RID tyres on 750a

[MRA]

Is anyone using RID (reduced inner diameter) tyres on the depth wheels on a 750a?

Happy enough with how the drill performs without them but wondering if they might improve it for those difficult parts every field seems to have?

Looking at them they don't seem too badly priced (in USD, and in the US admittedly, so don't know how they'd work out to get here?)

 

[zealman]

I had Needham wheels (narrow and RID) on a 750A. They transformed the drill for us. We could run far lower down pressure and still get good penetration. They allowed the trench wall lift just a little which meant the closing wheel had some soil to work with. Got way better results drilling shallow in particular, I think because we could set the drill real shallow and still get the slot collapsed. Also had far less trouble with the depth adjuster shaft freezing up, and the depth quadrant breaking. I put that down to running less pressure. Most of the time we were running at the top of the green on the gauge.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Ive got a couple of neeham wheels and they are good.

The RID wheels are often considered to bring some problems as they solve others.

 

[MRA]

Ive got a couple of neeham wheels and they are good.

The RID wheels are often considered to bring some problems as they solve others.

Help to get good slot closure in tricky conditions but mean gutlers run too aggressive in good conditions and push seed out of slot?

Or what problems do they bring?

 

[SilliamWhale]

Help to get good slot closure in tricky conditions but mean gutlers run too aggressive in good conditions and push seed out of slot?

Or what problems do they bring?

Will say more later

Have a look on his own website or on agtalk what Matt hagny says about them. He tends to research things quite thoroughly

 

[zealman]

Forgot to add. We bought in a full set of Needham wheels and the final cost was around half what a JD wheel cost. Same with wear metal and rebuild parts. Bought stuff in direct from CFC distributors. Most things from them land here for under half what JD stuff is.

 

[normandyfarmer]

Will say more later

Have a look on his own website or on agtalk what Matt hagny says about them. He tends to research things quite thoroughly

He doesn't like them but they often drill in dry conditions whre dry soil can fall back in the furrow. I found the same thing in Australia. Lot of no-tillers like them in France, especially the first years of zero-till.