- Location
- East yorks
166.66mm, 18 tines in a 3m
Direct tine drill build
- Thread starter Wombat
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166.66mm, 18 tines in a 3m
sticky
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- Location
- Near Stratford upon Avon
I've been waiting for this, as you've got me thinking of a drill pimp with weaving's being just down the road from me.
- Location
- East yorks
I would give it a go, I think if this works well and based on what I have seen so far i cannot see why it won't then i think my next step in a yr or 2 would be to see what price a 3m GD toolbar would be
- Location
- East yorks
£145 complete, and that was the tine, mountings, rubbers, all the bolts, jubilee clips and the air bleeds, seed tube and clip. Everything needed to go on the end of 32mm hose
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The ones I got have a linch pin instead of the bolts for seed depth
- Location
- East yorks
Yeah I did try going proper off piste with it and this seemed to go through it fairly well, i wasn;t confident enough to go to a wider spacing as a first go. This is only an inch or so wider than we drill now
YELROM
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Why have you left a bigger gap in the frame between the second and third row of tines?View attachment 916917
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So the first 3 are some setting out then tacking of the main box into the laser profiles and the end plates. The laser profile plates are 15mm and I wanted them to form the basis of the toolbar so all the load went through them to the link arms, they also made assembly much easiers as i just slotted everything in and then levelled up in all directions before tacking. With a little bit of tinkering they also made the hangers for the following harrow frame.
Edit yes it is on the worst bit of floor I own but waiting for the electrician to couple up one of the new buildings with power
- Location
- East yorks
Fit the depth wheels in, goes 50cm, 80cm 50cm
alomy75
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That looks an awesome job 
one thing I would say is to tighten the weaving clamps as tight as you can around the box; I initially just did them ‘tight’ but the toblerone rubbers deform and the tine is no longer vertical. Luckily it was only 2 or 3 so then I loosened them; re-assembled with about ten people’s hands helping and tightened them ‘FT’ with rattle gun on max. Literally so both pieces of clamp touch. Initially I liked the triangular rubbers but I think the more conventional cylindrical ones would fare better imo and return to their resting position more readily when pulled back.
one thing I would say is to tighten the weaving clamps as tight as you can around the box; I initially just did them ‘tight’ but the toblerone rubbers deform and the tine is no longer vertical. Luckily it was only 2 or 3 so then I loosened them; re-assembled with about ten people’s hands helping and tightened them ‘FT’ with rattle gun on max. Literally so both pieces of clamp touch. Initially I liked the triangular rubbers but I think the more conventional cylindrical ones would fare better imo and return to their resting position more readily when pulled back.- Location
- East yorks
Thanks, yeah I have noticed the front couple of rows have rotated a bit so will adjust wasn’t sure how tight to go with them so left them a bit of room but will do tighter
You'll find that as long as you leave the trash attached to the ground you'll go through some serious amounts with no issues.
Something that might help you would possibly be a 3m press/packer/under the front hopper, it'll roll everything down the way you're travelling.
I was also looking at putting a 3m guttler on my KV, but in the end I went gd and only have the KV for super wet conditions. Not sure when they'll happen though as the gd has coped easily this year, including drilling within 24hrs of an inch of rain falling , that was beans going in.
Something that might help you would possibly be a 3m press/packer/under the front hopper, it'll roll everything down the way you're travelling.
I was also looking at putting a 3m guttler on my KV, but in the end I went gd and only have the KV for super wet conditions. Not sure when they'll happen though as the gd has coped easily this year, including drilling within 24hrs of an inch of rain falling , that was beans going in.
- Location
- East yorks
Yeah i was thinking that, i did wonder if i could make/find some discs to go under the front hopper that matched the tine spacing so as long as you weren't on a real bend they would cut for the tines
That'd benefit if the trash is laid against the direction of travel, you'll find though the only time you'll have issues is doing anywhere that's double drilled, ie headland crossovers.
- Location
- Dorset/Wilts
Looks an excellent job. Should be well proud.
How much do you reckon it all cost? Within budget?
How much do you reckon it all cost? Within budget?
- Location
- East yorks
So the hopper was £1600, it then had needed a rubber flap that had started to perish and a set of drive gears for 3m (came with some custom ones and 4m) so about £1750 all in. I plan to add an oil cooler onto it in the return line just to help my tractor out as its a gear pump only so that will bring it close to the 2.5k
The drill adding up all the tines, steel, laser cutting, distribution head, hoses, following harrow tines, brackets, new tires, bearings and all the sundries like bolts and clamps etc looks like about £4.5k to 5k,
So i think if you said 7k total for just the parts that wouldn't be far off for how it will end up. Obviously i haven't added my time into this.
For what i wanted to achieve i am pretty happy with that. The front hopper will always have a value so at worst if i wanted to change i just have the rear tool bar cost and i think that looks as though it will do everything i want to for the time being.
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Looks impressive and most importantly simple!
what size box section do the tine units bolt to? I’ve an old implement in the nettles that might become a winter project if suitable!
- Location
- East yorks
80x80x8mm it’s weighty stuff, my original plan was to convert an old parmiter cultivator but it was easier to build from scratch