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<blockquote data-quote="Pnw Farmer" data-source="post: 1747441" data-attributes="member: 42548"><p>That's a pretty broad question, we've ran a JD 750 for about 18 years now. True no till, deep banders running fertilizer on the first gang, seed on 7.5" spacing on the 2nd and 3rd gang. We seed our fall wheat into garb or pea ground. Seeded barley this spring but it was stubble that had a vertical tillage pass made last fall. I think it's 2nd to none in regards to even crop emergence but we're always fighting loose hubs, greasing every 125 or so acres, we've got abrasive soils around here so blades and boots wear somewhat quickly, won't close in the spring, doesn't seed garbanzo beans, boots plug if you tail or sweep much on corners in the spring. Hard ground and dull blades are a bad combo as they're spring over hydraulic down-pressure so you can only load the springs so much and your even emergence goes downhill quickly. I pulled the closing wheels off because I'd lose a couple bearings a day in them, replaced with a hydraulically raised 5 bar flex harrow. Last spring we did a 200 acre test plot having a neighbor come in and custom seed peas directly into 105 BPA wheat residue. Drill was a Case 400 shank drill, 10" space with 3.5" paired rows. Flowed residue excellent, couldn't get a harrow across it afterwards though that spread residue evenly. A lot of the bigger farmers around here have gone to the Horsch Cougar shank drills, 2 rank with a lead coulter for sizing residue to flow through, nice drills but they're out of our price range by a couple hundred thousand. Agpro is well known in the area, they're a local manufacturer out of Lewiston, ID. Supposedly the Cross Slot drills will seed through anything but they're known to be maintenance headaches and pull like lead sleds. If you go in depth about what the conditions you'll be working in, then a guy can give a more in depth answer that is tailored to help you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pnw Farmer, post: 1747441, member: 42548"] That's a pretty broad question, we've ran a JD 750 for about 18 years now. True no till, deep banders running fertilizer on the first gang, seed on 7.5" spacing on the 2nd and 3rd gang. We seed our fall wheat into garb or pea ground. Seeded barley this spring but it was stubble that had a vertical tillage pass made last fall. I think it's 2nd to none in regards to even crop emergence but we're always fighting loose hubs, greasing every 125 or so acres, we've got abrasive soils around here so blades and boots wear somewhat quickly, won't close in the spring, doesn't seed garbanzo beans, boots plug if you tail or sweep much on corners in the spring. Hard ground and dull blades are a bad combo as they're spring over hydraulic down-pressure so you can only load the springs so much and your even emergence goes downhill quickly. I pulled the closing wheels off because I'd lose a couple bearings a day in them, replaced with a hydraulically raised 5 bar flex harrow. Last spring we did a 200 acre test plot having a neighbor come in and custom seed peas directly into 105 BPA wheat residue. Drill was a Case 400 shank drill, 10" space with 3.5" paired rows. Flowed residue excellent, couldn't get a harrow across it afterwards though that spread residue evenly. A lot of the bigger farmers around here have gone to the Horsch Cougar shank drills, 2 rank with a lead coulter for sizing residue to flow through, nice drills but they're out of our price range by a couple hundred thousand. Agpro is well known in the area, they're a local manufacturer out of Lewiston, ID. Supposedly the Cross Slot drills will seed through anything but they're known to be maintenance headaches and pull like lead sleds. If you go in depth about what the conditions you'll be working in, then a guy can give a more in depth answer that is tailored to help you. [/QUOTE]
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