No till drill

[farmguy]

I have been renting a no till drill from the county. Thinking about getting a used one of my own. Any suggestions? 8 or 10 foot would be OK or larger. I plant alfalfa, clover, brome and sorghum sudan Thanks.

 

[Jogeephus]

I'd get as wide as I could afford.

 

[HDRider]

I'd get as wide as I could afford.

They get pretty pricey don't they?

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

I would like a 10 ft but I got tight places to get them in and out of.

 

[bigbull338]

a new notill drill will cost you $1500 a foot.so for an 8ft drill your looking at $12,000 10ft would be $15,000.to rent a notill drill here they charge $15ac rent.so if you plant 100 to 300acs a year a notill will pay for its self in 5yrs more or less depending on how meny acs you plant in a year.

 

[Stocker Steve]

Any comments on the different brands ?

 

[Jacob]

I talked my dad in getting one this past
Fall and I did a Ton of research and we
Decided on a 10 foot Great Plains. So far we love it but only planted rye grass and oats. We will no till some millet sometime In April so we will see.

 

[Tim/South]

Our local FSA rents an 8 foot Sunflower drill for $7 per acre. A friend bought a drill and rents it to friends/ farmers for $4 per acre. It is also a Sunflower. They do a good job.
Another friend bought a new Great Plains. It is a more expensive drill than the Sunflower and I believe the cost difference is worth to if a person drills a lot.
We mostly drill ryegrass in the fall and sometimes add clover with the small seed attachment.
How many acres I planned to drill would help me decide on whether I bought the upper end drill or a really nice one.

 

[bigbull338]

renting a drill out for $7 or $4 an ac wont pay for the drill or up keep on it.

 

[TexasBred]

renting a drill out for $7 or $4 an ac wont pay for the drill or up keep on it.

That's the "friends and farmers" rate.

 

[Red Bull Breeder]

A 10 foot Haybuster is around $25000.00. NRCS rents here for 7 to 9 dollars a acre.

 

[dun]

A 10 foot Haybuster is around $25000.00. NRCS rents here for 7 to 9 dollars a acre.

Or you can buy one used for around 6k like I did. The first year I put another 200 in it getting all of the broken abused stuff working right again.

 

[Tim/South]

renting a drill out for $7 or $4 an ac wont pay for the drill or up keep on it.

Exactly. That is why we rent.
I could not afford to own a drill for what we can rent one.

 

[dun]

We used to rent the one from our NRCS office, they had 2 of them. The waiting list to use them always screwed up the time frame that I 'wanted" to drill. It also wasn;t as well maintained as mine is.

 

[bigbull338]

well around here the dealers charge $15 an ac to rent a nptill drill,