Paul Palmer Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 (edited) i dont know much about potato planting or prep but a field today at the back of a house i was working at had 4 jd’s working at the same time big john deere 7R at a guess and on a ridger?and 3 i think stone separators, why do you need 3 ?When they were done another jd came in and again i think planting the spuds Edited April 26, 2022 by Paul Palmer Spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FendtFarmer Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 You need two destoners to keep 1x two row planter going ideally, with three destoners there’s properly 2x 2 row or 1x 4 row working away 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 I did 2 days many years ago on a destoner , slow old job there was 3 of us all in same field destoning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, FendtFarmer said: You need two destoners to keep 1x two row planter going ideally, with three destoners there’s properly 2x 2 row or 1x 4 row working away Thanks for the info Ben, thats answered my question👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 26, 2022 Author Share Posted April 26, 2022 1 hour ago, smithy said: I did 2 days many years ago on a destoner , slow old job there was 3 of us all in same field destoning Never knew one destoner would not be enough Smithy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted April 26, 2022 Share Posted April 26, 2022 18 minutes ago, Paul Palmer said: Never knew one destoner would not be enough Smithy One properly would be enough if you started 4 days ahead of the planter ,the planter goes quicker so would soon catch up so they run 2/3/4 or more to get field ready quickly so they can get spuds in by end of the day in case it rains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 27, 2022 Author Share Posted April 27, 2022 Thanks Smithy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferret90 Posted April 27, 2022 Share Posted April 27, 2022 We run 3 destoners and one for back up too. Then I run a 2 row belt planter so it will go 12kph at a push. Destoners sit about 4/5 kph so we can get through 9 ish h/a on a good day👍 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted April 29, 2022 Author Share Posted April 29, 2022 Yesterday a jd and subsoiler marked out the outer bout for the sprayer and today the sprayer is here 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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