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How big a drill behind an 806?

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dmiller

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I'm looking to upgrade/re-size my drill for next year. At the moment my opportunities appear to be dryland that has been in pasture for decades.

How big of a drill can an 806 handle? I'm not sure which I want to find (single disc, double disc, or hoe). Price range for me says it will be from the 70's most likely.

Currently have a 10ft. Van brunt, probably will sell it to help pay for the upgrade. Like it, does a good job, but the seed box is so small I spend more time filling it than driving.
 
I would think an 806 would pull a 15' with no trouble. I have a 10' no-til that I pulled with mine, and it was sized about right. But a conventional drill pulls rather easy, so you should be fine....
 
Depends on what type, no till with counters or no till without, or conventional. Ad what kind of ground. I saw dry land but is there hills?

We got a 10ft GP no till and its fine behind our 1066, MF 1135 and MF 399. But on some hills and full it'll hurt the 399.

If we had a 15ft we would be limited to the 1066 and 1135
 
We had a customer that pulled 2, 15' Van Brunts with his 806. That was in dryland relatively flat ground.
 
With a conventional drill I would think you should be able to pull 25-30 ft. If it is a notill drill the Great plains will pull a lot easier than the Deere will. We pull a notill Great Plains 15 ft with coulters on with any of these 806,856,2940. If we had a Deere that size it would need an 8430 or such if there were any soft spots at all. That dolly wheel set up takes power if it goes down even a little bit. If it is on the quick hitch it might pull a bit better. Of course it also depends on how fast you want to go. We pull ours in either 1st high or 4th low. Depends on the field (hills,rough,wet) and such.
 
I currently pull the van brunt with a farmall A no problems. I think the 806 would pull 3 or 40 of them and not notice.
 
like stated a standard disc type drill pulls easy so to speak, I have press drills both in double disc and hoe opener style, I pulled the 24' set of hoe drills with a 970 (85hp) and as long as I was dualled up it handled it at 5.5mph good but did make it work on the bigger hills with drills full, I have 16 set of press double disc drills that I pull with my 770 and except for big hills and when they are full it will walk with them at 8 mph end wheel disc drills with no packer pull very easy, I have those as well
 
That 806 would probably pull 50 feet with ease.You're not pulling a plow.LOL......I know,I being a smart@$$
 
Had a guy offer to sell me a John Deere box drill with hoes and presswheels, not sure what model (don't remember now it was a year ago) but it was a late 70's era dryland drill. I think it was 2 10 ft. sections but it might have been 3 sections. Will the hoes make much different in the draft? Will these work as a half decent no till outfit?
One local guy told me they do well that way, another guy said you will hate yourself when you combine because of the clumps/ridges they leave.
 
Thanks, that is very helpful.
From what I can tell you farm similar ground to my opportunities. I'm about 35 miles South of Billings.
 
I used hoes drills here for 40 years I have 9" spacing and they are not bad as far as ruff, I have two older IH drills that are 11"-14" spacing and those you do not want to run across the drill furrows
 
I know absolutly nothing about hoe drills.I suppose that a hoe does pull harder than a single or double disk.If you are worried about being a rough ride on the combine,come bounce across some of our 'water marks'!
 
Here in western Nebraska I have pulled 2-14' IHC 150 Shoe drills 12" spacing real easy with single 18 X 34 tires. Fairly flat though. I would think if you had duals and a bit of weight it would pull it just about anywhere within reason. funtwohunt
 
dmiller, 2, 12 ft, single or DD drills on a Walden 2 Drill hitch,, 70 horses will handle all day long!
An 806 with duals will handle 3, 10 ft Hoe drills on 1 hitch, Both examples are... all day long in High Plains Blow Sand! Hope this helps.
Later,
John A.
 
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