Direct drill suitable for hill farm

[t6 175]

Hi
Looking for a DD suitable for hill farm , for sowing cover crops , grass seeds etc . Moore or similar

 

[Nearly]

In the tradition of anything is a hammer if you swing it hard enough - a combi drill can be used as dd if tines are good enough.
I used combi to drill cover crop in barley stubble in Sept.
On a proper hill farm, with proper stones a set of discs and a 4m accord air drill would be entey level.
I bought a simba freeflow in summer and I like it but it's not keen on stones when not running the front tines.
I sold the 4m Moore with accord hopper it needed about 1t extra weight on. I feared for the disc bearings.

 

[t6 175]

We don’t come across second hand DDrills here in Wales very often , to be honest I don’t know a hell of a lot about them , my plan would be to drill a cover crop into sprayed off grass and also grass seed for patching up , there is a MF30 for sale locally which is an old drill but I don’t know if that one would direct drill .

 

[spin cycle]

We don’t come across second hand DDrills here in Wales very often , to be honest I don’t know a hell of a lot about them , my plan would be to drill a cover crop into sprayed off grass and also grass seed for patching up , there is a MF30 for sale locally which is an old drill but I don’t know if that one would direct drill .

i thought every father on Wales had a grant bought aitcheson

 

[t6 175]

I haven’t seen an aitchenson at all yet, I bet 2nd hand aitchenson would be a fair bit of money .

 

[cloneylogan]

In the tradition of anything is a hammer if you swing it hard enough - a combi drill can be used as dd if tines are good enough.
I used combi to drill cover crop in barley stubble in Sept.
On a proper hill farm, with proper stones a set of discs and a 4m accord air drill would be entey level.
I bought a simba freeflow in summer and I like it but it's not keen on stones when not running the front tines.
I sold the 4m Moore with accord hopper it needed about 1t extra weight on. I feared for the disc bearings.

Hi
Just wondering do you still have the Freeflow

 

[Nearly]

Hi
Just wondering do you still have the Freeflow

Yes, I like it so far if I can find enough spare legs.
Metcalfe points are great.

 

[cloneylogan]

Yes, I like it so far if I can find enough spare legs.
Metcalfe points are great.

Hi Nearly
We actually bought one but all hydraulic pipes and sensors are disconnected I think previous owner was using gps to steer and tramline. If I could call you it would be the solution to all our problems
Regards
Tony

 

[YELROM]

Hi Nearly
We actually bought one but all hydraulic pipes and sensors are disconnected I think previous owner was using gps to steer and tramline. If I could call you it would be the solution to all our problems
Regards
Tony

@alomy75 has a freeflow as well l think

 

[Nearly]

Hi Nearly
We actually bought one but all hydraulic pipes and sensors are disconnected I think previous owner was using gps to steer and tramline. If I could call you it would be the solution to all our problems
Regards
Tony

Just trying to think if I have a copy of manual on pc....

 

[alomy75]

@alomy75 has a freeflow as well l think

I do @cloneylogan I could get a pic of the manual if it would help but crikey if they’ve literally removed everything it will be a nightmare to re-pipe 🫣 it’s like spaghetti junction under the footboards. Is it a 4m? They must have left some pipes in for folding, lifting etc?

 

[Bury the Trash]

a Freeflow on a hill farm

 

[Two Tone]

a Freeflow on a hill farm

I dare say it can be done, but with difficulty.
The problem being side slippage of the drill on hills, that will make it end up moving too much soil, akin to the ‘Claydon” effect.
It would possibly help if you could use a mounted Freeflow, rather than a trailed version, if such a thing exists.

However, I’d bet that somebody with @Nearly ’s ability would happily make it work.
Which is mostly where you will see any DD’ing work well, because the person doing it ‘wants’ to make it work!

 

[alomy75]

I dare say it can be done, but with difficulty.
The problem being side slippage of the drill on hills, that will make it end up moving too much soil, akin to the ‘Claydon” effect.
It would possibly help if you could use a mounted Freeflow, rather than a trailed version, if such a thing exists.

However, I’d bet that somebody with @Nearly ’s ability would happily make it work.
Which is mostly where you will see any DD’ing work well, because the person doing it ‘wants’ to make it work!

Mounted freeflow = miniflow (with differences)

 

[cloneylogan]

I do @cloneylogan I could get a pic of the manual if it would help but crikey if they’ve literally removed everything it will be a nightmare to re-pipe 🫣 it’s like spaghetti junction under the footboards. Is it a 4m? They must have left some pipes in for folding, lifting etc?

Hi
It’s just the marker pipes and pipes from tramlines and premergence markers he sent in a box all other pies on
Thanks
Tony

 

[cloneylogan]

Just trying to think if I have a copy of manual on pc....

Thanks for help
Are you looking for freeflow original tines fellow over here has set for a 6 m that was converted to dale
Regards
Tony

 

[Derrick Hughes]

i thought every father on Wales had a grant bought aitcheson

90% are Erth here ,
But aitcheson may be better for a farmer if its not a stony farm

 

[rusty]

Upland dairy here with some wholecrop wheat. Bought a 4m Moore about 8 years ago off a TFF member. Probably worth more now than what I paid for it. Use it to DD grass to grass reseeds. Also use it for drilling the wheat but does not like fluffy or trashy seedbeds. Works OK on min tilled wheat stubble for drilling second wheats. Going straight in on min tilled second wheat stubble for a grass reseed can give a lot of hair pinning problems.
Handles stones in grass fields quite well if you take it steady.

 

[cousinjack]

Don’t know what your budget is, but these are good drills :

Pre Owned - Weaving Machinery

Pre Owned

www.weavingmachinery.net