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<blockquote data-quote="Howdenshire Farmer" data-source="post: 3240080" data-attributes="member: 18872"><p>Drilled 200 ac of covers, osr and wheat. Only thing I rolled afterwards was 12 ac of 2nd wheat. It was into October and the soil surface was surprisingly wet under the chopped straw. I was a bit concerned about open slots as it was my 1st ever attempt at dd 2nd wheat and I was ultra cautious about slugs. I rolled it crossways to be sure any open slots were closed.</p><p></p><p>I drliied some beans with my 750A but not with the Metflow. I think it would go deep enough but the ground was rock hard clay and has a blackgrass issue. I used the 750 to minimise disturbance.</p><p></p><p>Regarding trash:</p><p>I drilled some covers for a neighbour on very light soil that was cultivated last year. The stubble was very long (12-14") and tended to hang on the tines and pull up into clumps which then blocked the 2 rear rows of tines when they released themselves. The stubble wasn't sufficiently well anchored in the puffy light soil. </p><p>On heavier soil and on my own light land that was dd last year the stubble was better anchored and I had no problems.</p><p>I decided to change the tines from 16 over the first 3 rows of tine bars to 12 tines over the first and third tine bars. This meant that they were slightly closer together in each row but with increased stagger between the front and back rows. This was a big improvement for trash flow but the row spacing increased to 25cm. I had no worries about that for osr and covers but was concerned about it for wheat. Having read that others on here were doing it with apparent success I did the one field of wheat to see how it goes.</p><p></p><p>I am still weighing up the option of fitting some straight discs infront of each tine. More to reduced soil movement than for cutting trash.</p><p></p><p>A note of caution on the covering harrow:</p><p>I fitted the angled Kvernland TS covering tines because I thought they would be better at closing the slots. However, the tine bar is very heavy and it can trail up long stubble and chopped straw into lumps. It doesn't really move much soil anyway when into cereal stubble and chopped straw because the roller firms it down well. I would try with the original tines first before changing them if you decide to make a drill.</p><p></p><p>One other thing: I cut the tines shorter before welding the coulters on so that the overall legth is the same as the originals with the Simba coulters on. </p><p></p><p>Got to go now but will post some pics when i get a chance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howdenshire Farmer, post: 3240080, member: 18872"] Drilled 200 ac of covers, osr and wheat. Only thing I rolled afterwards was 12 ac of 2nd wheat. It was into October and the soil surface was surprisingly wet under the chopped straw. I was a bit concerned about open slots as it was my 1st ever attempt at dd 2nd wheat and I was ultra cautious about slugs. I rolled it crossways to be sure any open slots were closed. I drliied some beans with my 750A but not with the Metflow. I think it would go deep enough but the ground was rock hard clay and has a blackgrass issue. I used the 750 to minimise disturbance. Regarding trash: I drilled some covers for a neighbour on very light soil that was cultivated last year. The stubble was very long (12-14") and tended to hang on the tines and pull up into clumps which then blocked the 2 rear rows of tines when they released themselves. The stubble wasn't sufficiently well anchored in the puffy light soil. On heavier soil and on my own light land that was dd last year the stubble was better anchored and I had no problems. I decided to change the tines from 16 over the first 3 rows of tine bars to 12 tines over the first and third tine bars. This meant that they were slightly closer together in each row but with increased stagger between the front and back rows. This was a big improvement for trash flow but the row spacing increased to 25cm. I had no worries about that for osr and covers but was concerned about it for wheat. Having read that others on here were doing it with apparent success I did the one field of wheat to see how it goes. I am still weighing up the option of fitting some straight discs infront of each tine. More to reduced soil movement than for cutting trash. A note of caution on the covering harrow: I fitted the angled Kvernland TS covering tines because I thought they would be better at closing the slots. However, the tine bar is very heavy and it can trail up long stubble and chopped straw into lumps. It doesn't really move much soil anyway when into cereal stubble and chopped straw because the roller firms it down well. I would try with the original tines first before changing them if you decide to make a drill. One other thing: I cut the tines shorter before welding the coulters on so that the overall legth is the same as the originals with the Simba coulters on. Got to go now but will post some pics when i get a chance. [/QUOTE]
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