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Best older grain drill?

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Oliver farmer

09-27-2004 17:33:15




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I am looking for an older grain drill. I plant oats, wheat, soybeans, grass, and alfalfa. Right now i have a worn out john deere FB. It is very inaccurate, if you go by the settings in the manual it puts on way too much seed. I am looking to replace it. What kind of older drills were pretty good ones? Is my John Deere just worn out, or are those drills not so good? Thanks for any advice.
Josh

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RickL

09-28-2004 06:05:36




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 Re: Best older grain drill? in reply to Oliver farmer, 09-27-2004 17:33:15  
They all have to be field set. I always take off some drop tubes and catch seed in bucket and have a band around tire to measure actual travel distance and volume in that distance. I lke the Marliss drill brand the best. Had the JD,IH,GP etc. Marliss does not use the floppy lever for adjustment. I also use the large box to seed alfalfa with it. You will find pic of unit I have used and modified on my new web page www.ricksales.com pic will be on home page of used equipment. Enjoy the site. It is still being completed. Rick

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Tim(nj)

09-27-2004 19:45:07




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 Re: Best older grain drill? in reply to Oliver farmer, 09-27-2004 17:33:15  
One thing on those drills people sometimes forget about: the little flaps in the feedcups that control rate. If the flap is open for soybeans but you"re seeding oats, your rate will be very high even if your lever is set right. Too small or too big tires can also mess up the seeding rate on any drill.



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JMS/MN

09-27-2004 17:50:45




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 Re: Best older grain drill? in reply to Oliver farmer, 09-27-2004 17:33:15  
Guess we're on a grain drill kick tonite! Grain drills can be finicky to set- a small difference from one side to another gives vastly different rates. Lever settings are one thing, but reality is another. First of all, are the levers and flutes free to move? When setting them, always go back towards zero and then move in the other direction, to take up any slack in the linkage. After use, flood the grain tank with diesel fuel before storing- it keeps parts lubed and free. After setting, whether the grain or grass seeder, visually check the dimension of the exposed flute- especially on a grass seeder, a sixteenth of an inch or so difference makes a big difference on how much seed is churned out. With my 50 year old Moline drill I carried a hammer to tap the drill shaft on the grass seeder to 'fine tune' the setting- the lever was not accurate. Flutes seed by VOLUME, not pounds per acre, so seed size makes a difference in output. Check the acre meter vs how much it takes to refill either box to monitor seed usage WHILE you are seeding . Later is too late. Check that no parts are missing- I don't know what they are called, but there should be a scalloped piece by each flute that keeps the seed from falling out the side, rather than going out the seed tube. If one is missing, seed discharge is much higher. My 8300 needs the same tlc to do a good job, just like the 50 year old drill.

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