New No-till Horsch single disc drill

[SilliamWhale]

All I can add is that we have direct-drilling for 18/19 years and today we ploughed 17 acres... I will be burnt at the stake for this statement but if needs be...we do it

I thought you ploughed a bit every year?

 

[ajd132]

It doesn't have to be like that.....surely the more people that the pursue it the more that will be learnt and this will surely benefit everyone???
Maybe putting "zero till farmer" in your Twitter bio is a form of psychology or self motivation...... Along the lines of "I've just told the world I'm a no till farmer I had better get on and prove it or I'm going to look very silly"

You might be right! I just get fed up with people claiming to be messiahs/experts and being all over the press about how great their system is when on reality they have barely started and its all based on theory. Prove you can do it for 3 or 4 years like Clive has and earn the right!

 

[ajd132]

Then again I guess sharing as much theory as possible is a good thing for the rest of us.

I could argue with myself on here.

 

[normandyfarmer]

How much angle on the discs?

As well as the diamter, the greater the angle the discs are set across the direction of travel then the greater the area of soil theyare trying to push sideways to create the slot.

It's 6° on the Horsch vs 7° on a JD

 

[normandyfarmer]

I wonder how big the Weaving disc is?

Weavig GD disc is 410mm

 

[Clive]

You might be right! I just get fed up with people claiming to be messiahs/experts and being all over the press about how great their system is when on reality they have barely started and its all based on theory. Prove you can do it for 3 or 4 years like Clive has and earn the right!

Long way to go before I feel like I really know anything worthwhile ! All I do is say what I see and have experienced so far without any agenda to sell any system or machine to anyone

MH or any other manufacturer really doesn't want to tell you to stop cultivating so it's no surprise they will talk about all the downsides and failures

 

[dontknowanything]

Weavig GD disc is 410mm

Interesting. Would love to get one into the field that stymied the Horsch to see what it can do.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Interesting. Would love to get one into the field that stymied the Horsch to see what it can do.

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Why don't you try a Johnathan Deere in the field too, or does it not fit the colour scheme?

 

[ajd132]

But out of context but has anyone managed to find anything about that CleanSeed Canadian drill and what the openers are like?

David, do you think the horsch dd could be made in 12m form and put onto a sprinter 12 seedcart? The sprinter toolbar comes off quite easily by the look of it.

 

[clbarclay]

But out of context but has anyone managed to find anything about that CleanSeed Canadian drill and what the openers are like?

Think of a cross slot, but with a multi outlet tine set directly behind the disc rather than split either side. There are pictures of it on their website. About half way down this page is a picture.
http://www.cleanseedcapital.com/cx-6smartseeder.html

 

[York]

Think of a cross slot, but with a multi outlet tine set directly behind the disc rather than split either side. There are pictures of it on their website. About half way down this page is a picture.
http://www.cleanseedcapital.com/cx-6smartseeder.html

their video

might give you a little bit of idea what it's about.
Personally with either the Horsch or the CleanSeed approach, I have to see their performance in the field, be it on the crop or on the steel, or more on the plastic from the Canadians.
York-Th.

 

[dontknowanything]

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Why don't you try a Johnathan Deere in the field too, or does it not fit the colour scheme?

I will do if it can be arranged

 

[dontknowanything]

 

[dontknowanything]

Very happy with the results where we drilled with this machine.

 

[York]

Very happy with the results where we drilled with this machine.

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DKN,
I like seeing my friend....
Would be nice to have a dimension for the scale.
York-Th.

 

[dontknowanything]

DKN,
I like seeing my friend....
Would be nice to have a dimension for the scale.
York-Th.

Should be able to tell from the wheat seed

 

[SilliamWhale]

Should be able to tell from the wheat seed

Depends on the tgw of the wheat seed

 

[RTK Farmer]

And the moisture contend. My thought was the seed looked to be in a good depth.

 

[York]

Should be able to tell from the wheat seed

should...
Have you ever seen different size in Wheat seed size? Pictures are very deceiving in scale, angle of taking picture etc.
York-Th.

 

[yellow belly]

couple of points
weight on the coulters is not the same as weight of the drill on a weigh bridge because it depends how much is on the drawbar

when my big disc is full of seed I get maximum weight on the closing wheel as well as the tractor
when I have an empty hopper the weight on the closing wheel is the issue 46 coulter 9m with a 5 tonne hopper
this would be no problem with a 30 coulter 6 m drill as the weight empty would be enough
the solution is to keep the hopper more than 1/4 full or drive slower

larger disc will reduce the wear on the disc bearing as they will do more miles per revelution

if fields are level then coulter travel is not an issue but how many of use farm on flat level fields