grain drill planting

[denoginnizer]

Anyone got an idea of how many acres a 10 foot grain drill can plant per hour? Im not trying to get exact just looking for a rough estimate.

 

[bigbull338]

the acres a grain drill can plant in an hour is based on several things.like how much the seebox holds.how much you are planting pre ac.an how often your having to stop an refill your seedbox.you should be able to plant 4acs an hr depending on what your planting.

 

[lukem86]

depends on a lot of things... but I would guess around 8....

we have a 13 footer, Im not exactly sure how fast I was traveling, but in a good long field, I can average between 10 and 11.

 

[MikeC]

Almost 6 acres per hour at 5 MPH. (The speed I run)

Not counting your "Lapover" loss.

 

[dun]

Besides all of the settings and amounts, the biggest governing property is speed across the gorund. Took me 3 hours yesterday to drill 8 acres with a 10 foot JD/VanBrunt.

dun

 

[shorty]

I have a 10 ft drill with a box that holds around 24 bu. of seed , I'm happy if I can average 5 acres per hour.

 

[Proverbs 12:10]

Just today I planted 20 acres of wheat/oats mix with a GP 10' no-till drill. Took right at 3 hours not counting filling the bin with seed. Relatively flat pasture so I could make a good pace. Took 1 hour to fertilize.