No-Till Drills

THORNHILL · Jul 9, 2019

Hey guys, Looking at purchasing a no-till drill for next season. A great plains, Tye, or haybuster? Any advise on which seeder would be the better of the three and your experience with them?

J. Schwiebert · Jul 9, 2019

Never heard of a haybuster!. There is a great plains dealer with in 10 miles so you see some, but there probably are 10 Deere drills for one of those you mention.

Brendon-KS · Jul 9, 2019

Great Plains is very popular here in Kansas and is maybe the most common box drill you see in this area. Crust Buster is another brand that is well represented in our area. (The fact
that both these drills are made in central Kansas probably helps the popularity here.) Tye has been out of business for many years now and whatever parts support still exists would come
from AGCO. I've seen Haybuster drills at farm shows but personally I'd rather buy a brand that is really into the drill business and not just have a few models as a sideline. Deere has
several models of no-till box drills such as the current 1590 and older 1560 and (even older) 750.

tomNE · Jul 9, 2019

offset disc's are needed for sure. I like the ability of the crustbusters, to adjust row width. I would buy one with a seeder if possible. monitor,
depends one your plans for use. widest unit that you can pull and afford.

hrRoss · Jul 9, 2019

not a jd man, but i have a 15ft jd 1560, probably the best drill out there, probably most expensive too. bought used, rebuilt it and have 7600 acres on rebuild

Leroy · Jul 9, 2019

Great Plains were popular, don't know if any still around. Tye heard of never saw one, The buster never heard off. Years ago was looking at buying a end wheel Great Plains. Did not get that far. Lost the highly eroadable farm.

urbancase · Jul 10, 2019

I have a crustbuster 3800 it on a no-till coulter cart it's 22 hole 8 inch spacing, I like it but this model has one problem and I seen the same problem on most I have seen over the years. were the hitch frame goes back to the main frame between the no till coulters and drill the weld are weak and the welds break, I bought mine that way and did the repairs including making some heavy duty brackets to reinforce. they are heavy drills so you want some horse power on it, I stopped using my ih 1466 and now use my case 1570. I do like using this in corn ground and it does a great job cutting up last years corn stocks. great plans make a nice drill too and been around a few, tye's drill looked light to me and haybusters when I priced them were high for a good one. if you end up looking at the one I have post a message and will take some pics of what I did to fix mine. good luck

tomstractorsandtoys · Jul 10, 2019

If what you are considering is the smaller 10-12ft end wheel drill I use a Great Plains 10-06. Neighbor has one and we plant about 100 acres a year with it. I have also used a Deere 750 and a 1590. In no residue I would prefer the Deere as there is less soil disturbance ( Notilling rye into soybeans). With high residue the great plains does a good job of cutting thru the trash. The Great Plains is a well built drill that does a good job with plenty of seed setting to get you exactly what you want. Pulls nice and does not push you around as much as the Deere. We plant with a 4020 and do have some hills. Tom

4520BW · Jul 10, 2019

The problem with those drills is the no till coulters are on a ridged beam and if the ground is uneven one side will be going deep and other side will be out of the ground. When I worked at the Deere dealer we sold 100s of 750 drills and a lot were sold to people trading in there drill for that reason.

Bill(Wis) · Jul 10, 2019

Great Plains. Designed for no-til. BTDT. 20 years. No problems whatever, in fact have yet to buy a part for it. Stored inside,
kept lubed and cleaned regularly.

THORNHILL · Jul 10, 2019

Thanks for all the input guys! Yes iv'e heard of the frame problem on a few different brands and think depending on the brand I go with would like wheels up front so I don't have all that hitch weight on the tractor as well. I sew everything for the cattle and farm a lot of marginal land, Hills, Wet, its all I can afford being a cattle man. The land don't like the plow! I need a seeder that will sew right into older hay fields to put them on a rotation of oats and barley and back into alfalfa. Where its rough from the all the gophers after a rotation i'm hoping to get away with light discing before seeding Alfalfa again. Sounds like great plains would be a good fit Kubota dealer in town just picked up the brand, think my JD 4430 should handle 20 Feet?

caterpillar guy · Jul 14, 2019

The great Plains drill will pull much easier than the deere drill. If you have the dolly on the front and it is wet you will have an anchor for pulling. Those 2 little wheels will sink like a rock in mud or on wet going. Dad tried one that the county had for rent trying to get more people interested in No thrill. He used both the Deere and the Great Plains he bought a Great plains. It is 15 feet and no trouble with uneven ground being one side in and one out. Might happen on a rigid frame if it was 25-30 feet wide. Shoup has lots of parts for all of them if you need them.

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