Triton Seed Drill

James W

Member
I saw a Triton working in the wet clay on the Buckminster Estate at Grantham, the conditions looked undrillable but it was belting up and down drilling rape at a crazy speed, I havnt been back to see the crop but I did hear that the crops came up well and they redrilled most of the earlier rape too with the Triton.
 

James W

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i guess the value is in what the drill does not what it costs. I was interested in the Triton for completely different reason to the heavy clay farmer that it is designed for.... I think it will be perfect as a direct drill behind sugar beet harvester cos it lifts the whole field up and can travel on our poor old Breckland soil which wont carry a tractor in the wet. We already have a front seed tank so a Triton 3m is only £19,000 what else can you buy for that ?
 

James W

Member
yes beardface i agree, i think the Triton is alot stronger than a Sabre drill, we have a sabre drill and its better than most drills but it doesnt shut the slot in the wet and only works shallow. In a conventional seed bed the sabre is an excellent drill, i dont know why people bother with the standard Weaving tine drill, the sabre is almost a perfect drill into a prepared seed bed. Sabre will block in trash and wet clay and cant take out the compaction, this is what the Triton is said to do.
 

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