My seed drill mod

[towbar]

The actuator might have a limit switch built in at the end if travel so just set it up so that it's closed fully at the fully in position.

 

[Dman2]

The actuator might have a limit switch built in at the end if travel so just set it up so that it's closed fully at the fully in position.

it does
but struggled to get one with just the right amount of travel to fit in the correct place

 

[Farmersboy]

Converted an accord to electric motor and drive it off a motor driver and radar single from a Trimble gps with an arduino. Can modify rate on the fly. Happy to share details if anybody wants to do same

Any more pictures of the Accord/Moore setup please? Want to do something similar with my Moore. Trying to find a donor Accord hopper and metering system at the moment

 

[dannewhouse]

it does
but struggled to get one with just the right amount of travel to fit in the correct place

would you set up what would be the middle limit switch so that the moveing arm was like a hump and it only "switched" it at the height of the hump, so it could still go past either way?

ie switch pointing down rather than sideways.

 

[Dman2]

would you set up what would be the middle limit switch so that the moveing arm was like a hump and it only "switched" it at the height of the hump, so it could still go past either way?

ie switch pointing down rather than sideways.

Yes that was the original plan
Went the simple way for now to see how it works

 

[joe soapy]

Converted an accord to electric motor and drive it off a motor driver and radar single from a Trimble gps with an arduino. Can modify rate on the fly. Happy to share details if anybody wants to do same

thats what i said many posts ago, this place is just like real life, i get no creditabilty at all

 

[joe soapy]

got to pick up a 4 meter air drill and front hopper sometime this week,, at £400 it looked better value than a stocks spreader

 

[dannewhouse]

does increasing seed rate make a big difference?
or do the "poor" bits still not do very well?

 

[Dman2]

does increasing seed rate make a big difference?
or do the "poor" bits still not do very well?

Last year i did a few bits by manually getting of the tractor and altering rate lever
Definately a more even crop and yielded the same across the field

 

[dannewhouse]

Last year i did a few bits by manually getting of the tractor and altering rate lever
Definately a more even crop and yielded the same across the field

good,
my poor bits I would say are only 10 yards long per run, would be easier to re drill 90 degrees to normal drilling for odd bit.

you sound as keen as me, for 5 years I tramlined with an older Fiona drill similar to yours by getting off and shutting the shoots every tramline (new messed a tramline up either! you see plenty done with electric controls)

 

[joe soapy]

good,
my poor bits I would say are only 10 yards long per run, would be easier to re drill 90 degrees to normal drilling for odd bit.

you sound as keen as me, for 5 years I tramlined with an older Fiona drill similar to yours by getting off and shutting the shoots every tramline (new messed a tramline up either! you see plenty done with electric controls)

i did that with mf30, made 4 tin slides, and clothes pegs on the door handle,
for pre em, i fixed a lifting bar on the rear of the roller to make a mark in the correct place, doing it now i would add a spray bar

 

[dannewhouse]

i did that with mf30, made 4 tin slides, and clothes pegs on the door handle,
for pre em, i fixed a lifting bar on the rear of the roller to make a mark in the correct place, doing it now i would add a spray bar

i just ran down each tramline after drilling to put pre em marks in
anyone found a good way so they show after rolling?
(im on an accord combi now with proper pre em aswell its bliss haha)

 

[joe soapy]

i just ran down each tramline after drilling to put pre em marks in
anyone found a good way so they show after rolling?
(im on an accord combi now with proper pre em aswell its bliss haha)

mine was a t bar of 3 inch box, 4 railway washers,2 railway bolts a lister take put ram and 2 tarrup flails plus a lenth of hyd pipe
5 runs of the 8 ft roller = 1 sprayer width = perfection. this was before calculators so i had to do the maths the hard way with a finger in the dust

 

