drill as well? Looks like you could use it as a cheap cover crop drill too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Feldspar, post: 4076726, member: 386"] [USER=27]@Rob Holmes[/USER] - in the video with Dick Neale in he says you really need to go through twice with this, but looking at your video it certainly looks like in that situation that you could get away with once if necessary. Did you consider the Terrastar before buying this? Problem I have with the Terrastar, and admittedly it's not designed to do this, is that it does move the soil evenly. Even after two passes you have bits still completely unmoved. The good thing about is that you have solid soil which carries the traffic well, but from a black-grass POV I'm not sure this is optimal. More crucially though, especially when using a disc drill, is that the lack of uniformity in the surface does affect seeding consistency. This isn't a problem with a Claydon type drill because it busts through these small variation. The other issue with Terrastar is that going through once really isn't enough, especially in drier conditions like we had last year and if the soil is more settled (i.e. after being direct drilled the previous year rather than ploughed). Having the option of just doing one pass would be quite useful if short of time. On the other hand though, the Terrastar has a very fast working speed and low power requirement. I was using it about 16-17 kph and a 220hp tractor hardly knew it was there. What do you think about using it as a OSR drill as well? Looks like you could use it as a cheap cover crop drill too. [/QUOTE]
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