Tramline methods

[joeyb01772]

Hi all,
I’ve started combi drilling cereals this spring for the first time with a lemken solitair 8, 3m drill.
I’ll be mainly tramlining at 24m, what is the correct sequence? I’ve been told to start at one side of the field and on my 5th run tramline (including my half run on my second pass). Then every 8 runs after that.

Can anyone shed any light on wether that’s right or wrong?

Thanks joe

 

[Shutesy]

Hi all,
I’ve started combi drilling cereals this spring for the first time with a lemken solitair 8, 3m drill.
I’ll be mainly tramlining at 24m, what is the correct sequence? I’ve been told to start at one side of the field and on my 5th run tramline (including my half run on my second pass). Then every 8 runs after that.

Can anyone shed any light on wether that’s right or wrong?

Thanks joe

That is correct.

 

[joeyb01772]

That is correct apart from your headland tramline (if you start right on the edge of the field) will be 1.5m to far into the field. Draw it out on a piece of paper to get your head round it is often easier than talking about it.

Okay, yeah I see what you mean I’ll give it a go thanks.

 

[Shutesy]

Okay, yeah I see what you mean I’ll give it a go thanks.

My first reply (that you have quoted) I hadn't read your post properly and thought you weren't including a half pass on the 2nd run, if you are doing a half overlap then you should be fine. Worth drawing it out on paper just to confirm to yourself anyway

 

[ollie989898]

Incorrect. Dont drill tramlines at all. Hold sprayer and fert spreader up better in speing. Let sprayer man drive where he wants with gps.

 

[Shutesy]

Incorrect. Dont drill tramlines at all. Hold sprayer and fert spreader up better in speing. Let sprayer man drive where he wants with gps.

Which only works if the sprayer has GPS, though many do, many still don't!

 

[Flat 10]

Incorrect. Dont drill tramlines at all. Hold sprayer and fert spreader up better in speing. Let sprayer man drive where he wants with gps.

And get more greens in the sample.

 

[Flat 10]

Hi all,
I’ve started combi drilling cereals this spring for the first time with a lemken solitair 8, 3m drill.
I’ll be mainly tramlining at 24m, what is the correct sequence? I’ve been told to start at one side of the field and on my 5th run tramline (including my half run on my second pass). Then every 8 runs after that.

Can anyone shed any light on wether that’s right or wrong?

Thanks joe

It’s correct.

 

[joeyb01772]

Incorrect. Dont drill tramlines at all. Hold sprayer and fert spreader up better in speing. Let sprayer man drive where he wants with gps.

My agronomist said the same but the farmer I’m drilling for sprays his own and doesn’t have gps unfortunately

 

[joeyb01772]

Thanks for the help

 

[Flat 10]

The best advice is draw it. I use 2 different drills of different widths and its hard to remember which one I'm driving.....

 

[Brisel]

An even number of drill bouts per tramline means you have to do a half width run on the headland. Odd number e.g. 6m drill and 30m tramlines = 5 bouts so no problem.

 

[glasshouse]

3.43 m or 4.8m or 8m is the best size of drill for 24m trams

 

[dannewhouse]

I drill for 21m tramlines with 3m so don't have the half width headache

but I always start on roughly run 5 from 1 headland (use previous cultivation or ploughing to set myself out giving 0.5m lap) then when I'm doing headland I keep going around in a circle backing into every corner not half as much messing about or running on crop?

fancying a satnav setup to mark out the 5th run in so I get my ends tighter

 

[trigger]

Hi all,
I’ve started combi drilling cereals this spring for the first time with a lemken solitair 8, 3m drill.
I’ll be mainly tramlining at 24m, what is the correct sequence? I’ve been told to start at one side of the field and on my 5th run tramline (including my half run on my second pass). Then every 8 runs after that.

Can anyone shed any light on wether that’s right or wrong?

Thanks joe

Your better off just doing an extra full pass or at the very least 3/4 of a pass instead of a half, i,m sick of catching sprayer boom in dyke back after people haven’t left enough space

 

[dannewhouse]

Your better off just doing an extra full pass or at the very least 3/4 of a pass instead of a half, i,m sick of catching sprayer boom in dyke back after people haven’t left enough space

not that they haven't left enough space they've been lapping every run so the 24m tramlines are now down at 23.4m or less! and overgrown hedges

 

[simmy_bull]

Your better off just doing an extra full pass or at the very least 3/4 of a pass instead of a half, i,m sick of catching sprayer boom in dyke back after people haven’t left enough space

Chap I work for drills all the tramlines apart from the headland ones apart from the side of the field where you’ve set off. That way for the other 3 sides of the field inc short corners the sprayer can create his own headline tram do exactly the reason you suggest that he can put the outside of the boom where he wants it and not where the tramline dictates it has to be.

 

[Zippy768]

Chap I work for drills all the tramlines apart from the headland ones apart from the side of the field where you’ve set off. That way for the other 3 sides of the field inc short corners the sprayer can create his own headline tram do exactly the reason you suggest that he can put the outside of the boom where he wants it and not where the tramline dictates it has to be.

That is a good idea. We have one slidling field that you can't follow one headland trameline for fear of catching the end of the boom on barbed wire - break backs don't work when getting caught in wire and makes a mess of the sprayer if you don't see it in time

 

[Zippy768]

Hi all,
I’ve started combi drilling cereals this spring for the first time with a lemken solitair 8, 3m drill.
I’ll be mainly tramlining at 24m, what is the correct sequence? I’ve been told to start at one side of the field and on my 5th run tramline (including my half run on my second pass). Then every 8 runs after that.

Can anyone shed any light on wether that’s right or wrong?

Thanks joe

Change the set up and pipes so that you only put one half of a tramline in at once on the 4th and 5th runs - no half bout run that way. But you have to make sure you start the correct end of the field or you end up with tramlines everywhere, none of which match

 

[ollie989898]

Buy GPS kit for your sprayer. Ignore everything else.