Folding 4 meter combi recommendations

[Alistair Nelson]

Very smart, but I don't see the advantage. No full width press. Time issue seed getting to rear. Hassle hitching and unhitching. Reliant on one tractor. Restricts visibility. Needs to be well heavy to balance rear when empty, which makes it way too heavy full.

They make sense for grain & fert but for that job I'd prefer liquid, even though we blow dry fert for spuds.

Maybe I'm just an odd bugger!

Phil P I'm with you like I was trying to say badly before ltaking time upfront getting set with brackets etc and it isn't a problem

Yes I'm with you also Andrew Yes you are an Odd Bugger!! Sorry couldn't resist

 

[Shropshire Farmer]

I think the front hopper setup is without a doubt more balanced. You see very few trailed combi drills about. What would be closest thing to trailed combi without a power harrow ?

 

[Goffer]

Said 12 -15 years ago when pronto 's first appeared just needs a pH bed instead of the front discs . still waiting for a 4m version . It would clean up alot of sales overnight.

 

[Chae1]

With these heavy trailed drills, what happens when you hit a wet spot?

With a PH combi at least you can lift it out of ground and drive out. Have seen me drill entire fields this time of year carrying drill to get forward when it's wet.

With a trailed drill you have a heavy dead weight clogged up with mud to drag out.

Or do you just pull the pin and come back when it's drier or get a digger to drag it out.

 

[Goffer]

Personally I never carry on arms its all on the floor , if the packer won't roll and it's that wet to cloug coulters we'll I think you should know what to do

 

[Spud]

Phil P I'm with you like I was trying to say badly before ltaking time upfront getting set with brackets etc and it isn't a problem

Yes I'm with you also Andrew Yes you are an Odd Bugger!! Sorry couldn't resist

How many times in an average year do you take your front hopper off Alistair?

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Generally it stays on except in the spring for rolling etc as Birds Eye drill the peas although it goes on again for some contract game cover. But complexly off except the pipe 10 minutes on 15 minutes as getting levels with the top links takes abit of buggering about although standing both halves on stands helps with that.

We swop back halves a couple of times through the season and 1 man can do that easily in 10 minutes as they are parked next to each other in the shed.

the front we had off the other week to work on the tractor 5 minutes off and 5 on onto stands in the corner of the shed directly opposite the back half.

the biggest job is the dual wheels!!! But they live on the tractor we treat the tractor like a poor man’s crawler!

 

[Spud]

I really must come and have a look one day.

We're drilling beans with the orange drill this week if you're about?
Happy to show you a few crops (and metal!) in winter if that suits better

 

[quattro]

With these heavy trailed drills, what happens when you hit a wet spot?

With a PH combi at least you can lift it out of ground and drive out. Have seen me drill entire fields this time of year carrying drill to get forward when it's wet.

With a trailed drill you have a heavy dead weight clogged up with mud to drag out.

Or do you just pull the pin and come back when it's drier or get a digger to drag it out.

You can’t back up with a trailed drill if your in a wet hole
it leaves a big mess if can drag it through and worst case 2tractors and or slew digger seen plenty pulled out with slews
nearly all trailed disappeared round here or they have one of each

 

[Drillman]

We're drilling beans with the orange drill this week if you're about?
Happy to show you a few crops (and metal!) in winter if that suits better

Mite have to be winter as hoping to get going drilling again here in next day or so and sorting sheds for cattle to come in as well

 

[Speedstar]

are there many Kuhn folded up drills like this about ?

 

[quattro]

View attachment 1070626are there many Kuhn folded up drills like this about ?

Didn’t know they made them lots of folding drills up her but never seen a kuhn

 

[KB6930]

Didn’t know they made them lots of folding drills up her but never seen a kuhn

Only ever seen them in Europe on YouTube they only seem to do front hoppers here now

 

[snipe]

Don’t thinks I’d want one with the fan screaming away all day right behind the back window.

 

[davidroberts30]

View attachment 1070626are there many Kuhn folded up drills like this about ?

@jg123 be the boyo

 

[Alistair Nelson]

View attachment 1070626are there many Kuhn folded up drills like this about ?

Only the second one I've seen, other was a European Import 5m in Olivier Boccassio's yard

 

[Shropshire Farmer]

Corfield’s have had that for ages. Very heavy setup. The Lemken rear setup his heavy but that Kuhn will need some serious weight up front to balance it.

 

[ollie989898]

So, in a TFF first (ever I think), we are agreed that powerharrow-combi drills are best setup with the hopper on the front with some press wheels under it. Excellent, who says no one ever agrees with anyone else on TFF?

 

[Alistair Nelson]

So, in a TFF first (ever I think), we are agreed that powerharrow-combi drills are best setup with the hopper on the front with some press wheels under it. Excellent, who says no one ever agrees with anyone else on TFF?

Anything you would like to add Spud? 🫣

 

[Drillman]

So, in a TFF first (ever I think), we are agreed that powerharrow-combi drills are best setup with the hopper on the front with some press wheels under it. Excellent, who says no one ever agrees with anyone else on TFF?

Whoa there son, hang on

We haven’t agreed on discs or tines yet. And should it fold or not?