Knocking Down Ploughings Before Drilling

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That looks like nice land and it's started to weather

 

[snarling bee]

We have been twice over with some 12m vaddy nz spring tines fb 7.2m rapide drill on well weathered clay. Not too may wheelings which would otherwise spoil the job.

 

[Foxcover]

We have been twice over with some 12m vaddy nz spring tines fb 7.2m rapide drill on well weathered clay. Not too may wheelings which would otherwise spoil the job.

Your Rapid is 7.2m? To get 36m tramlines in 5 runs?

 

[40 series]

No you want a 3m press for a 3m drill.
This is my outfit . Pic taken on some Sumo land after spuds, but I’ve just drilled spring barley in one pass on some stiffish ground and it’s made a nice enough job.
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Colinv6 the windows

 

[snarling bee]

Your Rapid is 7.2m? To get 36m tramlines in 5 runs?

Indeed.

8m with a few coulters taken off.

 

[Farmer mk1]

I made my own press from a farm force plough press. It’s a double ring row press and I put steering on it and it’s transformed combi drilling for us. Cost me about £700 to do it and worth every penny. It’s 2.5m so just inside the width and makes it easier to get in places for front swing.

 

[e3120]

I made my own press from a farm force plough press. It’s a double ring row press and I put steering on it and it’s transformed combi drilling for us. Cost me about £700 to do it and worth every penny. It’s 2.5m so just inside the width and makes it easier to get in places for front swing.

Tidy, but I reckon you could drop that press off, along with the PH tines, and still have nicely planted seed. We can't see the other end of the field, though.

 

[Farmer mk1]

@e3120 yeah I could of but this was a contract drilling job which I didn’t know the customer was going to power Harrow infront of me. Normally this press goes straight on ploughing and in nice soil it does a brilliant job and it’s like it’s been harrowed if it’s near dry. Main difference I’ve eeen is I can drill 2k faster and still make a better job and the wheelings are hardly noticeable as the soil is going under the tractor level instead of compacted and 6” taller when on ploughing with no press and flows through the Harrow evenly.