Bourgault Drills

[furrowtickler]

Agree with the no mid rows for sure. Neighbor bought a used 5710, no mid rows with liquid side band. Way better than his old 5710 with MRB's for trash clearence and pulls much easier to boot. Much better than the old one, but still has to wait for conditions to dry up a while longer than our 8810. Our 8810 goes through almost anything and can seed in very wet conditions with no prob. Don't know much about the paralinks.

[bgmb]

I think one thing worth noting is that the 57/5810
is a totally different animal depending on what
packer you get, my recommendation would be to
go with a 4 in semi pneumatic or the 5.5in
pneumatic depending on if you are 10 or 12 in
spacing I think with either of those packers they
perform more like an 8810. Steel with sc****rs is
another animal all together.

Also if you are comparing a 8810 with no banders
to a 5710 with banders it is appales to oranges in
terms of contouring because you have castor
wheel extensions on the Mrb machine. But I still
agree the 8810 is slightly better contouring
overall. But we have run side by side in very wet
conditions and the 5810 would go through as
much mud as the 8810.

[farmaholic]

Furrow: Did your neighbor have the "shank" style MRBs or the coulter style. I heard the shank style are rakes. I thought the shank style would be the way to go maintenance wise but heard they are terrible for clearing trash.

[Hopperbin]

My old 5710 with shank mid rows was a rock digger. I actually re worked the frame somewhat cause did not like the way bourgault put some of them on the back and mid frame, they threw dirt and trash onto the seed rows. 4th year with seedmaster and way less rocks, I would suspect the 3300 series bourgault to be even better with rocks as your not using a shank to band the fert. The bourgaults are doing a lovely job up here but I suppose the grass looks greener on the other side of fence possibly. They are going through some amazing mud behind them quadtracks big tanks big tires no ruts.

[furrowtickler]

Ya i hear the new 5810's are much better. I like the bourgault paralink setup too. Would love to see one set up single shoot and liquid side banders - would be a sweet set up .