No drill till

[flaboy]

I am going to look at a no drill till this weekend. I have never used one before, we always did it the old fashion way. So I am interested in any input as to what to look for or look out for. The unit is used. Your thoughts?

 

[dun]

Not all no-tills have press wheels behind the coulter to close the seed channel. If you don;t want to have to run a cultipacor or roller behind it, make sure it has the press wheels. If you'll be doing unbearded WSG, make sure it has an auger type of feed system and not gravity. Best to have a small seed box on it also so you can seed different sizes/types of seed with a single pass.
Other then that, the obviousd things are that moving parts move, rotating parts rotate, spinning things spin, etc. Might also want to pull it a short distance and watch the wheels to make sure the wheel bearings aren;t foobared.
People never seem to remember the wheel bearings on those things.

dun

 

[flaboy]

Thanks DUN. You are right about the press roller on the rear. I noticed that in some pictures of some. I do have access to a roller but why roll if I can do it in one pass. I need it to plant rye seed this winter and bahia in the spring. I don't want to do all the tilling, spreading, rolling stuff over and over.

 

[dun]

Thanks DUN. You are right about the press roller on the rear. I noticed that in some pictures of some. I do have access to a roller but why roll if I can do it in one pass. I need it to plant rye seed this winter and bahia in the spring. I don't want to do all the tilling, spreading, rolling stuff over and over.

If one with press wheels cost a little more it's probably going to pay for itself in a year or 2 with the savings in fuel costs.

dun

 

[flaboy]

Yeah, you are right there. It might not even take a couple of years, maybe just a couple of months depending on fuel prices.

 

[HatCreekFan]

The only thing I could think of was the small seed box....
and Dun got it....

 

[flaboy]

OK, pardon my ignorance. The small feed box you refer to, is it in addition to the hopper? I assume this could be used to mix two different seeds?

 

[bigbull338]

yes from what i understand the small seed box is in addtion to the large seedbox.for seeds like wheat an oats.correct me if im rong. but the small seed box can be placed in the reg seedbox.scott

 

[HatCreekFan]

isn't the smaller seed box for clover and other legumes/little bitty seeds?....So you can interseed say, orchardgrass and clover and be assured that you're getting both kinds evenly... Instead of worrying that those little bitty seeds settle down and you don't get an even stand.

 

[bigbull338]

yes the small seed box is for clover an small seeds.scott

 

[flaboy]

OK, thanks for all the advice guys. I appreciate it.

 

[dun]

yes from what i understand the small seed box is in addtion to the large seedbox.for seeds like wheat an oats.correct me if im rong. but the small seed box can be placed in the reg seedbox.scott

Never seen the small box inside of the large box. The ones I've dealt with it's a seperate smaller hopper. It feeds through the same lower mechanism as the large seed, just mixes in as your seeding.

dun

 

[cfpinz]

There is a haybuster 107 in my area for sale, have talked to the owner and he said it was in pretty good condition. Haven't seen it myself but he said it doesn't have the legume box and he reckons it is 15 or 20 years old???? Anyone out there have any idea what it is worth?

 

[bigbull338]

thanks for clearing that up dun.all ive ever messed with was a 45yr old jd FB-B grain drill.hired a no till drill once 20yrs ago,scott

 

[dun]

thanks for clearing that up dun.all ive ever messed with was a 45yr old jd FB-B grain drill.hired a no till drill once 20yrs ago,scott

I've got an old VanBrunt and a JD-VanBrunt, decent drills but no packing wheels. But I sure get better stands of grass with them then I did when we broadcast and rolled it in.
I'm going to look at a 10' TYE this week-end myself. Since this isn;t a cropping area, hardly anyone has a drill. I don;t recall the make of the ones I've rented from NRCS, but they're good drills but not to convenient when you only want to do 5 acres here today and somewhere else next wekk instead of 1 large area all at one time.

dun

 

[HatCreekFan]

You know, it's funny how when you talk about something on here, then something happens around the farm that makes you wonder...

Well, you'll never guess what I saw sitting in the barn lot on my way home from work today. The picture follows in the next post.

 

[HatCreekFan]

 

[HatCreekFan]

I think my husband has some explaining to do. ;-)

 

[flaboy]

Well, I went to the despersal sale (farm and herd). The no-till drill was just like the one pcitured above. It was a little bigger than I was looking for and sold for more than I wanted to pay. It sold a $7900. Was in really good shape though. Folks were paying way too much for stuff. One used field drag sold for $550. New they cost $400.

 

[HatCreekFan]

I didn't ask how much he paid for the drill.

Instead, I listened patiently while he explained the benefits of having his own and how he hated to borrow other people's stuff...even from the Cons. Office. Then, I smiled and nodded.

And all was okay.


flaboy - isn't it aggravating when stuff at auctions goes haywire? Great for the owner, rough on the consumer.