Which drill has these elements

[warksfarmer]

6m or 8m mounted
2t Hopper on front linkage
Large tyres on both front corners for depth
3 sections across width that float independently from each other
4 rows of tines
16-20cm seed row
Levelling board before or after tines
Harrow or press wheels
Can work to 4-5 inches deep

 

[Clive]

that would be a lot of weight mounted ?

 

[smithy]

http://www.fwi.co.uk/machinery/farmers-build-back-up-seeder-to-suit-late-drilling.htm

 

[nick...]

I think you will have to build one Lee and get @Clive to help you
Nick...

 

[AgriLinc]

6m or 8m mounted
2t Hopper on front linkage
Large tyres on both front corners for depth
3 sections across width that float independently from each other
4 rows of tines
16-20cm seed row
Levelling board before or after tines
Harrow or press wheels
Can work to 4-5 inches deep

We have a Front Mounted Tank, 6m, 2014, Weaving Sabre Tine Drill in currently which suits most of the above requirements? (No levelling board and 2 section not 3), 2.5T Tank Capacity
http://www.agri-linc.com/shop/products/id/mu103247.htm

 

[Spencer]

http://m.agriaffaires.co.uk/used/no...contour-master-6-25-6-m-25-cm-ecartement.html

Seen a few of these advertised and always thought they looked useful things.. although not quite your exact specifications

 

[Brisel]

 

[Longneck]

I would think someone like Weaving's would build you one if you were serious. Sounds like it would be a big lump though.

 

[E_B]

6m or 8m mounted
2t Hopper on front linkage
Large tyres on both front corners for depth
3 sections across width that float independently from each other
4 rows of tines
16-20cm seed row
Levelling board before or after tines
Harrow or press wheels
Can work to 4-5 inches deep

KV TS Evo. Only spec it doesn't meet is front hopper. Would spec with harrows instead of press wheels if you do a lot of drilling wet clay. 5 rows of tines instead of 4.

 

[clbarclay]

Covenbrook Fabrications have made their own design tine drills, that like the KV ts evo looks to be similar to what your asking if they made a front hopper version.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

I run something similar but have ended up with 2 back half with one front tank but work on 4.8m working width. There isn't really an off the shelf back end that will do everything you want. The nearest is a weaving and within in reason that will be able to do some adaptions to one for you but possibly not everything on your wish list after that you would need to get a std front tank and bits and pieces and then get a business like Agriweld or Terratech or Covenbrook to make you a back end to your spec. as Clive said 6m would need 200hp and 8m circa 250hp+ not so much to pull it but more to wagon it unless you were sticking it on for beans direct.

 

[Mark C]

Before TS drills came to the market a local farmer made his own seed boots to fit a kverneland springtine cultivator with very similar tines to the original TS and front tank, this was in conjunction with the local KV / accord dealer. KV saw it developed princial into the TS.

Something similar could be done with a vaderstad NZ (trailed I know) with a front tank?

 

[Brisel]

The Aussies just add seed boots to their cultivators. I don't know why we don't do more of this. The NZ has 7.5 cm tine spacing which is narrower than most drills.

 

[Clive]

The Aussies just add seed boots to their cultivators. I don't know why we don't do more of this. The NZ has 7.5 cm tine spacing which is narrower than most drills.

didn't Jeff Claydon build a good business doing just that ??

 

[warksfarmer]

What I am thinking of is more lightweight and no way will need 250hp on the front and indeed it appears weaving have done this and there is a 6m on a 190hp tractor and I've spoken to the owner who is very happy.

The claydon is similar in many respects but moves far to much soil at drilling time. I am looking for the ability to still slot seed without moving much soil if a disc drill and no till isn't an option. This is more of a backup machine.

 

[R&D]

Vaderstadt did do this, think it was called the Concorde

 

[Clive]

What I am thinking of is more lightweight and no way will need 250hp on the front and indeed it appears weaving have done this and there is a 6m on a 190hp tractor and I've spoken to the owner who is very happy.

The claydon is similar in many respects but moves far to much soil at drilling time. I am looking for the ability to still slot seed without moving much soil if a disc drill and no till isn't an option. This is more of a backup machine.

would be a very popular machine in a wet autumn

 

[Robigus]

You're getting too technical. A couple of old Carriers are what you need.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

What I am thinking of is more lightweight and no way will need 250hp on the front and indeed it appears weaving have done this and there is a 6m on a 190hp tractor and I've spoken to the owner who is very happy.

The claydon is similar in many respects but moves far to much soil at drilling time. I am looking for the ability to still slot seed without moving much soil if a disc drill and no till isn't an option. This is more of a backup machine.

Having made quite a few of these types of machines (clive even had one a 3m) yes a 6m will be fine on circa 200Hp as I said but if you are thinking of 8m you will need a frame size of tractor bigger to wagon it hence my reference to 250Hp. They are not heavy total weight as you say but they sit heavier than you think due to the depth of frame and when you have an 8m it isn't just an extra metre on each end you need a strong / heavier centre spine to support it etc.