Stubble cultivator recommendations …..

[jjm]

My Discerator has been a good tool for the past 14 years and cost little to run but it is slow and doesn’t always move all the soil profile in less forgiving conditions. It is probably time to upgrade but what machines are worth looking at that have discs and auto reset legs plus a packer that will leave a surface suitable to drill into with a trailed disc drill. Ideally it would be capable of working on stubble and ploughed land. Not interested in super expensive machines that require serious horsepower. 200-250 hp available. Thanks

 

[Bob lincs]

Topdown .

 

[mo!]

Plowman Omnitil

 

[hutchy143211]

Second an omnitil, fantastic machines

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Land type? Hills or flat?

 

[jjm]

Land type? Hills or flat?

Clay loam, a few stoney areas, some hills but these fields are more often than not ploughed.

 

[Bobthebuilder]

Sumo trio

 

[Tilly's Boss]

Topdown .

You must like your top down, would a JD 7310r pull a 4 m on level clay ground?

 

[Bob lincs]

You must like your top down, would a JD 7310r pull a 4 m on level clay ground?

Yes definitely.

 

[average farmer]

We bought a 5 m top down this year and have to say its hell of a tool! wish we'd bought one years ago. Haven't used it myself but helped setting it up, 8520 t seems to be gaffer of it on flat heavy land. Dad must have done 1000 acres with it and loves it .

 

[willyorkshire]

My Discerator has been a good tool for the past 14 years and cost little to run but it is slow and doesn’t always move all the soil profile in less forgiving conditions. It is probably time to upgrade but what machines are worth looking at that have discs and auto reset legs plus a packer that will leave a surface suitable to drill into with a trailed disc drill. Ideally it would be capable of working on stubble and ploughed land. Not interested in super expensive machines that require serious horsepower. 200-250 hp available. Thanks

You should get a demo with a strip till drill. Slash your fuel/establishment costs without compromising output. Demo prob quite important to see if it suits your soil type but we just bought one for last autumn and delighted with results!

 

[jjm]

What one would you suggest to try?. I have tried a Claydon which made a fine job of getting the seeding into the ground but In doing so it found every stone imaginable and the field looked like a quarry when I left. Also tried a Dale which was a better coulter design in my opinion but also found stones like never before.

 

[haybob]

My friend just used his carrier XL when his topdown was broken. Maybe that might be better if you have lots of stones underneath. I thought most clay loams would be deep with no stone ?

 

[willyorkshire]

What one would you suggest to try?. I have tried a Claydon which made a fine job of getting the seeding into the ground but In doing so it found every stone imaginable and the field looked like a quarry when I left. Also tried a Dale which was a better coulter design in my opinion but also found stones like never before.

Hm, you didn't mention the stone. Guessing quite large cobble type. How do you normally deal with them, roll them in? Would have thought any tine drill will do same to greater or lesser extent? or any cultivator?

 

[jack6480]

weaving machinery will sort you out