Dale Eco-Drill

[B&B Pig Man]

Sorry if this has been covered already on here, but I can't find it.

Is anybody using one of these?

Any reviews / opinions?

Idea of price? ( prob a 6 / 8 m one )

 

[Clive]

Tell you in a couple of weeks as I have a demo coming

 

[Kaad]

Price last year in March for an 8 meter was eprox. 60k plus extras

 

[B&B Pig Man]

Tell you in a couple of weeks as I have a demo coming

In reality i could just pop up the road and have a look - they are only about 1/2 hr up the road from me!

Price last year in March for an 8 meter was eprox. 60k plus extras

Oh dear!!

 

[Clive]

In reality i could just pop up the road and have a look - they are only about 1/2 hr up the road from me!

I was there a couple of weeks ago - they showed me some decent crops

 

[B&B Pig Man]

I was there a couple of weeks ago - they showed me some decent crops

They must have been mine!!

.............. oh, you mean eco-drilled ones!

 

[Fran Loake]

I'm using one, it's still in its first season but we are getting on well with it at the moment. Yet to do any proper direct drilling with it though (apart from some work as a demo and small bits of trials).

We're glad we've bought it, all new drills are pricey - as was this one.

Pros, drills into ploughed land equally well as direct drilling, excellent trash clearance, even depth placement, a well thought out drill.

Cons, it's a big drill to move around (8m), we have the soil levellers behind each coulter that can be a tad annoying, especially when reversing into an uneven corner.

Overall I'd buy it again without hesitation, it suits us and I can't wait to get stuck into fully DDing with it

Early days for us but so far so good.

 

[Clive]

I'm using one, it's still in its first season but we are getting on well with it at the moment. Yet to do any proper direct drilling with it though (apart from some work as a demo and small bits of trials).

We're glad we've bought it, all new drills are pricey - as was this one.

Pros, drills into ploughed land equally well as direct drilling, excellent trash clearance, even depth placement, a well thought out drill.

Cons, it's a big drill to move around (8m), we have the soil levellers behind each coulter that can be a tad annoying, especially when reversing into an uneven corner.

Overall I'd buy it again without hesitation, it suits us and I can't wait to get stuck into fully DDing with it

Early days for us but so far so good.

Size is a concern - they are VERY tall folded - do you find it stable on the road etc ?

 

[Fran Loake]

Size is a concern - they are VERY tall folded - do you find it stable on the road etc ?

Yes it seems ok on the road, it's too tall to go in our 'easy pull in' building which is a shame.

 

[Pilatus]

I'm using one, it's still in its first season but we are getting on well with it at the moment. Yet to do any proper direct drilling with it though (apart from some work as a demo and small bits of trials).

We're glad we've bought it, all new drills are pricey - as was this one.

Pros, drills into ploughed land equally well as direct drilling, excellent trash clearance, even depth placement, a well thought out drill.

Cons, it's a big drill to move around (8m), we have the soil levellers behind each coulter that can be a tad annoying, especially when reversing into an uneven corner.

Overall I'd buy it again without hesitation, it suits us and I can't wait to get stuck into fully DDing with it

Early days for us but so far so good.

Which type of press wheels do you have behind each coulter? I help someone out who is using an 8mtr one for the second season, it has Guttler press wheels which they have modified to run as a V as they were not consilidating the soil as they were originally bought. As the owner is a contractor, they do a lot of road work with it and I have not heard that is unstable on the road, BUT the operator is a very sensible steady guy.

 

[dontknowanything]

We have a field of wheat done last year DD with a Dale next to one done min till with a CO8. Both looking good at the moment, we will see what happens at harvest.

 

[Fran Loake]

Which type of press wheels do you have behind each coulter? I help someone out who is using an 8mtr one for the second season, it has Guttler press wheels which they have modified to run as a V as they were not consilidating the soil as they were originally bought. As the owner is a contractor, they do a lot of road work with it and I have not heard that is unstable on the road, BUT the operator is a very sensible steady guy.

Just the standard Guttler wheels, running upright as normal and that way (for us on 5" rows) directly behind each coulter. Its quite big on the road, not for the faint hearted or narrow lanes but perfectly ok.

 

[Andy Howard]

Which type of press wheels do you have behind each coulter? I help someone out who is using an 8mtr one for the second season, it has Guttler press wheels which they have modified to run as a V as they were not consilidating the soil as they were originally bought. As the owner is a contractor, they do a lot of road work with it and I have not heard that is unstable on the road, BUT the operator is a very sensible steady guy.

that is interesting. It is my biggest problem with the Dale is that they have the guttler upright which is wrong. Even their new home made version is upright. Guttlers work best at an angle. Good to see someone has changed them on their own drill.

 

[Clive]

View from my office window just now

Will let you know how demo goes tomorrow

 

[SF1]

View attachment 2615

View from my office window just now

Will let you know how demo goes tomorrow

be quick Clive need my demo for the weekend (if it ever dries up)

 

[dontknowanything]

Is that the official dale demo drill Clive? They've got a new one if it is, the gutters have changed too

 

[Clive]

be quick Clive need my demo for the weekend (if it ever dries up)

dry here -should be done with it tomorrow all being well, man just fitting our GPS kit to the 724 to pull it today !

 

[Clive]

Is that the official dale demo drill Clive? They've got a new one if it is, the gutters have changed too

I think they have a couple, not sure though - this one will do seed and fert as I wanted to trial seedbed DAP

 

[SF1]

dry here -should be done with it tomorrow all being well, man just fitting our GPS kit to the 724 to pull it today !

 

[Jim Bullock]

SF1
If you are who I think you are...(Berrow?)...I would be very interested to hear how you get on with the Dale...because if it works for you, it could be the drill for us...We are still struggling to get on to some of land although it appears to be dry on the surface...2" down and you are still on cold wet mud!