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[ih1455xl]

Thanks @ih1455xl .
How do you tell it to simulate a constant speed?

Thanks @ih1455xl .
How do you tell it to simulate a constant speed?

 

[jack6480]

Ed Pocock Is a very helpful man always answers the phone

 

[Two Tone]

Ed Pocock Is a very helpful man always answers the phone

He certainly is. His Dad is a really nice guy too and is a very well respected, now retired local Farm manager.

I’m hoping the fault will sort itself out by the morning. But if not, I’ll give Ed or one of his colleagues a call.

 

[Two Tone]

Found the problem!

It was one of the hydraulic pipes on my GD3000M that was fowling the ON/OFF spring that senses what position the Top link is in.

I thought I had been clever in routing the pipes so that they don’t chafe every time I lift the drill in and out of work.
It was working fine until I had a problem with one of the 1/2 tonne bags of seed, which was looking dodgy. So I’d put it on a pallet and lifted it all over the edge of the hopper. This meant I couldn’t climb the steps and had to climb up the front of the drill to empty the bag. As I did so I accidentally moved that ON/OFF switch arm and even though I reset it, it eventually it started to come into contact with the fan drive oil pipe where it connects to the tractor.

The trouble is that I’m not 100% sure where it started to do this and I might have a bit of a patching to do, once it has emerged…………Right by the road where everybody can see it to!!!!!!!!!

 

[robs1]

Found the problem!

It was one of the hydraulic pipes on my GD3000M that was fowling the ON/OFF spring that senses what position the Top link is in.

I thought I had been clever in routing the pipes so that they don’t chafe every time I lift the drill in and out of work.
It was working fine until I had a problem with one of the 1/2 tonne bags of seed, which was looking dodgy. So I’d put it on a pallet and lifted it all over the edge of the hopper. This meant I couldn’t climb the steps and had to climb up the front of the drill to empty the bag. As I did so I accidentally moved that ON/OFF switch arm and even though I reset it, it eventually it started to come into contact with the fan drive oil pipe where it connects to the tractor.

The trouble is that I’m not 100% sure where it started to do this and I might have a bit of a patching to do, once it has emerged…………Right by the road where everybody can see it to!!!!!!!!!

Just put some canes out a claim it's a trial plot

 

[Two Tone]

Bazooka Hybrid Winter Barley drilled at 102 Kgs/ha 10 days ago.

 

[jack6480]

Has anyone got seed flaps and the front soil flap on there gd? If so are they worth putting on?

 

[Two Tone]

Has anyone got seed flaps and the front soil flap on there gd? If so are they worth putting on?

I haven't got either. Just the plastic scraper between the 2 discs.
I know it is difficult sometimes, especially when the weather is getting worse and the ground more sticky. But I wonder if you need such flaps, are you going too fast or might have been better if you could drill earlier with a GD in the autumn, in better condition?
However, hindsight is a wonderful science, isn't it?

 

[jack6480]

I just need something to make me drill for more days and in wetter weather if needed. I got fast but I’m not slowing down. I’m drilling wheat into maize Stubble and it’s blocking in between the discs with soil
Was thinking seed flaps for beans.

 

[Two Tone]

I just need something to make me drill for more days and in wetter weather if needed. I got fast but I’m not slowing down. I’m drilling wheat into maize Stubble and it’s blocking in between the discs with soil
Was thinking seed flaps for beans.

Got to be worth a try with them then, I'd have thought.
Speak with Ed Pocock on 07815 556501. He'll certainly give you excellent advice.

Also worth checking if your scalloped discs are getting worn and that as they wear, the spacer washers between them are allowing too much dirt to ride up between the discs.

I changed my warn scalloped discs recently, including the bearings already attached for a few pennies over £60/ disc. Made a hell of a difference, but you must put in/take out the right amount of spacer washers, so that both discs just touch each other enough so that as you turn one, so (just) does the other, too.

I'b bet this isn't a lot more than fitting both sets of scrappers and very well worth doing. It took me just over an hour and a half to do and set up all 18 on my GD3000M with just a24mm socket and ratchet arm.

 

[clbarclay]

My experience last year was the discs (without extra plastic flaps besides the standard scraper) were not the limitation when it started getting wetter. The common problem has been the press tyres picking up soil which then build up on the fork holding the tyres till it locked them up and started bulldozing.

 

[Two Tone]

My experience last year was the discs (without extra plastic flaps besides the standard scraper) were not the limitation when it started getting wetter. The common problem has been the press tyres picking up soil which then build up on the fork holding the tyres till it locked them up and started bulldozing.

Which wheels are you using? The original cleated pneumatic ones or the newer ones?
Mine are the original type and they can be buggers for this. However, if you can wait until it dries a bit, they soon work again.

 

[jack6480]

Got to be worth a try with them then, I'd have thought.
Speak with Ed Pocock on 07815 556501. He'll certainly give you excellent advice.

Also worth checking if your scalloped discs are getting worn and that as they wear, the spacer washers between them are allowing too much dirt to ride up between the discs.

I changed my warn scalloped discs recently, including the bearings already attached for a few pennies over £60/ disc. Made a hell of a difference, but you must put in/take out the right amount of spacer washers, so that both discs just touch each other enough so that as you turn one, so (just) does the other, too.

I'b bet this isn't a lot more than fitting both sets of scrappers and very well worth doing. It took me just over an hour and a half to do and set up all 18 on my GD3000M with just a24mm socket and ratchet arm.

Thankyou twotone

 

[clbarclay]

I have the cleated pneumatic tyres as well.

In the autumn its a guessing game with clay soils and weather, as to wait for it to go again or switch to the tine drill.

 

[jack6480]

Wheel scrapers are a must. I have these and wouldn’t be without them

 

[ih1455xl]

Wheel scrapers are a must. I have these and wouldn’t be without them

I took my wheel scrapers off in the end as all they did was block and stop the wheel turning

 

[lostdog]

Wheel scrapers are a must. I have these and wouldn’t be without them

I took my wheel scrapers off in the end as all they did was block and stop the wheel turning

Well there is some conclusive information for us

I'm guessing soil types will have a large part to play. I did about 150 yards in a heavy shower a week ago just to see what it takes to stop us drilling as the gd is new to us this autumn. Needles to say I should have stopped after 50🫣. It was spring barley stubble that had been disced in the spring and due to the dry summer it was still very friable. The soil is silt with a little clay.
After that I had wondered whether the scrapers might be needed if in a wet autumn as about 2 inches of soil had built up on the packer tyres.

I'm not going to rush out and buy them yet. Going to see how it goes and how patient we have to be after rain. So far so good!

 

[yellow belly]

here when its wet enough to build up soil on the tyres its time to stop

heavy soil

when it is drying out and soil sticks to the inside of the disc if the scraper does not do its job then also stop
the two disc do need to be set just touching or soil sticks to the biger disc this flicks some of the seed out and in loose moved soil when it is a bit sticky without rolling after rape the slugs finish the crop off quicker than you can apply slug pellets

 

[jack6480]

I do a lot of contract drilling, soil and stones getting between the discs is a big pita for me.

 

[jack6480]

Tyres with air in are in my experience the best. I’ve broke no end of solid wheels