Direct tine drill build

[Fish]

I bet, when you were building that drill, you were think, is this a good idea, is this gonna work ?

 

[Wombat]

I bet, when you were building that drill, you were think, is this a good idea, is this gonna work ?

Very much so I was racking up invoices and still hadn’t thought how it was going to go together or some parts of it so it’s nice to see it work and be so simple in the end and have my aim of better spring crops as a start.

I am learning all the time, I went to early with some spring barley in some heavy stuff this year even though it went in nice as it was that needs to be in mentality, it ended up a bit of a sluggy, Bg mess. So as it was home saved seed I decided to roundup it off an redrill and it looks much better so that was a learning exercise. Even though it was dry when I decided to redrill you have the confidence the drill will get you a crop started whereas I might have left it before for fear of having nothing.

hopefully the aim of this thread will be someone else having a go as in the end the budget hasn’t been massive to get where I am

 

[KennyO]

I really like your drill and what you are doing @Wombat . I would love to try something like it however we have quite a high stone content in our soils which makes me think a disc drill may be better.

 

[Drillman]

I really like your drill and what you are doing @Wombat . I would love to try something like it however we have quite a high stone content in our soils which makes me think a disc drill may be better.

I don’t get the love of disc drill on Stoney ground, all the disc does wen it hits a stone is ride out, A tine will shove the stone out of the way.

 

[sjt01]

I don’t get the love of disc drill on Stoney ground, all the disc does wen it hits a stone is ride out, A tine will shove the stone out of the way.

On our flinty land, disc wear is also a problem, so we changed from a GD to a Sabre tine converted cultivator (thanks to @Bob lincs ). That enabled us to get our beans in deep enough, and clears trash well (the initial reason we went for disc). The only downside for the first few years is collecting the big flints it pulls onto the surface.

 

[KennyO]

I don’t get the love of disc drill on Stoney ground, all the disc does wen it hits a stone is ride out, A tine will shove the stone out of the way.

Because a tine drags them to the surface and you have to pick the buggers up.

I have not tried a tine drill so I could be wrong but that is what we found in the past when we worked ploughing with springtines.

 

[Drillman]

Because a tine drags them to the surface and you have to pick the buggers up.

I have not tried a tine drill so I could be wrong but that is what we found in the past when we worked ploughing with springtines.

Yes I understand that as we farm what amounts to a chalk and flint quarry with a thin layer of soil on top.

im thinking more from a point of view of putting seed in a slot to an even depth in a direct drill scenario (of which I admit I have no experience) rather than working loose ploughed ground.

 

[Wombat]

the spring barley into the sprayed off stubble turnips has gone a little nuts to be honest

 

[Farmer Roy]

I did this about 20 yrs ago, as a temporary solution while waiting for a new zero till planter to be built / delivered.
Now that I’ve gone completely to disc opener machines, I still drag it out occasionally when I feel it’s better suited to conditions.
1981 built John Shearer Trashworker ( the tillage tool EVERYONE had here back in the day when we were still digging the ground up. Primary tillage with 2” chisel points, then secondary tillage / weed kill with 14” sweeps ), with Keech adapters, spear points & seed boots - becomes a pretty cheap zero till planter. Biggest limitations are lack of trash clearance & precise, individual row depth control. Still does a good job though if conditions aren’t too challenging

 

[Wombat]

This gleam looks a bit scruffy as there is some spring wheat come in it hence the different heights, no issue as it all goes in the feed heap

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Well this field did 9.3t/ha

 

[Wombat]

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[Humble Village Farmer]

Can you remind us of the total cost and how wide please?

Thanks for taking the trouble to post and answer all the questions. Apologies if you have already answered this.

 

[Wombat]

Can you remind us of the total cost and how wide please?

Thanks for taking the trouble to post and answer all the questions. Apologies if you have already answered this.

3m and about 7k total excluding my assembly time.
Haven’t really made any mods since it was initially built just a bit of pimping

 

[carbonfibre farmer]

@DrWazzock . This thread for home built tine drill. As you were talking about a while ago.

 

[Jsmith2211]

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I assume you sprayed it off before drilling? Im quite interested in doing this myself with front hopper and either tines or discs. We've quite heavy land with lots of flints, and also some sandy soil so not sure which to go with. Weaving do sell both tines and discs...

 

[Wombat]

I assume you sprayed it off before drilling? Im quite interested in doing this myself with front hopper and either tines or discs. We've quite heavy land with lots of flints, and also some sandy soil so not sure which to go with. Weaving do sell both tines and discs...

Yes sprayed it off about 2 weeks before to just reduce the biomass a bit for the drill to go through.
Doing the same again on this field but will see how much biomass there is this spring as this years covers are a bit bigger. Cows might get to eat if off if we have a nice dry winter. This is quite a light field so it’s a bit more flexible

 

[Andy004]

sorry if I missed this, but what hp tractor do you have on this?

 

[Wombat]

sorry if I missed this, but what hp tractor do you have on this?

110hp

 

[Bury the Trash]

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the spring barley into the sprayed off stubble turnips has gone a little nuts to be honest

Was the SB drilled in nice and dry conditions and about the beginning of April??
and does the Sabre tine come with a point on it or is that extra and is the point the same width as the leg itself

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

So i decided to have a go, I liked a few tine designs but found Weavings brilliant so the whole build was based around their sabre tine. My orgional plan was to go 4m but thought i would need to have 2x2m frames on a pivot and to be honest that was a bridge to far this year.

I decided to go front hopper, rear toolbar as atm we only have 115hp tractor and wasn't sure we could lift a fully mounted sabre tine rear drill.

What are your thoughts now on the idea of building a folding one? Have you considered adding some wings?

How did you work out the tine configuration, especially with regard to the wheels?