Horsch CO4 in wet conditions?

[Rabbit Wolverine]

Getting concerned about the wet conditions and considering buying a 2nd drill to increase capacity, we already run a strip til drill so ground is used to DD.
I've no idea how these drills run in sticky clay

 

[Barleymow]

good for panning down headlands with the tyres I would imagine

 

[solo]

The base plate on the duet coulter will smear the soil on saturated clay but this is a bigger issue on the sprinter drills with the stronger springs. They are good drills for putting the seed in the ground but the rear tyre packer will pan the headland so drill that last if wet. Car tyre rear packer is worst for panning as well as punctures. The drill does not need a perfect seedbed to work and it will cope with large amounts of trash. CO4 would need about 120 hp minimum on clay. If soil is very wet you don’t have to put 2t in the hopper.

 

[Rabbit Wolverine]

The one I'm looking at has tractor tread rear wheels and has been converted to Metcalf tines

 

[solo]

That should be good for beans and wheat assuming the beans will flow through the coulters. Won’t require too much hp to pull either. Wider row spacing would be a concern with barley. If using on cultivated soil with blackgrass, then you will find that the blackgrass will thrive between the rows.

 

[Against_the_grain]

I sold my Co4 and brought a Dale eco drill for heavy BG land and late drilling....

 

[Clive]

I’m thinking my front hopper option conversion for our ULD CO6 maybe have been an inspired move if this weather keeps up !

 

[Brisel]

What coulters do you have on your CO6, Clive? Have you used it much so far this year?

 

[SpottedFlycatcher]

The one I'm looking at has tractor tread rear wheels and has been converted to Metcalf tines

Did you end up buying this drill? Looking at one similar at the moment, wondering about horsepower requirements

 

[Fish]

Tend to pull our co4 with a 516, it just plays with it.
Drilling beans at 100mm running a 1450 rpm, this is did into unworked ground.

 

[SpottedFlycatcher]

Tend to pull our co4 with a 516, it just plays with it.
Drilling beans at 100mm running a 1450 rpm, this is did into unworked ground.

Excuse the ignorance, but what's the hp of a 516? Is that a Fendt?

 

[HarryB97]

Excuse the ignorance, but what's the hp of a 516? Is that a Fendt?

160hp 4 cylinder Fendt