cutting up a Vaderstad

[Flat 10]

Day dreaming here but could you take the wings off say a 6m vad and make it 3m? or is the centre section 3.2 or 2.8m or something silly? Would the metering mechanism work if you changed distributor head and reduced number of pipes. No doubt someone has thought of this before and haven't done it because its not easy.

 

[cousinjack]

Why would you want to ?
Surely you could sell a 6m and just buy a 3m drill ??

That's my initial thoughts ..

 

[Flat 10]

Why would you want to ?
Surely you could sell a 6m and just buy a 3m drill ??

That's my initial thoughts ..

Various reasons.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Why would you want to ?
Surely you could sell a 6m and just buy a 3m drill ??

That's my initial thoughts ..

Keep it 6m and cover the work in half the time would be my bet.

 

[cousinjack]

Various reasons.

Game strips ?
Stewardship areas ?

Can't pull a 6m ??

 

[Flat 10]

Can't afford drill of my dreams so was thinking of making one.

 

[cousinjack]

Can't afford drill of my dreams so was thinking of making one.

I've not got a vaderstadt so can't help much..

Are you aiming for direct / min till or conventional ?

 

[KJM]

Have taken the wings off an old 4m vaddy to make a 3m one. Had to get a new head for the metering unit. Was an older drill so was using accord parts unlike the newer drills. I don't think 6m would work as well as it has two metering units.

 

[Stephen E]

The Centre section is 3 metres. Use it in the folded up position and blank the pipes off that supply the wings. You will still have half width shut off too.
Are you going 3 metre CTF? We used to have a Clayson combine with a 10 foot header.

 

[Matt77]

Never heard the finished outcome but years back chap was going to do this, reason for using a 6 instead of 4 was he was planning on using the second metering system to do starter fert, no idea if he completed it though.

 

[Zebbedee]

Pretty sure centre section is 3m so in theory totally possible

 

[Will 1594]

Can't afford drill of my dreams so was thinking of making one.

What you doing , row cleaner ,low disturbance leg ,remove all coulters apart from two what run either side of leg ,and all other press wheels ,split hopper for seed and fert using the two metering units , maybe told you too much ,

 

[R.B.H]

Looked at 4m today and drill section is 3m but cultivation section is narrower so you may need to add tine to each side if you took the wings off. Also would have to add markers unless using GPS. Are you looking at system tine or disc?

probably not what your looking for but shows some of the differences a 3m drill has
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