Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Anyone out there have any preference as to how you put you field beans in? Do you prefer to plough and press them in after broadcasting them on, or drill them in? Has anyone actually built a drill for the job like a couple of people round this way have (see pic), we are seriously considering this idea due to increased acreage after cutting second wheat out of the rotation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 Majority of the blokes i know plough it in but some drill it in them plough i think either way it involves a plough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 We do plough ours in at the moment, but looking for an easier option as i have to do the job by myself with the one tractor swapping between plough and spreader so takes longer than it could do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 once saw a converted MF 30 / 130? direct drill adapted to drill beans straight into disced stubble might of been power farming it was that long ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 i've heard of that one too, very good drills for that job, know where theres a few for sale, not the easiest bloke to haggle with though- the price is the price!BAH! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 yeah but once you got it ,there'd be less agrivation for you & a quicker turn-round than having to plough ?i used to broadcast them on then use dutch-harrows to level them in but instead of a crumbler roller behind we had a roller made from flat tyres to firm them in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 yeah, think i need to get my set of thumbscrews out for the boss again, be easier to get a stone to bleed at times! Trying to put 170 acres in by yourself with one tractor gets frustrating, especially when the other one is there but the driver won't take his sprayer off it to help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 got to tell him of all the money he'd save on fuel ,wear'n'ntear on the plough & see it as an investment not an expense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Our soil causes wear and tear on anything it touches, so no a hard argument, takes a set of reversible points off the plough in under 50 acres! He's more keen on making a cultivator drill at the minute for them, i think the MF is the better idea! Now gonna beat myself over the head for using the words 'MF' and 'better' in the same sentence!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 29, 2005 Share Posted November 29, 2005 you'll get over it :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 29, 2005 Author Share Posted November 29, 2005 Took long long enough to get over the event which put me of MF's! Nothing like a gearbox falling apart on a narrow road when you have duals on to cause embarrassment and much disruption!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Fendt pwr Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 yeah, think i need to get my set of thumbscrews out for the boss again, be easier to get a stone to bleed at times! Trying to put 170 acres in by yourself with one tractor gets frustrating, especially when the other one is there but the driver won't take his sprayer off it to help! 170 ac is not that much land for 1 guy to look after?is it the tillage that is taking all your time up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 we broadcast them in then plough and g over then with a top tilth.... i have sen a mf 40 drill then in and it looks a tidy job .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 A contractor here ploughs the ground, puts a Kongskilde Vibroflex over it and then drills it in with a Vaderstad drill, 600P or something like that, can't remember the model number off hand...... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 We did the ploughing routine but one year put them straight into stubble with e demo drill. The John Dale Zero Till Drill. The idea is there, the seed tubes kept pulling off the back of the coulter in heavy clay though, then they'd bend back and block. Had this not been the case I reckon it would have been perfect. Not a bad drill at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 170 ac is not that much land for 1 guy to look after?is it the tillage that is taking all your time up? wish that was all i had to do, we have over 300 acres of beans in total, theres 2 of us messing about like this, sometimes involving 10 mile round trips to change implements over. I've still got 80tons of compound fertiliser to spread asap, 450acres of sugarbeet land to plough and 400acres of spring barley land to plough so i've got a lot left to do yet, the other chaps got similar areas to do hence the reason we think drilling might be better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 can't you carry a bag of beans with you & thow them around out the rear window as you're ploughing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 now theres an idea. one question though- how can i calibrate my hand to throw 160 kg per hectare? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 just give it a wild guesstimate :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gav836 Posted November 30, 2005 Author Share Posted November 30, 2005 i can give a wild guesstimate as to what my boss will say, needless to say it won't be repeatable in polite company!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pingu Posted November 30, 2005 Share Posted November 30, 2005 Jusst one thought why dont you transport all the seed and the spreader for the day or two on a low loader or something and then you can cut out the round trip as all the implements are all there now ??? just an idea i dont have to do anything like that so cant really comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Fendt pwr Posted December 1, 2005 Share Posted December 1, 2005 wish that was all i had to do, we have over 300 acres of beans in total, theres 2 of us messing about like this, sometimes involving 10 mile round trips to change implements over. I've still got 80tons of compound fertiliser to spread asap, 450acres of sugarbeet land to plough and 400acres of spring barley land to plough so i've got a lot left to do yet, the other chaps got similar areas to do hence the reason we think drilling might be better. Are ok I see,I know the feeling,I've been one of 2 workers on a place growing just under 5000ac of crop and carrying 480 beef cows,under staffed was a bit of an understatement at harvest time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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