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<blockquote data-quote="neilo" data-source="post: 8219292" data-attributes="member: 348"><p>My first Simtech drill had small points on the bottom of the tines, which had a habit of snapping if you hit a stone. I always kept a bucket of half worn points handy so I could replace a broken one with another that matched the rest of the set.</p><p></p><p>The current model has much improved (& bigger) points on, and I haven't broken one in it's 5 years. They also have more Tungsten on, so wear much more slowly than the old ones. I'm told they've gone up in price recently, and are about £43 each to replace now (£860 a set). At the current wearing rate that will still work out at substantially less than £1 an acre in wearing parts, which is about what the old one cost. </p><p></p><p>I never managed to break a tine on the old one, or on the new one (which has bigger tines), despite hitting some big stones a couple of times.</p><p></p><p>It's a cheap, simple drill to run, just not to buy these days.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neilo, post: 8219292, member: 348"] My first Simtech drill had small points on the bottom of the tines, which had a habit of snapping if you hit a stone. I always kept a bucket of half worn points handy so I could replace a broken one with another that matched the rest of the set. The current model has much improved (& bigger) points on, and I haven't broken one in it's 5 years. They also have more Tungsten on, so wear much more slowly than the old ones. I'm told they've gone up in price recently, and are about £43 each to replace now (£860 a set). At the current wearing rate that will still work out at substantially less than £1 an acre in wearing parts, which is about what the old one cost. I never managed to break a tine on the old one, or on the new one (which has bigger tines), despite hitting some big stones a couple of times. It's a cheap, simple drill to run, just not to buy these days. [/QUOTE]
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