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What kind of a good used no-till drill would any of you recommend or any you would recommend to avoid. I thought a Deere 750 would be a good choice in the 15ft width, however, they seem to take quite a bit of storage space. I looked at a Great Plains 10 ft which seems to be a lot more compact. I want to use for cover crops. So what would any of you recommend?
 
The Soil Conservation District here had a Vermeer that they rented out. I used it several times for alfalfa and wheat. Pretty decent machine.
 
A neighbor had a Great Plains several years ago and complained the seed tube and seed boot were too narrow for good seed flow. They may have rectified that design issue by now. Deere is very predominant where I farm. I am starting to see a number of Deere air-type drills now in addition to the box drills. Krause looks pretty good if you don't want to go with Deere.
 
how big is your tractor selection, a 15 is a storage and road transport issue, best of both worlds is a 20 foldup, I have a crustbuster, have used the vermeer, tye and great plains. If money was no issue then i would have a sunflower. I don't like the single openers on a deere but in minimum tillage they really work well.
 
Have had two Great plains and never owned anything any better but again have not used anything else but a hay buster..
 
I have used the Deeres and a small Tye. The Tye is a old machine and less adjustments then the Deere and down pressure is only adjusted by how much to lower by retracting the lift cylinder.
 
We have a 15' Marliss. It has a coulter cart up ahead of the drill which is mounted on the cart like a 3pt hitch, similiar to the CaseIH ones.


With these type of setups you could park the drill itself in the shed and leave the coulter part outside if storage is an issue. We have also rented 750's and the newer 1590 deere drill, the deeres seem to get a more constant seed depth.

The picture of the Marliss is the type of drill we have. The other is of a case IH 5400 with yetter cart.
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I have a 15'JD 750. It does a great job, but it is hard on closing wheel bearings. Seems to work in hard ground pretty good. I personally believe it will put the seed in the ground better than the Great Plains with the front coulters, but just my opinion. I am happy with my JD for sure, other than the bearing issue. Bob
 
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