Seedflex drill system

[FarmerBruce]

How do people get on with this system please. Do they run well enough in wet conditions and do they stay in deep enough in dry hard conditions. Are there any other pitfalls to be aware of. Many thanks

 

[KB6930]

We're on our 5th . If we could find something better at 12cm spacing we would have something different but we've not found it yet.

Ours drills into everything and plenty that it shouldn't.

They will block between the discs in really sticky clay but when it gets like that you really shouldn't be there anyway.

There's plastic bushes in the pivots that are dry so wear out but we've not had to replace a set yet and that's in around 5000 acres

 

[APJ]

Certainly not a wet weather drill, block for fun when it gets wet, really good tho in hard dry soils. Lots of lemkens around here that seem to cope better when it gets wet.

 

[FarmerBruce]

Certainly not a wet weather drill, block for fun when it gets wet, really good tho in hard dry soils. Lots of lemkens around here that seem to cope better when it gets wet.

The whole thing bungs up or individual coulters do??

 

[KB6930]

The whole thing bungs up or individual coulters do??

When it gets seriously wet and claggy the sh!t sticks to the front disc and as it goes up the back it catches the rear disc coming down which stops them both turning and starts the snowball affect and if you don't stop in time it takes a long time to clean out .But this us when you REALLY shouldn't be trying anyway.

I can assure you that it'll sow into far far worse conditions than a lemken that is the same spacing . Because the lemken has more disc overlap from front to back . This has been proven round here ploughing and sowing in late autumn.

You need 15cm spacing in the rest to do what the seedflex will do at 12.5 cm

 

[APJ]

The whole thing bungs up or individual coulters do??

Mine had several modifications to drill in the wet none of which really improved it and I wouldn’t say it was that wet, we came from the single disc option to the seed flex I really regretted the choice it was a nightmare those discs act like pastry cutters that won’t un bung themselves, we moved to a tine drill job solved now that will drill into anything!

 

[FarmerBruce]

Mine had several modifications to drill in the wet none of which really improved it and I wouldn’t say it was that wet, we came from the single disc option to the seed flex I really regretted the choice it was a nightmare those discs act like pastry cutters that won’t un bung themselves, we moved to a tine drill job solved now that will drill into anything!

Currently on single disc system here. Was just wondering if we would regret going away from this.

 

[KB6930]

@FarmerBruce what are you currently running? And what kind of land have you got ?

 

[FarmerBruce]

@FarmerBruce what are you currently running? And what kind of land have you got ?

Amazon adp403. All land types from the lightest of gravel to horrible heavy clay.

 

[KB6930]

Amazon ad403. All land types from the lightest of gravel to horrible heavy clay.

It'll drill into stuff an amazone wouldn't even look at we had a demo of the amazone with rotec plus and it couldn't bury half of what the kuhn could there was seed everywhere the amazone man was beat with it he said it couldn't be made any better we tried it in one of our snottiest fields.

 

[FarmerBruce]

It'll drill into stuff an amazone wouldn't even look at we had a demo of the amazone with rotec plus and it couldn't bury half of what the kuhn could there was seed everywhere the amazone man was beat with it he said it couldn't be made any better we tried it in one of our snottiest fields.

Did he take the plastic orange discs off. Had to that this year in every field just about

 

[KB6930]

Did he take the plastic orange discs off. Had to that this year in every field just about

No but he said it wouldn't make enough difference. He was blaming the wedge ring packer but the discs just don't cut in the same as 2 straight disc's do

 

[KB6930]

Can you not get a demo ?


If you like your amazone why not go with their double disc option?

This is my spring drilling first pic just sand second pic red clay going into black sticky stuff third pic red clay that was so wet when I drilled it I drilled the field 1 way down the hill as I couldn't pull 4m up the hill with a 300hp tractor dualed up all pics taken within 100 metres of each other .

 

[Spencer]

How do people get on with this system please. Do they run well enough in wet conditions and do they stay in deep enough in dry hard conditions. Are there any other pitfalls to be aware of. Many thanks

Get a Lemken on 150 spacings. 125 for double disc is a no go on heavy clart that you drill into!!

 

[jh.]

Did he take the plastic orange discs off. Had to that this year in every field just about

I take them off mine occasionally but I don't really rate the rotec plus in heavy soils. The furrow former just smears a wide stinking groove for the seed to sit and rot in . For 125cm spacing it will go in some silly wet conditions but I've learned it doesn't mean I should.

My last drill was a twin disc with press wheel at 150mm spacing and was much better . It would slice a V for the seed to sit in and even with lack of tilth it would then weather down around the seed , unlike the rotec that just stays the smeared groove

Amazone new lemky ripoff is what I'd want next time .

 

[freelancer]

We have Seedflex disc on a Venta LC since 7 years. medium to heavy clay. Only way to to block it is drilling sticky soil next to some trees. The view on the coulters is noot good, so you feel the blockage too late.... Now i know, when drilling a very wet headland, i lift the coulers out.

On the new Venta Generation you can see the discs better.