Tine drill solutions?

[damaged]

What is the best comprise on a dd tine drill. New anything too expensive. Simba freeflow too much compaction and too old seed box. Horsch co4 not enough tines and fram cracks if transporting loaded. Simtech ideal but 3m too small and 4m unavailable used.
I need to find something else to convert. Or higher disturbance Sprinter.
I know this is over simplified but any other suggestions. Disk drill is a moore.
Tia

 

[damaged]

In summary its either too old or too expensive - i sound like a proper dairy farmer

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Weaving tined direct drill or a dale? What is budget and hp? And acreage.

 

[damaged]

120 to 240 hp. 5k to 20k . Up to 600ac

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Possibly then a co6 with either Metcalfe points or if you want abit more coverage tall to Brocks about a bourgault conversion with still a hell a lot less disturbance than std points. Also I know some people have put a few extra legs in but not as easy as it sounds as means mods to frame. Also co6's seem to be cheaper to purchase than co4's and are definitely stronger but will probably have had more hammer.

 

[damaged]

Ta. CO 4 6 8 all seem to be completely hanging before sold. Don't mind conversion of coulters but not framework nor in-season repairs. Hence ST might be less worn out.

 

[B R C]

Modified free flow with front hopper?

 

[gpj.greed]

Its not that difficult to find a decent sprinter for less than 20k now

 

[damaged]

I hoped to find an sprinter 6 or 4 less than 8years old for 20k. None found yet.
Any further suggestions, looking for something overlooked / not considered. Im out of ideas.

 

[martian]

Kockerling Ultima? We couldn't find anyone who'd buy our old one, so sharpened up the points (well, changed the 3 inch shares to 3/4 inch) and kept it for strawy conditions. Doesn't take a lot of pulling. Don't use it much, but handy to have.

 

[Wheatland]

I've a co4 for sale in the classified section that would suit you.

 

[damaged]

@martian . Local dealer has a K. Ultima fairly new but high acres. Will it dd if needed? Looks good capacity and width.

 

[martian]

@martian . Local dealer has a K. Ultima fairly new but high acres. Will it dd if needed? Looks good capacity and width.

It will, but fairly high disturbance and not particularly good back-filling behind tine. We use it in thick straw, almost impossible to block and gets nicely under the swath.

 

[zealman]

If you need more tines on a CO, you could do this. I changed a CO6 to 48 run. Used Duncan Renovator tines, had to add a second tower and make a splitter venturi. It works really well and is surprisingly good in trash. Drills everything on our place from peas to clover, direct and over ploughing.

 

[damaged]

@zealman . Looks like a good job. Did you need to do any frame mods or just bolt on extra legs?

 

[zealman]

@zealman . Looks like a good job. Did you need to do any frame mods or just bolt on extra legs?

I had to add 2 toolbar stubs in the fold area, 1 on each side, to get the spacing I wanted. There are stubs already there but I couldn't figure out how to get the spacing to suit. The Duncan tine mounts under the toolbar, which gives lots of mounting options to get the spacing right.

 

[BigBarl]

What about these:
http://www.krm-ltd.co.uk/Sola/Drills 1909.htm
We really liked the look of them at cereals as a 'one drill fits all' type thing.

 

[Andrew K]

We are modifying a KV tineseeder drill to be lower disturbance with better DD capability at the moment. also it will be better suited to drill deep crops such as beans. Will be using Tungsten points and some bits found on other machines. Watch this space !

 

[Badshot]

We are modifying a KV tineseeder drill to be lower disturbance with better DD capability at the moment. also it will be better suited to drill deep crops such as beans. Will be using Tungsten points and some bits found on other machines. Watch this space !

Pics when you're done

 

[Andrew K]

You wrote the book on using KV,s for DD , Badshot !