New drill tank volume?

[always busy]

If a new drill says it holds 2000ltr in tank, how much cwt of seed is that?

 

[Lincsman]

About 1.5 tonnes... or 30 cwt!

 

[BRB John]

About 1.5 tonnes... or 30 cwt!

Or three bags... Or 15ha

 

[bravheart]

That's at 75kg per hl. Good wheat might be that or better Barley and oats won't reach that so your hopper will hold less kg's.

 

[Lincsman]

In practice you will put a tonne of anything in when it gets low.

 

[Woody j]

If a new drill says it holds 2000ltr in tank, how much cwt of seed is that?

Why don’t they just say 1.5 tonne of wheat instead of 2000ltr as that would make sense to most of us farmers!!!

 

[Flat 10]

Or three bags... Or 15ha

Who drills at 100kg/ha?

 

[clbarclay]

Why don’t they just say 1.5 tonne of wheat instead of 2000ltr as that would make sense to most of us farmers!!!

Because the volume of the hopper doesn't change. The weight of seed that will fit in will vary with the density of the seed.

It could be called a "three bag hopper", but then someone would probably get angry with it when they discover they can't actually get the third bag of wheat fully empty when refilling, unless the hopper is ran absolutely empty. Or when they have pats in the extra large half ton bags and the of them is rather more than 2000 ltr.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Look at Fert Spreaders the same as the difference between Kieserite and Urea is huge and the same is true of some wheats come paired to some spring barleys. Was caught on this many moons ago and it cost me giving a rather sharp unscrupulous customer a hopper extension when he asked if a 1500l hopper would hold a tonne of seed and I said yes from empty which would usually be sufficient and he then found some awful spring oats! never again a litre is a litre and there is no argument.

 

[bravheart]

Why don’t they just say 1.5 tonne of wheat instead of 2000ltr as that would make sense to most of us farmers!!!

A tonne of feathers weighs exactly the same as a tonne of wheat but the volume will be a bit different.
Your combine grain tank will be in litres your trailer will have a chassis capacity but the actual capacity of the box will be in litres. You understand the wheat you sell will have a specified weight it has to reach in kg/l and deductions/rejections will result if it falls below the agreed weight, forklift bucket capacity will be in l etc. etc. As a pre metric ludite I've had to work out what 56lb/bushel equivalent is to work with cereals so the rest of you have probably been working in kg/hl without even realising.

 

[BRB John]

Who drills at 100kg/ha?

Bad maths my bad
I meant 7.5ha

 

[Phil P]

Who drills at 100kg/ha?

Depends what your drilling, I drill canary seed at 35kg/ha so a full hopper goes a LONG way .

 

[always busy]

Thanks for all the reply's, gives me a better idea now.

 

[BRB John]

Thanks for all the reply's, gives me a better idea now.

You'll need a bigger one now

 

[Chae1]

You'll need a bigger one now

If he's always busy, won't want to be stopping to fill it too often!

 

[BRB John]

If he's always busy, won't want to be stopping to fill it too often!

Exactly!
I don't suppose it helps much when you come to a wet patch and you've got a 1.5-2 tons of seed on the back though....