quicker/better cover crop establishment

[Colin]

looking at options to get cover in quicker here. Currently have a 3m claydon sr and a lemken 6m power harrow drill. Main method just now is to cultivate the stubble shallow then drill with lemken, but it means an extra pass and the power Harrow can't generate enough tilth by itself. Also drilled some with claydon but it's a bit slow and means hooking up on the 3 point. Lemken is even worse, it has a front tank so there are pipes to put on along the side.
We don't really use the claydon for any proper drilling now, it hasn't been out of the shed for 18months as we grow a lot of roots and the fields are a bit uneven and it really struggles for decent depth control plus if you go too fast then you get even more problems so it limits your output.
I'm thinking of something like a Horsch co, it means we can hook up and do a few hours drilling with it before going baling or combining compared with using a mounted machine. However would a co be any better for depth control, would the older type be able to penetrate, bearing in mind we bale and clear all of the straw? Or would I need a sprinter type of tine. Would I need to change the openers on the co to get better penetration?
Many questions I know.

 

[Brisel]

How about a Carrier XL or Kockerling Rebell T with a Biodrill seeder unit mounted on the back. Very high output single pass operation plus you can use the Cultivator for something else like mixing in veg residues or working down.

 

[Chae1]

What are the cover crops your trying to establish?

 

[Vitu]

We direct drill cover crops with Kockerling jocky drill.
As it’s based on the Allrounder cultivator we also use it as our cultivator.
Neighbors think we’re mad but it’s a very cost efficient

 

[Colin]

What are the cover crops your trying to establish?

Cereals with some vetch

 

[Chae1]

Cereals with some vetch

Do you have a straw rake?

I just spread barley/oats with fert spreader then go over with grass harrow. Not perfect something more aggressive like carrier or straw rake would create more tilth.

It seems to establish really well out back of combine with zero cultivation for some reason.

 

[David_A]

Do you have a karat for the carrot straw. You could blow seed of back is that ahead of crumbler Colin. One pass, cheap.

 

[Colin]

Do you have a karat for the carrot straw. You could blow seed of back is that ahead of crumbler Colin. One pass, cheap.

I was thinking that but still means putting front tank and side pipes off and on, needs to be easy. Might just broadcast and then cultivate.