Whilst it’s wet we are making a 5m power Harrow drill. Got the back end sorted but not sure on which front tank to go for. Looked at weaving but fail to see where they get the £10,000 price tag from as it’s just a tank with a seeding mechanism. It’s also a heavy lump. Got a quote coming from Alpego but is there anything else worth looking at?
Which seed front tank?
- Thread starter Beefsmith
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- Location
- E Yorks
How many Upstakes and heads are you proposing to use. What form of drive system and control system are you looking at?? what does the weaving quote include and exclude, electric drive? controller? Tramlining?
- Location
- Devon
You could try John Dale but they are all up at that price range or more
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Better making a small hopper at the back to do the metering as normal (dont need the front tank for OSR then) then all you have is a simple tank to blow at intervals to top it up, a few sensors makes it automatic.
Mr Charisma
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- Location
- stratford on Avon
If you like to make your own kit up then look out for a worn out vaddy rapid , 5 mins with a cutting disc and another 5 with a mig and jobs done for not a big sum of money , a clever bugger might cut the wheels down to 5 m , take wheels off where tractor wheels run and use it to support the weight of the tank as a press , might not be ideal this year but ,,,,,,,,
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They are expensive thing no getting away from it I'm afraid
If you want to do it cheap I have a ground-driven Accord hopper I might sell as it's not going to work in the application I had in mind for it. I have an ISO Horsch spilt hopper here now that might be used next week if it drys up!
- Location
- E Yorks
Now that will be a proper rig!!
The accord metering unit was man enough but the fan won't do the job at the higher seed rates - the Horsch hopper looks the a great bit of kit
beaconsboy
Member
- Location
- south powys
I still got my front hopper for sale. But no metering. But I'm sure it can be done
beaconsboy
Member
- Location
- south powys
Open to offers
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Is the horsch tank pressurised?
Yes they are pressurised to allow higher rates of fertiliser and seed to be blown to the distribution head
yes it is Twin metering unit, pressurised and ability to split to 2 products and 2 separate rates , full ISO - a very tidy bit of kit
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
There a few of them up here split grain/fert I think @storming has one
Sandy
Member
- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Same as the new lemken 23
- Location
- North West
Sounds like the project may have crept over the initial budget ?
I’ve not bought it - just “borrowed” it for now !
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