Lemkin air drill

[holly smoke]

I have seen a lemkin solitar air drill for sale locally 2006 with new tines on the power harrow looks in good nick £9000 What are they like? It would be used behind the plough and mini till on varied soil

 

[Will Blackburn]

Sounds expensive for something so old?

 

[Dan Attle]

What land are you on if it’s heavy walk away useless in wet clay

 

[Dalers]

Had 2, brilliant drills in my experience crop always comes up very even etc

 

[holly smoke]

What land are you on if it’s heavy walk away useless in wet clay

It varies from light almost sand through to clay

 

[holly smoke]

Just looked again at it and it’s got new discs as well as power harrow tines

 

[holly smoke]

Had 2, brilliant drills in my experience crop always comes up very even etc

Yes neighbors have the box drill version and it’s transformed there system all crops come through even

 

[KB6930]

Biggest problem with lemken disc drill in heavy wet land is there's too much overlap on the discs as the front one's pick it up and jam the rear ones better if it's a 6 inch spacing but not good on 4 inch

Also power harrow tines are pretty expensive compared to some othert

 

[henry]

Great drills, very even establishment. But as above p Harrow times are dear.

 

[ian828]

 

[KB6930]

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Looks familiar the Kuhn does it sometimes as well but usually you really shouldn't be in the field!!
It's not as bad as it's a longer stagger between the two sets of discs

 

[ian828]

Looks familiar the Kuhn does it sometimes as well but usually you really shouldn't be in the field!!
It's not as bad as it's a longer stagger between the two sets of discs

Friend of mine got a kuhn and says it’s good, I’ve now gone to alpego, that’s fantastic for non blocking for trash,mud, and lumps, I’ve drilled just over 2300 acres with it and I’ve not blocked once, and I’ve drilled some Horrid stuff

 

[lloyd]

Friend of mine got a kuhn and says it’s good, I’ve now gone to alpego, that’s fantastic for non blocking for trash,mud, and lumps, I’ve drilled just over 2300 acres with it and I’ve not blocked once, and I’ve drilled some Horrid stuff

Hi did you not like the sulky combi you had before?

 

[ian828]

Hi did you not like the sulky combi you had before?

Yes I did, only reason the drill got changed is we wanted to go to 4 meter folding,to get more output, sulky was to big and heavy and a lot of money more, found what I think is the next best thing....alpego! And it’s has Not let us down, good even seed depth, dairy farmers like it for grass seed coz it’s 12.5cm spacing, being a contractor sometimes your asked to do things that you might not want to do or if it’s a wet fields you might not get another change to drill it, it’s not let’s us down on that, the sulky would get mud stuck in the discs and stop them from going round or get a bung up in the stagger of the discs, but with the alpego I’ve not had on blocked colter, no bungs ups, mud didn’t stick to the disc so much, if it doses it just seams to fall off! Very happy with it @Warren.Alpego

 

[mo!]

Hi did you not like the sulky combi you had before?

I have it now, hell of a drill.

 

[ian828]

I have it now, hell of a drill.

Ha ha ha, glad your getting on with it! Is a really nice drill, was sad to see her go, but onwards and upwards!

 

[holly smoke]

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No offence but I would be out the field if it was as wet as the photos.

 

[holly smoke]

Friend of mine got a kuhn and says it’s good, I’ve now gone to alpego, that’s fantastic for non blocking for trash,mud, and lumps, I’ve drilled just over 2300 acres with it and I’ve not blocked once, and I’ve drilled some Horrid stuff

Does the alpego have press wheels on as well? They look a smart drill very close coupled

 

[ian828]

No offence but I would be out the field if it was as wet as the photos.

It was a over night shower of rain on top of some clay, went out with are vaderstad drill to finish the field off as the Lemkin kept bunging up, just not enough distance in the stager of the Coulter’s,

 

[ian828]

Does the alpego have press wheels on as well? They look a smart drill very close coupled

You can get press wheels that fit in the front tank, we did get a price on them but quite expensive, know of someone who runs a full width gutter roller on there 6 meter alpego