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Cleaning up a grain drill?

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Kelly C

06-26-2005 20:58:20




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I was thinking about pulling the mouse nests and stuff out by hand and then getting out the pressure washer and blastin her clean.




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JMS/MN

06-27-2005 08:31:04




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
Either air or pressure washer works fine. If you wash it- remove the boots if they are rubber, and slosh the grain box with diesel fuel. That'll run down through the flutes and leave an oily surface to prevent rusting. Is the seed rate chart still visible inside the grain box? Do you know that there is a low and high rate position in the gearing? Needs to be set right to get the right seeding rate. If yours is a manual lift, it is easy to make a hydraulic lift conversion.

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RickL

06-27-2005 06:29:12




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
Air hose period



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RickL

06-27-2005 06:28:59




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
Air hose period



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Tim in PA

06-27-2005 05:45:20




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
I have an old shop vac that I use to clean out both before and after planting.



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txgrn

06-27-2005 04:51:16




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
I'd take the air hose rather than the water. I try not to wet down anything I have with bearings; or if I do, to use regular city water pressure so that the water doesn't get driven into the bearings.

Just personal preference.

Also, at the end of the drilling, clean out all seeds and debris in the hoppers and gates then blow out with air.... ( Helps cut down on potential rusting caused by frementation of seeds left there and acquiring moistiure)
then grease it all up good, including your drill hubs (at the center of the blades). If they don't have a zerk, you can take the nuts off and get grease in there that way. They should rotate pretty freely by hand.

Mark

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TDK

06-26-2005 21:09:07




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
That's how we did ours. Fixed minor problems, gave it a coat of paint/decals. Works and looks like new one.



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paul

06-26-2005 21:07:15




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to Kelly C, 06-26-2005 20:58:20  
A few tanks of air can blast a lot of stuff loose too. Of course, you will be in the dust, & for what you are working with the water might not be so bad an idea.... :) I would want to run something through it to get it all working & dried after the water, or you might find a lot of rust by next spring....

Oats scratches the best, open it wide & let it run through. I cleaned out my planter meter boxes with sand once, that worked well but of course depends on the exact design....

--->Paul

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Dick Davis

06-28-2005 04:32:39




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 Re: Cleaning up a grain drill? in reply to paul, 06-26-2005 21:07:15  
I find leaving the lids open over the winter greatly reduces the incidence of mouse houses come spring. They like dark places to live. Of course outside storage probably negates the advantages! Hardware cloth over the open boxes helps keeping leaves/straw from blowing in. My nickel Dick Davis



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