- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
Is there anything not to like about the new Sabre Tine?
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Weaving Sabre Tine
- Thread starter Banana Bar
- Start date
- Location
- south norfolk
The price.huge money fir a cultivator with a hopper on top like all these drills really.
nick...
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Have you seen the latest one which i think it is good value at £39k for a 6m folding and with two wings that float independently and if you qualify you could get about another £9k of
- Location
- Cirencester
A friend has one, a 4.8m pre production one that cost him 24k, he loves it, the drillman loves it too. Went and had a look at it drilling some wheat in some non too pleasant soil. Seed depth control compared to a Vaddy was simply awful, each wing seemed to be a different depths but it was putting seed into the ground, he did say it was very heavy, needing a larger front weight, he had it on a Fendt 724 I think (not up on my green tractors) I see they must have put the prices up as the last time I looked a 4.8 was I think 32k, as above, a lot of money for such a simple drill.
- Location
- Lincs/Cambs
We like ours a lot , it’s not always that pretty behind it but it puts the seed in the ground in some very challenging conditions and it all growing well .
Think the recent CPSG scheme was for a 3m drill. However I think 3m Sabre Tines are around £24k so after grant, you get the machine for not much more than £14k.
I see the hoppers are made of plastic now to reduce weight.
- Location
- Essex/Herts Border
6m sabre tine although still a lot of money will be probably half that of the equivalent 6m Vaderstad or Horsch drill. All drills are expensive nowadays!
alomy75
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Not specific to the sabretine but unless you can be sure you could roll after I would worry about slugs and performance of residual chemistry in an unconsolidated seedbed. The sabretine coulter itself is an awesome bit of kit tho imo (apart from the seed tube retaining clips obviously
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- Lincs/Cambs
Rolls ? I can’t even remember where I left mine , not used for a while .Not specific to the sabretine but unless you can be sure you could roll after I would worry about slugs and performance of residual chemistry in an unconsolidated seedbed. The sabretine coulter itself is an awesome bit of kit tho imo (apart from the seed tube retaining clips obviously
alomy75
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- Location
- Lincs/Cambs
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just my experience of weaving, good concepts but pretty cheaply built.
- Location
- Lincs/Cambs
Did you have a GD ?
I thought you bought a new Clayton drill which was the savour of farming ? @Banana Bar
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds
It’s definitely been my saviour this year, drilled about 80% with it. Doesn’t hurt to have a look though. Just bought a disc dd.