2010 3310PHD Drill.... 55,000

[bgmb]

Where the **** is the like button

[farmaholic]

Fjlip.....I wonder what Bourgault Industries would say if they knew a dealer of theirs wouldn't take that superior technological behemoth back in on trade. Maybe the manufacturer should. How couldn't everyone see the potential and the doors that drill would open for its owners. Newer and BIGGER is always better, I thought everyone knew that already.

[Cattleman]

Wiseguy, I believe the three inches, but I don't believe you are givenher much. Lol

[sawfly]

great topic, keep it up. would like to learn something

.while i have absolutely no love for my 5710. and hate to spend anything major on it considering it will be worthless. (packers are worn out)

i thought the whole thing with the precision drills , was the ability to shave a couple lb.s off the seeding rate in canola.
( so the seed co.s can up the price, of course )

i have seen some neighbors 3310s
turn into a giant rake trying to seed shallow in sandy land.

and given the amount of hyd. hoses i have to change on the 5710, the 3310s
could be a nightmare. plus the all the pivot bushings etc. .

all that said , what do ya do.
i have an 48 ' BG 8800 airseeder and 3225 , that all it does is seed peas.
love it .

the 54 ' 5710/ 5440 with NH3 MRB does canola and wheat. the MRB s are a pain. esp. with nh3

would like to do to something different. something precision.
does not have to be huge, even as little as 40 ft. but has to be reliable


so keep talking , it will all help .

[farming101]

The short version:Seedmaster
If you have hills, potholes and stones get an independent
opener and problems solved.

As far as trash clearance, with 12 inch spacing seeding into
flax residue is doable if there was a good job done chopping
the straw and it is a sunny day for seeding

Canola seeding rates: we always calculate seeding rate based on
100 percent survival. With small size seed you can cut seeding rate
significantly

[farming101]

Flax straw through fine cut chopper
then seed with 12 inch spacing seedmaster
Doable

[farming101]

No money in that

[Goodtime]

I seed with a Seedmaster with 12" spacing....can easily seed in trash conditions, just have to have a decent chopper and don't seed in the same direction as you harvested.

[WiltonRanch]

I wonder, maybe there's no point, but maybe these para links have little resale because there are guys out there with not enough hydraulics to run these things and it may involve a tractor upgrade to purchase a para link. I got into an airdrill several years ago and my old machine has just enough flow to it. If I was to go to a para link my reliable cheap hp would be defunct. I know I'm not a big grain guy but looking at that and complexity of the things scares me away. Besides the farm economy is weaker and guys in the used market are sitting on their hands and waiting to see how this year goes.

[fjlip]

# boat anchor that's worth more as scrap iron

We use the 5.5" pneumatic tire pumped up to 45 psi, floats, never stuck in wet. At 220lbs per packer packs well on a 3" opener, crops equal to $500,000 seed hawk across the fence. NO depreciation!
So simple NO repairs, oh yes if you remember we are single shoot, NO mrbs, one fan, fall applied blends.

[furrowtickler]

fj, no mrb, no anchor on the 5710 and yes they become a simple machine.
All these machines can grow good crops.
I have seen 30 year old seeding outfits out yield big brand new outfits as well and vice versa.
But each machine has its place and seeding outfits vary just as much as the farmers running them. Those big new outfits can be very productive in the right hands.

[fjlip]

Nobody seeds cheaper than another 2000 acre neighbor, 8810 + 3225 AS at 8MPH, harrow packed after.
Unless DRY which is RARE here, his crops with $20000 invested are just as good! 3 X 84 ' Seed hawks even on 15000 acres cost, 10x more per acre, crops no better, all are single shoot units.

[freewheat]

Nobody seeds cheaper than another 2000 acre neighbor, 8810 + 3225 AS at 8MPH, harrow packed after.
Unless DRY which is RARE here, his crops with $20000 invested are just as good! 3 X 84 ' Seed hawks even on 15000 acres cost, 10x more per acre, crops no better, all are single shoot units.

I grew some dang wonderful crops with my 7200 CIH drill. But those were back in the better weather years too. They cost me 12 000 bucks.

[farmaholic]

We had a set of 7200s... went straight from those to an airdrill... skipped the "airseeder" part. Those were a good set of hoedrills, had decent trash clearance compared to some of the rakes on the market. Put alot of hours in with those things only 28 feet, hard to believe when I think back. Lots of filling, not easy to clean out but they got the job done.