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Help with a grain drill

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tom hayes

06-13-2006 08:52:18




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I found a McCormick/IH 10-7 grain drill in really great shape. Planted soy beans with it 1 1/2 weeks ago, and they are up and showing me many skips and many very heavy areas. In some rows the plants are touching for 20' or more and ii others, no plants for 20'. Chart said notch 7 and cup E for 64 quarts per acre, or about 2 bushells. Box was level. Any ideas? Also, where can I get seed drop tubes? Many thanks.

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Sid

06-13-2006 11:51:40




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to tom hayes, 06-13-2006 08:52:18  
My guess is a partial obstruction in seed tubes. Insect nest or perhaps a kink just enough restriction to stop flow for awhile that lets the seed build up until it gets enough weight to break loose. How clean was your seed? It might be something in the drive mechanism skipping as well.



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tom hayes

06-15-2006 08:26:02




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to Sid, 06-13-2006 11:51:40  
Sid, I ran a piece of wire up the drop tubes and got out wasp nests which had partially plugged up my drop tubes. Many thanks. Tom



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Illinois Boy

06-13-2006 11:13:38




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to tom hayes, 06-13-2006 08:52:18  
Don't really know about the skips - are there supposed to be reducers installed in the ports for beans? That may be a your problem if the ports are not clogged with something. Never had any problem with skipping while seeding, but I use mine more to sow hay with the grass seeder boxes. Hopefully, someone else has an answer for you - I know Sammy The Red has a Mccormick drill and he may be able to help.
I made some tubes for my McCormick 14x7 from flexible black pipe - attached it to the feed cups with cotter pins. The old metal ones are non-existent as far as I know. The grass seeder - I just let it fall out and cover the seed with a drag.

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Lou

06-13-2006 12:24:32




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to Illinois Boy, 06-13-2006 11:13:38  
Hey Illinois boy, Im curious what kind of drag do you use to cover seed? thanks.



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Illinois Boy

06-13-2006 12:49:58




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to Lou, 06-13-2006 12:24:32  
Homemade - The chain drags that are supposed to be on the drill are long gone, although I have found a source for them. Just didn"t think it was worth the money to replace them. I took 2 metal fence posts and bolted them together to get 10" of length. Then I attached some old tire chains lengthways along the fence posts (about 3 will do it). I chain this contraption to the drill frame and just drag it behind the drill to "smooth" the dirt over the top of the hay seed. Don"t have a packer (rolling basket) to firm up the seed bed, but this "system" has worked fine so I guess I"ll stick with it. Only advice I have is ya don"t want to bury the seed too deep.
There"s all kinds of homemade "drags" that people have "invented"... We should posts some pictures of them!!

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Don-Wi

06-13-2006 12:48:36




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to Lou, 06-13-2006 12:24:32  
Either a spike-tooth drag (harrow) or a crusher (cultipacker) work good for going behind the drill. We"ve got 2 hitches on the back of our 12" Van Brunt drill and we pull 2 narrower crushers behind it, one with a 6" extension on the tounge so they don"t hit going around corners.
Donovan from Wisconsin



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Lou

06-13-2006 14:11:19




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 Re: Help with a grain drill in reply to Don-Wi, 06-13-2006 12:48:36  
Ive got a set of spike tooth harrows, but ive got them attached to a heavy pipe that drags too much dirt in front of it, affraid id bury seeds too deep. That lighter pipe with some tire chains sounds like it would work good. thanks



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