SimTech problem

[Mr Charisma]

Been and hired a SimTech drill off a friend and have been getting on fairly well except for one thing ,,,,, the tines are flicking stones forwards into the discs and stopping them turning ,,,,,,, any thoughts ?????

 

[Dan Powell]

It happens. How fast are you going? The more stone there is, the slower you need to go. You also end up chipping the tungsten off the coulter tips which then wear away much quicker.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Been traveling at 10 kph

 

[Fuzzy]

Take the discs off, they won't cut through stones.

 

[Dan Powell]

Try slowing down to 8 kph. Boring I know. Or if you are desperate to get on and there's not much trash then you could wind the disc unit up out of work.

 

[Mr Charisma]

Need the discs to cut through the cover crop , only a few acres left so will battle on , when I picked the drill up I was told that it was best to push on to make the tines vibrate more getting a better shatter , he was talking 14kph ,,,,,,, straight away I felt 10 kph to be enuff

 

[Dan Powell]

At 14 kph you risk damaging the drill if you hit a big stone...

Why do you need to shatter the soil? Is there no tilth?

 

[Mr Charisma]

At 14 kph you risk damaging the drill if you hit a big stone...

Why do you need to shatter the soil? Is there no tilth?

Well it's red marl which we are direct drilling into , so depends on what you call tilth

 

[Fuzzy]

What crop are you drilling ? Is the drill making a good job?

 

[Mr Charisma]

Putting Spring Barley in and yes we are fairly pleased ,,,,,,,, time will tell no doubt. , certainly burying seed ,,,, would love to roll it but looks like the weather is on the change for us and the rain may beat the rolls