Weaving GD user thread

[Badshot]

I was referring to the hair-pinning, nothing else.....

Ohhhhhhhhh
I think anything that was affected by hairpinning would have died in the drought last autumn.

 

[Badshot]

They look good how many seeds did you aim for. Do you think they need to be any thicker?
Edit. You may have said but what was the ley was it cut or grazed and how long had it been down

I planted 240 kg/ha, which from memory was 50 seeds, the germination wasn't great.
The rooks hassled them, snapping them off, then the rabbits decided to show their disapproval at my choice of cropping by felling them like trees. A little thicker wouldn't have hurt in areas, but other areas are more than thick enough.
It's been a sheep grazed grass field, in grass for as long as I remember but resseeded occasionally.
I got natural England to inspect before doing anything.
They literally are ball height in the thicker areas, I can see the buggers going up and over.

 

[Duosig]

How does the 3m handle turning tight corners? And how do they handle rocks? Does anyone know how big the hoppers are on the mounted seed and fert model?

 

[Badshot]

How does the 3m handle turning tight corners? And how do they handle rocks? Does anyone know how big the hoppers are on the mounted seed and fert model?

I don't turn tight corners.
It kills bearings and bushes apparently.

 

[Farmer Roy]

How does the 3m handle turning tight corners? And how do they handle rocks? Does anyone know how big the hoppers are on the mounted seed and fert model?

I don't turn tight corners.
It kills bearings and bushes apparently.

I wouldn't do any more than a gentle curve with any style of disc planter ( single disc or double disc ). Just puts too much stress on discs, bearings, any pivot or parrallelogram bushes, can actually bend things . . .
Nah - not a good idea to go around corners with units in the ground. I have always lifted out on sharp corners & then reversed back into them, with either 8 or 12m gear . . .

 

[Brisel]

You wouldn't want to reverse one of these very far...

 

[clbarclay]

I wouldn't want to either, but I wouldn't mind watching someone else try.

Even with tine drills I don't like drilling tight bends, if only because the rows spread and merge. Headlands are rarely perfectly straight though and I do wonder sometimes how tight a gentle curve can get before it is putting significant strain on the drill and I need to add another corner.

 

[britt]

View attachment 789756 Had some spring barley drilled weaving gd . checked to start with seamed ok but seams a hell of a lot of seed onthe top now . I asked the contractors what’s happened and he said that it’s the drill it always does it. Is that true with all the other gd users or is it drilling speed related.

If the seed has to slide down the bottom disc it will be flicked out with excessive speed.
I have to go slow with the Bd on beans as they get flicked out because they don't fit between the discs where they drop.

 

[Badshot]

 

[Badshot]

I think the thick cover residue will show to be best over the sheep grazing.
They've damaged the soil surface, exposed it, it's now very dry compared to the thick cover

 

[Brisel]

That looks like quite a heavy drill

 

[Badshot]

That looks like quite a heavy drill

It's pretty heavy, yes.
Added 560kg of weight to get it to work properly here. It's very heavy, difficult to work soil.

 

[Badshot]

Wondering about getting some wheel weights profiled out of heavy plate to add some more weight.

The 3m mounted really needs to be trailed, could use a much smaller tractor then.

 

[Badshot]

Actually The wheel weights won't help cut in, they can free float if not up to the depth stop.

Have to be more on the frame somehow then.

 

[Badshot]

 

[Warnesworth]

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Looks nicely hair-pinned...

 

[Badshot]

Looks nicely hair-pinned...

You need glasses, the bottom of the seed trench is completely clean.

 

[Warnesworth]

You need glasses, the bottom of the seed trench is completely clean.

That appears to be straw that has been pushed into the slot. The disc certainly hasn't cut it....

 

[Duosig]

Looks great! how does the GD handle chopped straw in autumn?

 

[Warnesworth]

Looks great! how does the GD handle chopped straw in autumn?

It hair-pins it, just like every other disc drill.