Metcalfe openers

Neddy flanders

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These seem to have gone out of fashion a bit as more threads now about Dutch or Bourgault.

@Clive I know you made your own, what didn't you like about metcalfes?

anyone else used them? do they ever block with wheat or beans? do Bean tubes ever block?

PS if anyone has a set for a CO4, Id be interested.
 

Green oak

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Made my ones for rape openers. Worked brilliantly
 

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Green oak

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Haven’t used them for cereals in the autumn. Just the spring. For barley. Found the coulters blocked on moved ground. So best for direct. But prefer the Dutch now.
 

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