Been away with base uk and the general consensus is that most crops are absolutely fine to no till apart from spring barley which can be difficult at timesI agree. I've had better establishment on heavier soils where I disced the top inch for a weathered tilth to put the seed into unless it dried out. More soil disturbance = more mineralised soil N which a bonus unless you're rabid about protecting your earthworms.
What would you say the other differences are in terms of grip and ground pressure?
I don't miss signing off massive bills for new tracks, rollers, bearings and transmissions on the Quadtrac I used to manage!
it does 1000-1200 hours doing its job, it's there if we need it for others. 17.5t with the weights off. big difference with headlands and late drilling compared to the compacted headland the quad gave us. I change because I couldn't affords to run a Quad, backup from the manufacture was average. I could just see us chucking money at it. Plus our farming practice has changed, so less need for the extreme big heavy expensive dinosaur. Was told the other day a 9RX is over £350k!? to pay.The Xerion is a similarly hefty machine to other 'big-bone' tractors, do you park yours for the winter or try to use it for everything?
Has anyone replaced a Quadtrac with a 1050? If so are you pleased with your decision, does it get the power down well enough?
BB
Wide rows can be a problem if the crop brackles or falls over, heads hang down in the gaps below the knife
At least your operator cursed. Some round here would just push on, not giving a monkey's.We had a bad brackling year about 2 years ago. Around here everyone's spring barley brackled. Combine header losses were no worse on wider rows than narrower ones. It looked awful at the time & made the combine driver curse! I reckon we lost 1 t/ha in the worst patches from head counts on the ground .
I used to grow a lot of spring wheat and would always find the crops grown with a combi at 10cm(4”) spacing was always thicker and yielded far more than the crop grown with the other combi which was on 12.5cm (5”) rows, quite often the headlands were drilled with the 5” rows and it was a clear difference in yield, other times we’d sow off either hedge and meet in the middle and the difference was big enough to notice all year!I think there was work done by the college back in the eighties on the advantage of going from 7” to 5.5” on spring barley. You all are mad thinking 10” is going to work consistently
@Tom H I think you're prices are a bit out! A 9470RX is about £70K under that and a 9620RX is about £20K under, both with decent specs.it does 1000-1200 hours doing its job, it's there if we need it for others. 17.5t with the weights off. big difference with headlands and late drilling compared to the compacted headland the quad gave us. I change because I couldn't affords to run a Quad, backup from the manufacture was average. I could just see us chucking money at it. Plus our farming practice has changed, so less need for the extreme big heavy expensive dinosaur. Was told the other day a 9RX is over £350k!? to pay.
Still unjustifiable on a combineable s farm@Tom H I think you're prices are a bit out! A 9470RX is about £70K under that and a 9620RX is about £20K under, both with decent specs.
@Tom H I think you're prices are a bit out! A 9470RX is about £70K under that and a 9620RX is about £20K under, both with decent specs.
How do they justify these prices? Unreal.£315 k for an ex demo machine with about 250 hrs, quoted this in November. It’s massive money.
Only answer is that someone still buys them.How do they justify these prices? Unreal.
How do they justify these prices? Unreal.
Only answer is that someone still buys them.
It’s still for sale!
That is some serious steel. Too bad cotton doesn't (probably) grow here, i'd love to have one.This thing is about $1.3 million
But it has earned its value in one season of contracting
Doesn't seem that dear given its potential to earn money
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Haha - I don't know your location, but I doubt itThat is some serious steel. Too bad cotton doesn't (probably) grow here, i'd love to have one.