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Regen Ag and No-till Machinery
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<blockquote data-quote="clbarclay" data-source="post: 7078607" data-attributes="member: 6671"><p>If you are buying new then the width dictates mounted or trailed. 3m = mounted, 4m and over = trailed.</p><p>Bear in mind that these are not high speed drills compared to some disc drills. 8km/h is about the average drilling speed for a GD compared to the other makes of disc drills which tend to be run 10 to 14 km/h going by operator comments on here.</p><p></p><p>The GD needs plenty of weight per disc, which comes a seriously heavy lump when mounted, which I guess is why then no longer list wider mounted versions. [USER=362]@Badshot[/USER] has a neat looking setup for his 3m mounted, using a weighted press wheels on the front linkage to keep the tractor balanced when the drill is raised and lowered. I have a caddy, which is not an ideal design for the weight and can bear down very heavy on the back of the tractor with a full hopper and maximum weight on the discs. The current trailed drills look about the best balanced of them all.</p><p></p><p>I was put off a 3m mounted GD when we demoed one because the penetration seemed to be no better than the old style trailed unidill we were using at the time (which far too often was insufficient). I have a 4.8m caddy GD now, which refurbished cost not much more than a new 3m would have. Weaving were also refurbishing old mini caddys into trailed 3m GD drills, but I was glad of the extra width for the work rate when drilling the whole farm this spring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="clbarclay, post: 7078607, member: 6671"] If you are buying new then the width dictates mounted or trailed. 3m = mounted, 4m and over = trailed. Bear in mind that these are not high speed drills compared to some disc drills. 8km/h is about the average drilling speed for a GD compared to the other makes of disc drills which tend to be run 10 to 14 km/h going by operator comments on here. The GD needs plenty of weight per disc, which comes a seriously heavy lump when mounted, which I guess is why then no longer list wider mounted versions. [USER=362]@Badshot[/USER] has a neat looking setup for his 3m mounted, using a weighted press wheels on the front linkage to keep the tractor balanced when the drill is raised and lowered. I have a caddy, which is not an ideal design for the weight and can bear down very heavy on the back of the tractor with a full hopper and maximum weight on the discs. The current trailed drills look about the best balanced of them all. I was put off a 3m mounted GD when we demoed one because the penetration seemed to be no better than the old style trailed unidill we were using at the time (which far too often was insufficient). I have a 4.8m caddy GD now, which refurbished cost not much more than a new 3m would have. Weaving were also refurbishing old mini caddys into trailed 3m GD drills, but I was glad of the extra width for the work rate when drilling the whole farm this spring. [/QUOTE]
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