- Location
- Montgomeryshire
I think you’ll find that won’t work at all, far too cheap a system.
You have a few pebbles there.
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- Thread starter MattR
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I think you’ll find that won’t work at all, far too cheap a system.
You have a few pebbles there.
I think you’ll find that won’t work at all, far too cheap a system.
You have a few pebbles there.
Harrows take it to a new level....
Have to get and knock up a set of covering chains for the drill. Looking at that, the land doesn't need much to cover any seed.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Harrows take it to a new level....
Yeah, but what @Wigeon is doing is placing the seed accurately in the soil and then covering it evenly. I just can’t see it ever working out.
Yeah, but what @Wigeon is doing is placing the seed accurately in the soil and then covering it evenly. I just can’t see it ever working out.
Without spending £££ on kit as well, you mean ... It'll never catch on!
Cows 'n grass
Member
- Location
- Modbury, South Devon
Will a t sem drill through fairly heavy doses of FYM without blocking?
- Location
- Hertfordshire
I drill into FYM, and it’s fine. Well rotted and it breaks up under the drill.
- Location
- Darlington
Watching it go through a cover crop at Groundswell I wouldn't be frightened to try it.
Bottled it on this technology grant window, as had just spent a big lump of Money on a tractor and Vaddy.
Slightly scared off by not knowing enough about them. And results a bit like @silverfox s recent pics from the disc drill were heartwarming. Probably need a couple more years honing in till before I go no till and start the learning process all over again.
Just to point out, my disc drill was attached to the power harrow and following the plough.
sorry if I didn’t make that clear
- Location
- Matching Green
I have drilled through 35t/ha of pig FYM without noticing, although it would probably be less strawy than cattle FYM.
- Location
- Darlington
It looked a similar result to my disc on a Vaddy after 1 cultivation pass. Wheat bravely appears from a razor slit in the ground. On the whole most of mine, like yours, looks at least ok. Some parts of fields will be sticky/knotty even on good years. I do think these patches are slowly shrinking. The amazing thing though is how often I get a decent crop of wheat out of them. It always seems a miracle when the first plants emerge. This year the worst bits are the better bits, in other fields, where I shouldn't have rolledJust to point out, my disc drill was attached to the power harrow and following the plough.
sorry if I didn’t make that clear
Yes I’ve got some barley headlands I wish I hadn’t rolled. Wheat will stick it better than barley , but who was to know we’d have the wettest October weekend ever, just after rolling it .It looked a similar result to my disc on a Vaddy after 1 cultivation pass. Wheat bravely appears from a razor slit in the ground. On the whole most of mine, like yours, looks at least ok. Some parts of fields will be sticky/knotty even on good years. I do think these patches are slowly shrinking. The amazing thing though is how often I get a decent crop of wheat out of them. It always seems a miracle when the first plants emerge. This year the worst bits are the better bits, in other fields, where I shouldn't have rolled
- Location
- Darlington
Lot of sick looking Barley around here. It's not liking getting wet feet.
Sprayer 1
Member
- Location
- Tarporley, Cheshire.
Has anyone tried running the drill on a tool bar with narrow loosening legs to get rid of compaction below drilling depth? Ideally I would like them to design a bar that interchange with the disc like the roller one.
- Location
- Darlington
I think we should build the TFF drill.
I might start another thread on it.
Sprayer 1
Member
- Location
- Tarporley, Cheshire.
Renault man, I think you should
- Location
- E Yorks
have a look at the Agriweld mantis a front mounted low disturbance toolbar which is designed specifically for a job like this. I’ve been involved with helping to develop it and it’s very impressive.
- Location
- Cirencester
Agree with you, seems all drills now are big money for nothing too elaborate, enquiries I've made to some companies are just ignored, some of these Co's are a joke with their service, almost verging on being arrogant. Think I will carry on with my Vaddy and then fire up the MIG and Plasma cutter next winter.
Sprayer 1
Member
- Location
- Tarporley, Cheshire.
Looks the ultimate machine for the job, bit pricey for my small acreage maybe, how many ponies does it take to push 3metre and who's legs are they using? It looks like the steering wheels make it quite complex.
- Location
- E Yorks
The front wheels are Quite clever in design but surprisingly simple as are the pivoting legs which is key to the steering of the machine and then it’s the overall geometry that makes it actually quite easy to push along circa 150+ on a 3m depending on soil type and depth. The feet are sumo gls feet so readily available