What kind of drill seeded this

[agstar77]

L.O.L. I should have guessed. You mean you can not grow a good crop without a Million dollar machine?

[Guest]

Yea i sure wouldnt trade our old morris and $725000 for one either . Other plus is this one is quite light . Trackhoe not necessary if you get to close , shit lots of times i just go through them lol
Saw many bg's getting trackhoed out this spring around here

[bgmb]

I am not sure there is a better cereal drill than a concord with the wide spread openers.

[MBgrower]

I never owned a concord, but there were lots around years ago. They were a solid unit, good emergence. Most around here now using independent disk drills, and corn planters

[stonepicker]

Had a concord for 11 years, good drill, very simple and basic but very effective. Didn't care for the tank though.

[Partners]

Many different seeding tools here.all kinds..ages.some high tech. Some old school..
Yet from the road all crops look the same..guess you have to get on hands and knees to see the difference..
Neighbors have chicken Hawks. Not any better than my 8810 with 10 inch spacing..3 inch openers.and HD Packers..

[farmaholic]

I think using that configuration where I am this year would have been disastrous. In too wet situations tearing open a seedbed like that might be ok but in conditions where things were just adequate and then with the hot dry winds we had all spring it would have dried the shit out of the seed bed tearing it open like that. Neighbor had one and said you couldn't drive anything across it, shook the hell out of everything.

Funny thing is, two guys have the same independent shank drill here, seeded side by side.... different results! No design can compensate for a poor Operator!

[Klause]

In this area turning things black really helps them germinate... We are colder and wetter for longer.

Where you are farma I think a Salford 525 would do an amazing job.


This canola was seeded Sunday.

[malleefarmer]

you nearly have to say flexicoil 820s and concords are still the most common seeder about the place here.

common theme does the job why change although hydraulic tynes have changed cropping for many guys with stones.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Klause, do you have any type of closer on there, or just let the dirt fall where it may?

I have a Concord with Dutch precision double shoot paired rows. I'm never happy with the depth, always a compromise and levelling the drill is a constant battle, but otherwise it does a very good job, especially in wet conditions such as this year. Even used it for sod seeding canola this spring, very pleased with the results. No gang packers to push mud. Just need to find a way to replace the casters with big singles or at least flat face grip tires. Enough weight to always go in the ground. No broken shanks, although the shanks do pull back in really hard ground changing the depth and angle of the openers.