Direct drill longevity

[Ruston3w]

So your saying the only down fall is wearing parts?

Yes, by the pallet.

 

[jack6480]

Yes, by the pallet.

How much for a set of discs for a 3m

 

[clbarclay]

How much for a set of discs for a 3m

GD discs with bearings are £60.65 for the bigger one and £48.25 for the smaller. That is nearly 2 grand to replace them all on a 3m.

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I'm planning on only buying just new larger discs for mine and swapping the little discs with the worn big discs once they get down to the size of a new little disc.


Pretty much any disc drills is going to be more expensive per ha in wearing parts though than a basic tine drill, but that is only one difference between any two drills. Having said that, my tine drill has quite an appetite for 25mm pigtail tines, which isn't cheap.

 

[Ruston3w]

GD discs with bearings are £60.65 for the bigger one and £48.25 for the smaller. That is nearly 2 grand to replace them all on a 3m.

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I'm planning on only buying just new larger discs for mine and swapping the little discs with the worn big discs once they get down to the size of a new little disc.


Pretty much any disc drills is going to be more expensive per ha in wearing parts though than a basic tine drill, but that is only one difference between any two drills. Having said that, my tine drill has quite an appetite for 25mm pigtail tines, which isn't cheap.

Thanks, saved me looking it up! We had to do all pivots on parallel linkage, disc arm and the wheel carrier as well. Half the linkage pivot bolts were seized in the plastic bushes and the bush was turning in the arm.....only way to get these bolts out was to cut them either side of the arm and press them out. The bolts we put back in were long enough to have shank not threads where they pivot which should help but they have worn the frames a little so still paired rows with new bits on. Bolts and bushes cheap enough but fiddly and time consuming.......any of you guys with wide drills don't leave 'em too long .

 

[clbarclay]

There are fine details such as "bolts being used as pivots with nothing to prevent the rotating against the unbushed parts" on many machines which I dislike. No shortage of machinery with poor flag pin designs either.

It's not always possible though to get a machine that works in a particular way with the design/build quality of another brand.

Good call on those pivots though. I have relatively wide GD, so will check those this winter.

 

[Ruston3w]

Now feeling bad as I didn't mean to rubbish their product,. I think earlier drills had bushes in the coulter arms with a bigger radius which have a tendency to work against the side plates, get loose, then wear against plates and allow the bush on the bolts. I doubt anyone one of us has time to check the bolts are kept tight to stop this happening, but that would help.
I bought their demonstrator as I fancied keeping our Simtech as well so probably you old boys have run it over a few acres before I had it. It still is much the better drill for tucking seed into heavier land where we have blackgrass, though late drilling with a disc drill is obviously a problem in itself.
The difference is if you put new points on the simtech , and set the discs where you want them then it drills like a new drill, no compromise as with part worn gd discs.
Richard.

 

[jack6480]

Now feeling bad as I didn't mean to rubbish their product,. I think earlier drills had bushes in the coulter arms with a bigger radius which have a tendency to work against the side plates, get loose, then wear against plates and allow the bush on the bolts. I doubt anyone one of us has time to check the bolts are kept tight to stop this happening, but that would help.
I bought their demonstrator as I fancied keeping our Simtech as well so probably you old boys have run it over a few acres before I had it. It still is much the better drill for tucking seed into heavier land where we have blackgrass, though late drilling with a disc drill is obviously a problem in itself.
The difference is if you put new points on the simtech , and set the discs where you want them then it drills like a new drill, no compromise as with part worn gd discs.
Richard.

It only works out a few £ an acre, and there really easy to change. I think your being fussy