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oliver model 38 grain drill

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Nick Quay

02-08-2004 05:55:10




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I've never set up a drill before, Does anyone Know how the settings are changed? Also how do you know what the proper settings are?




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Tim(nj)

02-08-2004 14:49:18




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 Re: oliver model 38 grain drill in reply to Nick Quay, 02-08-2004 05:55:10  
On your Oliver drill, there is a sliding gear with a lever on it that meshes with the big cast gear. If memory serves me correctly, that assembly is on the right side of the drill if you are standing behind it. The farther up the big gear you slide the small gear, the less your rate will be. Oliver drills had charts on the inside of the lid for different crops. I think we used setting 3 for oats, 96# per acre? There should be an acre meter (a.k.a. drill clock) on the shaft that tells you how far you've gone. If you measure the amount of seed you put in the drill and then look at the acre meter when the drill runs out, you can calculate lbs. per acre for that type of seed on each setting. Time consuming, but if you can't find a chart . . . .

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JMS/MN

02-08-2004 12:22:53




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 Re: oliver model 38 grain drill in reply to Nick Quay, 02-08-2004 05:55:10  
The operator manual shows settings as well as adjustments, such as down pressure on the openers, gear ratios, etc. Oftentimes the planting rate chart is stenciled inside the seed box lid- gives you settings for pounds or pecks per acre for the grain, not the grass seeder portion of the drill. Seeding rates are changed with a lever, sometimes a lever for each half of the drill. A quadrant with numbers on it corresponds to info in the lid and manual. Levers often difficult to move- good idea to wash the drill box with diesel fuel at the end of each season, after vacuuming out the seed box. Work the levers back and forth. Always zero the setting, then increase the setting to the desired rate. If reducing the setting, go to zero, then advance. Takes care of slack in the linkage to get the right amount of opening.

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JMS/MN

02-08-2004 12:28:37




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 Re: Re: oliver model 38 grain drill in reply to JMS/MN, 02-08-2004 12:22:53  
If your drill has rubber seed tubes- take them off before using diesel fuel. Carry a wire on the drill to ream out plugged seeder or drill tubes- cobwebs are enough to stop seed flow. Some drills have seed tubes open to the rear of the drill- visible from the front are better- you can check for flow after each time you drop the openers. Make sure the tubes stay in the top of the openers, instead of dropping seed onto the ground.

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