Drill and Price Comparisons

DRC

Member
The SMS Smart fits into the latest grant scheme as well after going through it with them. 3m wide direct disc drill with 200-800 litre hopper and various rear roller options. Pricing in same sort of ball park as the others in this band depending on options.
direct drilling into ploughed land by the looks of it 😂
 

neilo

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Montgomeryshire
Would my 100hp 6320 cope with a simtech?

T-Sem 300 (box drill) is on a JD6920 with 500 kg on the front. It's plenty heavy enough on that IMO, particularly when the seed box is full. It doesn't need much to pull it, just need to be boss of the weight.

The grass farmer is a lot lighter.
 

willyorkshire

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
East Yorkshire

Direct drill for precision drilling of arable and cover crops, using either tines or discs to produce the seeding slot. To be eligible the drill must have a minimum drilling width of 2.9 m, must have no cultivation or seed bed preparation equipment in front of the seeding slot mechanism and the seed must be placed in the seeding slot. The drill must be able to drill through a fully established growing cover crop of at least 15 cm in height. Purchase must include seed hoppers. The drill must be able to drill the full range of arable and cover crops including cereals. The following are not eligible: Cultivators with over-seeders or broadcasters, minimum till drills, strip till drills, grassland over-seeders, and grassland broadcasters.


It seems crazy that a Claydon wouldn't be eligible
Agreed. I can't see why strip till not included if you allowed a 'tine to make a seed slot'? You either can use a tine or you can't. I must be missing something in drill types? They're years ahead of us in the states with strip till accepted technology. Admittedly, they're mostly growing maize and soya.
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
Poverty spec sim tec or Moore 3m is about 25k before you start ticking any option boxes. That’s before any grant is taken into account.

I’ve had prices of both in last couple of days
Did you get a price for the 4m Simtech? I daren't ask them for a price again I'm sure they think, and I probably am, a tyre kicker.
 

Drillman

Member
Mixed Farmer
Did you get a price for the 4m Simtech? I daren't ask them for a price again I'm sure they think, and I probably am, a tyre kicker.
37k ballpark before you take any grant aid into account

i was looking at one brand of drill, cant remember which, and worked out that with the grant you were as well off buying a 6m as a 4m version. Only issue is our tractors wouldn’t pull the 6m version.
 
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Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
37k ballpark
Scary, not sure whether I dare invest 25k to change from a tried and tested system, 2nd year I've had the same dilemma, last year I had just bought my, new to me Vaddy, which I am more than happy with. I know my son isn't keen to change but I would love a go. Maybe the 3m box version and keep the Vaddy?
I'm at that money burning a hole in my pocket time of year, the shopping list is so long and the budget so small :(
 

Drillman

Member
Mixed Farmer
Scary, not sure whether I dare invest 25k to change from a tried and tested system, 2nd year I've had the same dilemma, last year I had just bought my, new to me Vaddy, which I am more than happy with. I know my son isn't keen to change but I would love a go. Maybe the 3m box version and keep the Vaddy?
I'm at that money burning a hole in my pocket time of year, the shopping list is so long and the budget so small :(
Budget wise We’re like that every year,

trouble I have is we’re on 4m combi now and don’t really want to go back to 3m

And I know if I could find one (which currently I can’t) a Horsch CO4 could be bought and modified for no more than a poverty spec, shiny paint, grant aided 3m box drill Would cost me.
 

Renaultman

Member
Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
Budget wise We’re like that every year,

trouble I have is we’re on 4m combi now and don’t really want to go back to 3m
Exactly the same here, went from a 3m to a 4m Vaddy last year and also run a 4m combi as spare. The 3m box drill would probably be more than adequate for me as the 3m Vaddy was just a 3m box drill too. The other thing I keep thinking, especially with diesel prices, is how cheap the box drill was to run. In Comparison with the air drill. Granted we have saved a cultivator pass so the extra cost is more than compensated but that wouldn't be the case with DD.
Saw the Simtech at Groundswell like something lost, in comparison to all the huge super drills, but it was doing as good a job, or looked to be.
 

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quote: “Red Tractor has confirmed it is dropping plans to launch its green farming assurance standard in April“

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