Dummy’s guide to using old Moore’s drill

[Will 1594]

Got an old Moore’s
Box drill
Any advice on settings etc no book or owt
So help on calibration
Is it better on a drawbar on arms so can tweak depth better.

 

[Kevtherev]

@hally

 

[hally]

I think a lot of manuals on Moore website

 

[Nearly]

I bought a copy off ebay. I'll scan it and send it.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Can you calibrate it manually? measure the land wheel circumference, calculate how many revolutions for a hectare (10,000 sq m) , see how many turns the seed shaft does to one revolution then use handle to turn shaft one tenth or one twentieth of the revolutions for a hectare and weight the seeds. Eg for 20kg should be 200 grams if going by one tenths.

 

[yellowbelly]

Got an old Moore’s
Box drill
Any advice on settings etc no book or owt
So help on calibration
Is it better on a drawbar on arms so can tweak depth better.

Drawbar on arms is an idea but be careful, a little bit will make a lot of difference.
On light land, roll it well before hand - they like a solid surface to drill into.
Might still have a handbook - will have a look on Friday.

 

[sticky]

100 turns of the star wheel is a tenth of an acre.
It would be a lot better on the arms as modern tractors are to tall on the drawbar and pitch it too much.

 

[deere 6600]

I’ve got an old Moore the numbers on the lever for the rate are pretty near to kilos per acre on mine anyway good firm for spares as well I altered drawbar for my bigger tractor 6630 coz It wasn’t sitting level enough getting the depth right is important

 

[Farmersboy]

As above, handbooks are available on Moores website for all models. I gave up trying to calibrate the long box. Fitted an Accord hopper on instead. More accurate, bigger capacity. Next stop variable rate seeding.

 

[Mur Huwcun]

Aren’t all seed drills which have a land/metering wheel variable rate anyhow!!!