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<blockquote data-quote="Michael S" data-source="post: 7165647" data-attributes="member: 419"><p>I have a 4m Simtech which has 22 coulters so almost the same row spacing as a 16 row 3m. It is by no means unblockable, a good rule of thumb is to keep the stubble height less than the coulter spacing. In green covers it will handle knee high rape volunteers but more fibrous stems such as patches of fat hen can cause a blockage. Drilling through 35t/ha of pig FYM with no tillage has given no problems. Personally I haven't got on very well drilling grass into wheat stubble with chopped straw but otherwise I have been pleased with the resulting crops.</p><p></p><p>The Simtech will draw into ground too hard for our Moore drill to penetrate and work when it is too wet for a disc drill to work. Forward speed when direct drilling needs keeping down to 8-9km/hr in good going and less when the ground is hard. On cultivated land 12km/hr is no problem, as others have said get the cultivated ground rolled down as firm as possible. I often take some of the weight of the drill on the tractor in softer going.</p><p></p><p>I pull my 4m with a Valtra T174, neither power nor lift capacity are an issue, I use a 700kg front weight when wheat or pea drilling but the large pneumatic hopper carries over a tonne of seed. Earlier this week I did a 22 hour stint and drilled 51ha (6ha was cultivated) of wheat using 330 litres of diesel. About 5-7l/ha diesel use is the norm here on land that uses 30-45l/ha to plough.</p><p></p><p>I normally roll behind the drill because on our heavy ground it feels right but this year some cover crops didn't get rolled due to the rain coming too soon but have come as well or better than rolled ones. It is a very straightforward and flexible drill to start DD.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Michael S, post: 7165647, member: 419"] I have a 4m Simtech which has 22 coulters so almost the same row spacing as a 16 row 3m. It is by no means unblockable, a good rule of thumb is to keep the stubble height less than the coulter spacing. In green covers it will handle knee high rape volunteers but more fibrous stems such as patches of fat hen can cause a blockage. Drilling through 35t/ha of pig FYM with no tillage has given no problems. Personally I haven't got on very well drilling grass into wheat stubble with chopped straw but otherwise I have been pleased with the resulting crops. The Simtech will draw into ground too hard for our Moore drill to penetrate and work when it is too wet for a disc drill to work. Forward speed when direct drilling needs keeping down to 8-9km/hr in good going and less when the ground is hard. On cultivated land 12km/hr is no problem, as others have said get the cultivated ground rolled down as firm as possible. I often take some of the weight of the drill on the tractor in softer going. I pull my 4m with a Valtra T174, neither power nor lift capacity are an issue, I use a 700kg front weight when wheat or pea drilling but the large pneumatic hopper carries over a tonne of seed. Earlier this week I did a 22 hour stint and drilled 51ha (6ha was cultivated) of wheat using 330 litres of diesel. About 5-7l/ha diesel use is the norm here on land that uses 30-45l/ha to plough. I normally roll behind the drill because on our heavy ground it feels right but this year some cover crops didn't get rolled due to the rain coming too soon but have come as well or better than rolled ones. It is a very straightforward and flexible drill to start DD. [/QUOTE]
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