64 Grain Drill

agonair · Sep 25, 2020

An Oliver 64 Grain Drill is selling at an auction tomorrow.

What are the pros and cons of these? I recently tried to buy a model 76 but got outbid. I would like an Oliver drill. I do some small acreage custom farming. My grain drill experiences have mostly been with IHC and John Deere.

oliverkid · Sep 25, 2020

I still have one I use every year for wheat and beans. It’s a high wheel model with hydraulic lift and double disk openers. Good little drills. Very accurate in with wheat. Moderately accurate for beans but there is so much size variation is a single bag of bean seed that’s understandable. Coulters and bearings are still available They are kinda heavy compared to other drills of that era I’ve been around because the frame has a lot more iron in it but you’ll never hurt the thing.

rrlund · Sep 26, 2020

I bought a 17 hole this spring. I love the way you set the seed rate by shifting the gear box instead of sliding those flutes. I had the nicest, most uniform stand of oats this year that I've ever grown. Whatever rate you set that thing for, that's what it plants, no guess and hope.

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