[dannewhouse]

mine was a t bar of 3 inch box, 4 railway washers,2 railway bolts a lister take put ram and 2 tarrup flails plus a lenth of hyd pipe
5 runs of the 8 ft roller = 1 sprayer width = perfection. this was before calculators so i had to do the maths the hard way with a finger in the dust

when I manually tramlined with mf 165 and Fiona 3m drill, only got combi this last winter btw! I used to chant with boredom driving across the field 1 1 1 1, then 2 2 2 2 etc tramline on 4 for 21m and drive out right to edge of field every tramline, can always count back then.
better not speak too soon! but I cant understand how many people drill complete fields with tramlines all over the spot.

back to the opp. the more I think about this and the more I think the camera idea is good, as you approach a bad patch you can just keep pressing the + seed button rather than getting a certain spot where seed rate jumps. as far as I know wired cameras are cheap off ebay, mate has 1 on forager spout never twists neck anymore!

 

[dannewhouse]

mine was a t bar of 3 inch box, 4 railway washers,2 railway bolts a lister take put ram and 2 tarrup flails plus a lenth of hyd pipe
5 runs of the 8 ft roller = 1 sprayer width = perfection. this was before calculators so i had to do the maths the hard way with a finger in the dust

mine don't work so nice! 6.3m rolls (6m) and 21m tramlines!
I was hopeing the drill pre em marks would show through. we have rolled every tramline then filled gaps in, when spraying just count every 4th wheelings.

 

[dannewhouse]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-24V-...681109?hash=item3b1522edd5:g:OeYAAOSwCFNbVYxF

£45 and wireless 1st one I found

 

[joe soapy]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12V-24V-...681109?hash=item3b1522edd5:g:OeYAAOSwCFNbVYxF

£45 and wireless 1st one I found

they start at £14, the wired are best,, the cheap wireless units only have enough power to cross a room, and need a wire for power anyway.
having said that, i have a wifi DVR in the truck, can beam pics 200 + yds if nothing in the way, its running 4 cams, 2 of which have powerfull zoom lenses and IR. and 1 has thermal
imaging that can spot a cow at a mile, or a warm bearing on a machine.all saved to hard disk,,,, b...expensive though was £104 without the thermal so i will replace it with the wired one i got here.
dam usefull for all sorts of purposes, who would suspect that a parked vehicle was recording everything going on, counting loads etc, how long the driver stopped for dinner and so on.
got to be very carefull what you say when close by as the mics are very sensitive, and its scary listening to yourself after cooling down

 

[dannewhouse]

they start at £14, the wired are best,, the cheap wireless units only have enough power to cross a room, and need a wire for power anyway.
having said that, i have a wifi DVR in the truck, can beam pics 200 + yds if nothing in the way, its running 4 cams, 2 of which have powerfull zoom lenses and IR. and 1 has thermal
imaging that can spot a cow at a mile, or a warm bearing on a machine.all saved to hard disk,,,, b...expensive though was £104 without the thermal so i will replace it with the wired one i got here.
dam usefull for all sorts of purposes, who would suspect that a parked vehicle was recording everything going on, counting loads etc, how long the driver stopped for dinner and so on.
got to be very carefull what you say when close by as the mics are very sensitive, and its scary listening to yourself after cooling down

haha, dad has one on tipper lorry.
on a site they said to each other we will f**k this driver around, he backed up they shouted wow, over here a bit, he was out the cab with it tipping and latched the door! told them after he herd tham!

 

[Nearly]

i just ran down each tramline after drilling to put pre em marks in
anyone found a good way so they show after rolling?
(im on an accord combi now with proper pre em aswell its bliss haha)

pre-em discs on roller too.

 

[joe soapy]

tis a long time ago now that i fitted it up, then one day i was faced with 30 acres to roll, as i was passing the welder i spotted the scrap roller peeping out of the brimbles,
within 2 hours i pulled into field with prototype tandem rollers, i shall be past caring before their production model is made, good job because with the higher horsepower
they need to be 5 units now