Tramline methods

[Boysground]

I direct drilled some of my wheat with no tramlines this year, I was concerned about green tramlines, especially as I refuse to do pre harvest glyphosate. It wasn’t a problem, I had more green in the tramlined spring barley and I wasn’t particularly worried about that.

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[wuddy]

Dangerous is that if you have a break down , and then you could not get back ,
Know some who did that last year ended up with half a field as quad konked , a right royal f up

We can have a shuffle about as have another tractor that can pull the drill, not very efficiently but would get us out a hole. Our local dealer is very good and can usually sort us out a tractor if one is going to be down for a period of time.

 

[wuddy]

Then get greens in the rows and need to roundup every field to get them equally ripe

We don’t get anymore greens now than we did with tramlines in!

 

[michael N123]

We don’t get anymore greens now than we did with tramlines in!

I’ve noticed more since we started to not tramline but I’m on 600tyres so flatten abit More than most
Doesn’t matter tho because we either crimp or whole crop it now a lot less stressful but if I wanted it ripe and in a bin I think it’ll need sprayed unless the weathers very good

 

[wuddy]

I’ve noticed more since we started to not tramline but I’m on 600tyres so flatten abit More than most
Doesn’t matter tho because we either crimp or whole crop it now a lot less stressful but if I wanted it ripe and in a bin I think it’ll need sprayed unless the weathers very good

Fert spreader on 650’s here. Everything goes through the dryer so the small amount of greens soon shrivel up!

 

[Ramrod]

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

Used to do first time round clockwise, 2,3,and 4 anti-clockwise - back into corners from two directions.

Modern farmers don't seem to crop corners

 

[dannewhouse]

Used to do first time round clockwise, 2,3,and 4 anti-clockwise - back into corners from two directions.

Modern farmers don't seem to crop corners

I do a full circle for headland so corners are all covered

 

[Ramrod]

I do a full circle for headland so corners are all covered

So did I ???

 

[dannewhouse]

So did I ???

How do you mean not drilling corners then?
I back into corners the same way around every time, I don't understand these that do a U shape headland how they get cross overs in corners? Must be constantly driving on top of drilling. (It be like a chess board plenty double drilled, some 1time other squares not drilled)
Or do you class it as leaving too much by time you've backed up then it takes few seconds for seed to start when you set off forewards?
Combine leaves a little in corners any way do not much point me drilling nearer.

 

[Ramrod]

When I say modern farmers don't seem to crop corners - I'm referring to trailed drills, many just cut across the corner, by driving round it.

I like you started field on 5th bout (4.5) using GPS, after finishing all bouts, drill all headlands on the round but change direction after first round because seed doesn't fall until moving.

 

[dannewhouse]

When I say modern farmers don't seem to crop corners - I'm referring to trailed drills, many just cut across the corner, by driving round it.

I like you started field on 5th bout (4.5) using GPS, after finishing all bouts, drill all headlands on the round but change direction after first round because seed doesn't fall until moving.

I see what you're meaning, you end. Up with only a 3m square in the corner not properly drilled, I have perhaps 3 drill widths where I've backed into corner not fully covered.

Trailed drills, plenty combi drill men around here do curves so sprayer doesn't have to back into corner!!!

 

[Norfolk Olly]

I drill them back to front, start on the inside working back to hedge. On the last round go 2/3rds around the corner Then back into it to square it off. I find this way theres very little overlap and no wheelings

 

[dannewhouse]

I drill them back to front, start on the inside working back to hedge. On the last round go 2/3rds around the corner Then back into it to square it off. I find this way theres very little overlap and no wheelings View attachment 909390

How do you judge where to start starting on the inside or have you a fancy satnav?
Why isn't the ground like that here today! Peed it down all day!

 

[Norfolk Olly]

How do you judge where to start starting on the inside or have you a fancy satnav?
Why isn't the ground like that here today! Peed it down all day!

Autosteer so running on same waylines every year

 

[principal skinner]

I drill them back to front, start on the inside working back to hedge. On the last round go 2/3rds around the corner Then back into it to square it off. I find this way theres very little overlap and no wheelings View attachment 909390

Very neat and tidy, great to see pride in a job!

 

[Chae1]

Autosteer so running on same waylines every year

Does the edge of your field not move?

Depending on if headlands ploughed in or out. If I did that I'd end up with a half m. Missed all way round field.

 

[dannewhouse]

Does the edge of your field not move?

Depending on if headlands ploughed in or out. If I did that I'd end up with a half m. Missed all way round field.

But if you had plough setup properly on rtk it would be the same? (I don't know how to do it, can guess it'll not be easy)

 

[Chae1]

When you plough it in, I'm throwing soil pretty close to wall/fence. Proper arable farmers won't have such obstacles.

My depth wheel is a flotation tyre at back of plough. So when ploughing away there is width of depth wheel and open furrow away from fence.

 

[dannewhouse]

When you plough it in, I'm throwing soil pretty close to wall/fence. Proper arable farmers won't have such obstacles.

My depth wheel is a flotation tyre at back of plough. So when ploughing away there is width of depth wheel and open furrow away from fence.

But where do you drill to, when I've ploughed into the field I go around very slowly with power Harrow so I can drill to fence, when ploughed out, I dont bother just drill right to edge.

 

[e3120]

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.

In the light of day, it seems that I elected to adopt this policy last night. The waiting game to see where the AWOL headland trams appear has started