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planting with the drill

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oliverfarm

05-09-2007 18:42:07




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New to farming and running planters and such. Any input as to get a field seeded with the grain drill and not overlap rows too much is helpful since I planted an area with the drill and thought my passes were good and they still came out too far apart. Whats the trick to it?




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05-10-2007 08:20:20




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 Re: planting with the drill in reply to oliverfarm, 05-09-2007 18:42:07  
Well like some said, no big deal if you have some small gaps or overlaps, (they are small, right? If they aren't small then you need to practice more!) Also everyone thus far has mentioned something about "where the wheel runs" referring to wheel drills. Where I grew up there were only press drills so you had no wide wheel track to follow, however with a bit of practice and some good eyes and judgement, it was easy to keep the mark within one opener spacing which was 7 inches. I will add that the only time I ever had trouble with this was a day when it was quite dry and dusty and there was a strong tail wind. Going with the wind made it terribly hard to even keep eyes open (this was before cabs, obviously) as those press wheels throw a lot of soil around!!!

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MLD

05-10-2007 05:54:14




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 Re: planting with the drill in reply to oliverfarm, 05-09-2007 18:42:07  
Nobody can help you but yourself, you need to learn where to run your wheel track on the return pass, just like you do when disking.



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Farmallboybill

05-09-2007 20:17:53




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 Re: planting with the drill in reply to oliverfarm, 05-09-2007 18:42:07  
Ya gotta learn to run the wheel in the track of the last pass. If you go inside the wheel track, that ok, But if you go outside, thatll leave the gaps you saw in yours. I dont mind going inside at all and dont worry about that. Iplant with a 3in a steel wheeled 1924 McDeering drill, so I aont got much leeway.



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dds-inc

05-09-2007 19:49:29




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 Re: planting with the drill in reply to oliverfarm, 05-09-2007 18:42:07  
thats why we hang an indicator rod with a piece of chain off the front end of the tractor to mark of the next row, WITHOUT looking backward



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Roger in Iowa

05-09-2007 18:49:48




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 Re: planting with the drill in reply to oliverfarm, 05-09-2007 18:42:07  
You gotta drive so the opener (disk) is the same distance apart from the last disk pass as they are on the drill. DId it by eye for years.

If you cannot do that, make a cheap "marker" by attaching a piece of pipe with drag chain on your drill to make a mark in the field to follow. Mark has to be at the right distance for either the center of your tractor or wheel, if wide front. Requires you to go round and round the field.

Roger in Iowa

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