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<blockquote data-quote="Farmer Roy" data-source="post: 6598673" data-attributes="member: 71668"><p>yes</p><p></p><p>3 different 8m planters could have 48, 36 or 24 rows or outlets. One air seeder bin that could swap between the 3. The metering from the seed bin would be identical for all 3 ie - if it was going out at 50kg / ha on one planter, it would be 50kg / ha on all 3, it just means the seed in the furrow for the 24 outlet planter would be twice as thick as the 48 outlet planter, but the overall rate / ha would be the same.</p><p></p><p>I have run airseeders ( both trailed behind the implement & front mounted on the tractor ) for years and have always swapped them between various implements of different widths & row spacing, doing contract planting for other farms. The main thing is to just calibrate the output of the seed bin in relation to planting width . . .</p><p>Never really worry about seeding charts, an actual bucket calibration is always best</p><p></p><p>pretty simple if youre doing it all the time, but easy to get confused if not familiar with it</p><p></p><p>2 planters, both 12m, one on 1m spacings, another on 25cm, same air seeder out front. Same calibration / settings for equivalent kg / ha for each, just 4 times as much product for same rate in the 1m rows compared to 250 mm</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47396692_1170199693127512_6095895049407561728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQlEsvfCFdaNrS8AXg-FMoV0s_ajEi9D9NbnAK9KQkCTFsZpvUcC-66tB19nJK_ubB0&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=465890aba689e1be15f461daff5cd6f7&oe=5E315F4A" alt="Image may contain: sky, cloud and outdoor" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/11206722_485348781612610_6210726138451318489_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQmnmNsjxwWbQllhJINN1NimJD4LSJS_N_zSKQESHvEIwkst6AoSufbUCb1GPIFSmVM&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=ce0281382a72d234632415c5620aeff4&oe=5E3684D4" alt="No photo description available." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>same bin, but on an 8 m x 333mm row spacing bar. Just have to recalibrate it to 8m width, that's all</p><p></p><p><img src="https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/13119861_615654515248702_7124270580720350319_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQmzhCoHTN2o5JPbyAs3rfw7qgKm-6Wd6njhLWZCwcAV_rb-kJkLZc9XznTzSuHRuEM&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=11abd252a38d607247177d5c0522bb96&oe=5E25D1E6" alt="No photo description available." class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>actually, I don't even really have to calibrate the bin for the different widths. As its all electric drive, as long as ive done a bucket test on the product & calibrated it initially, to change widths I just change the machine width on the controller screen ( for the same product ) <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p>I love electric drive. 14 + years of off farm contracting and my own farming, with the biggest issue being rats chewing the wiring out under the cab on one occasion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Farmer Roy, post: 6598673, member: 71668"] yes 3 different 8m planters could have 48, 36 or 24 rows or outlets. One air seeder bin that could swap between the 3. The metering from the seed bin would be identical for all 3 ie - if it was going out at 50kg / ha on one planter, it would be 50kg / ha on all 3, it just means the seed in the furrow for the 24 outlet planter would be twice as thick as the 48 outlet planter, but the overall rate / ha would be the same. I have run airseeders ( both trailed behind the implement & front mounted on the tractor ) for years and have always swapped them between various implements of different widths & row spacing, doing contract planting for other farms. The main thing is to just calibrate the output of the seed bin in relation to planting width . . . Never really worry about seeding charts, an actual bucket calibration is always best pretty simple if youre doing it all the time, but easy to get confused if not familiar with it 2 planters, both 12m, one on 1m spacings, another on 25cm, same air seeder out front. Same calibration / settings for equivalent kg / ha for each, just 4 times as much product for same rate in the 1m rows compared to 250 mm [IMG alt="Image may contain: sky, cloud and outdoor"]https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/47396692_1170199693127512_6095895049407561728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=106&_nc_oc=AQlEsvfCFdaNrS8AXg-FMoV0s_ajEi9D9NbnAK9KQkCTFsZpvUcC-66tB19nJK_ubB0&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=465890aba689e1be15f461daff5cd6f7&oe=5E315F4A[/IMG] [IMG alt="No photo description available."]https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/11206722_485348781612610_6210726138451318489_o.jpg?_nc_cat=103&_nc_oc=AQmnmNsjxwWbQllhJINN1NimJD4LSJS_N_zSKQESHvEIwkst6AoSufbUCb1GPIFSmVM&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=ce0281382a72d234632415c5620aeff4&oe=5E3684D4[/IMG] same bin, but on an 8 m x 333mm row spacing bar. Just have to recalibrate it to 8m width, that's all [IMG alt="No photo description available."]https://scontent.fsyd8-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t31.0-8/13119861_615654515248702_7124270580720350319_o.jpg?_nc_cat=104&_nc_oc=AQmzhCoHTN2o5JPbyAs3rfw7qgKm-6Wd6njhLWZCwcAV_rb-kJkLZc9XznTzSuHRuEM&_nc_ht=scontent.fsyd8-1.fna&oh=11abd252a38d607247177d5c0522bb96&oe=5E25D1E6[/IMG] actually, I don't even really have to calibrate the bin for the different widths. As its all electric drive, as long as ive done a bucket test on the product & calibrated it initially, to change widths I just change the machine width on the controller screen ( for the same product ) :) I love electric drive. 14 + years of off farm contracting and my own farming, with the biggest issue being rats chewing the wiring out under the cab on one occasion. [/QUOTE]
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