Wet conditions direct drilling option
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
- Location
- Worcestershire
Smaller meter wheel . ?
it doesn’t disturb much so the tyres should still be in stubble mostly
I think if we get to the point where this would not travel then we are probably better of not drilling at all
If you change the gears between meter drive and land wheel you can alter that
see other thread where I’ve been helped on that today
if it’s anything close to 10kph I will be happy - faster with a tine causes too much disturbance for my liking
I've been metering fert with a df1 for 11yrs, higher gearing and higher forward speeds both make the wheel more liable to slip, which obvs affects rate applied. A lot of large drills fed by front hoppers have two units and/or two pipes running back.
Unless you're only putting tiny amounts of seed on, you won't get near 10kph.
- Location
- Cheltenham
Sorry to be thick, but when you say 25cm spacing are the Coulter’s fanning the seed out over a wider drill than 25cm’s or are you really on double normal row spacing?
- Location
- Worcestershire
Yep v wide rows.
What you really want clive is a set up like old krm optidrill ,with its small hopper and metering unit sat on top of drill ,and then front hopper as a transfer ,
This what we are aiming to build ,
How do dders and these wide spaced rows ,deal with weed competition ,still like the 12:5 cm spacing
This what we are aiming to build ,
How do dders and these wide spaced rows ,deal with weed competition ,still like the 12:5 cm spacing
Hi Clive, Could you not adapt the bottom of the DF1 hopper to take the metering unit off the cart? Mount the modules onto the coulter frame of the co? And then continue to use the agtron system off the radar.
possibly with some fabrication yes - I didn’t want to chop up the cart as I’m trying to build this so it could be used with cart or front hopper ... or both in the future maybe ??
25cm rows - no spreading of seed , Our 12m avatar is the same
no yield penalty in trials I’ve seen
Our 4m 750a had the same accord unit - it could cope with 300kgs at 12-14kph
We might be limited on spied - will be at 200kgs if we do drill with this next week which isn’t really extreme rates
if no good will have to look at grafting the co unit to the hopper somehow i guess
Our co6 is a single hopper and 4 bolts would take the metering unit off yours, must be a different set up. Our plan was to mount all modules and radar on the coulter frame so we could easily put the cart on or off as we wanted.
- Location
- Lincs / Cambs border
I really don’t think a df1 is going to be able to cope with 6m . We had a weaving 6m time drill that was 6m on a single metering unit but it was a lot bigger than the Accord one . Weaving twin front hoppers are not that expensive if you want off the shelf and they are very good and fitted with Artimis .
wider rows could be a.issue I guess if you have a grass weed problem
we don’t have a grass weed issue and broadleaf pressure is lower when you disturb less soil
maybe right - will soon find out and cross that bridge if it is just too slow
fan was coping in a test earlier in the yard getting seed to all coulters ok
it’s only 24 coulters even though it’s 6m remember
With my front hopper on fert it is blowing the bloody stuff that is the problem. 3m drill, 300kg you will be limited to about 8k.
You soon know as you start to see it gathering in the flexy pipe off hopper.
What size of pipework have you used @Clive 5" transfer pipes on later machines were better. A bigger fan off a df2 might help too.
I seem to recall the fan speed on my df2 when I had it was 3500rpm.
You soon know as you start to see it gathering in the flexy pipe off hopper.
What size of pipework have you used @Clive 5" transfer pipes on later machines were better. A bigger fan off a df2 might help too.
I seem to recall the fan speed on my df2 when I had it was 3500rpm.
holywell farmer
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- Location
- holywell, north wales
Looks good