Re: Grain Drill

Posted by KEH on May 24, 2005 at 19:09:07 from (64.53.72.50):

In Reply to: Grain Drill posted by Allan in NE on May 24, 2005 at 15:33:24:

Allan,
My experience has mostly been with John Deere Van Brunt older drills. Some things to look for: on the type with the single cupped disc per row, they have a small scraper at the bottom of the disc to keep trash from clogging the disc, called a sword. It is rivited on, and as the foot gets worn past the rivets the sword falls off and you have to weld on a new sword or buy an expensive new foot. The better system is to have double disc openers. These have 2 flat discs with no foot to clog up with trash. I"m sure other makes have this system also.
Get a drill that raises and lowers with the tractor hydraulics instead of trip levers.
The old John Deeres have a chain drive in each wheel. Check to see if both are working.
There are exposed gears on each side that drive the seeding mechanism. If they are worn out it is a pain to change them.
Simple sliding levers control the seeding rate, one for each side of the seed box. It takes some experimentation to get them both dropping seed at the same rate.
Can"t help you on the small seed box. Some of this you probably already know, but I hope I helped you some.
Massey Fergueson model 33 drill was in production a good while so it is probably a good drill.
Good luck on the project.
KEH

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