Grain Drill Questions

If you want to plant a small amount, you'd have to make something like a funnel that will hold it right above the opengin you want to use- could probably use an actual funnel and see how that would work.

If it has the grass seeder on the front, then it'll hold smaller amounts. I think the 2 boxes on ours holds about 1-1 1/2 50 lb. bags of alfalfa seed.

We use ours to plant oats as a cover crop over the alfalfa. Oats in the big box, alfalfa in the grass seeder. Don't know of many drills around here that came w/out a grass seeder for planting hayfeilds- just wouldn't make sense not to have it.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Thanks, Agman

Donovan from Wisconsin

Shop vac is the preferred clean out method, though you can use an air hose, and the mice will love to help you with whatever you miss.

I've calibrated the drill with just a handfull of seed over the seed opening. It can be hard to keep the seed just over the active openings when bouncing across the field though.

Gerald J.

I plant turnips for the cattle - 4-10 acres in with the oats. It is the size of alfalfa seeds. I would not want to use a reagular grain drill - did it have the small seeding box for clover, alfalfa, etc.? Basically the small seed box is a tiny version of the big grain box.

Seeds from the small seed box typically are 'scatter seeded' by letting the seeds hit the ground, and get covered with the chains or a harrow. These seeds need to be so shallow that it is difficult to run them into the row openners. Tho, you can do so.

Cleanout is with a shopvac.

Just my opinion on it, maybe it would do what you want to do...

--->Paul

They fit MANY Deere drills, I can't say for absolutely SURE they'll fit yours, though.

Price now is about $2.00 each from Deere.

A shopvac works GREAT for sucking any leftover seed out of the hopper and feedcups.