Bourgualt agronomy

[blackpowder]

Looking at BGs tanks/product delivery, I see it the other way around

[Guest]

Do their manifolds still have a dead end in them like a brick wall ?
That sure was hard on seed

[blackpowder]

To me, a single delivery auger akin to a sausage stuffer, to then distribute and section control at multiple manifolds, compared to everyone else?
Is really like JD hanging on to the 2 cylinder for an extra decade.

[cropgrower]

morris have a great manifold setup , all flat

[Livewire]

I had a Bourgault tank once. A few times seeding barley it would bridge above the auger and quit flowing out. Everything turning as it should but only seeding air. Got used to what sprocket to use for a certain fertilizer rate but as the auger wore out the rates would change.
Needed to clean that damn auger regularly because it would gum up with fertilizer and also goof up rates. Hard to be impressed with it!

[WiltonRanch]

Dad had a flexicoil 1610 tank 1989 vintage. “Upgraded” to a 8800 and 3195 Bourgault. Simple in a sense but took a step backwards in accuracy and reliability with the cart. Set for canola was like throwing darts. Oats fml. Tank was durable and didn’t break but that metering and distribution system was trash. I’d like a bourgault cart with a Morris or Flexicoil metering system. Deere is okay but the corrosion issue.

[Guest]

we had one years ago , was horrible , sun would go behind a cloud and 20 lb less fert going down
must be good now cause 75% here are BG
but those manifolds were brutal , don't try seeding borage with them , they turn it to oil

[WiltonRanch]

we had one years ago , was horrible , sun would go behind a cloud and 20 lb less fert going down
must be good now cause 75% here are BG
but those manifolds were brutal , don't try seeding borage with them , they turn it to oil

Best rig I seen was a 5710 behind a flexi cart. Unit ran for years and grew as good of crops as his fancy paralink does today.

[blackpowder]

Drills have a lot of factors at play.
From basic design to openers to terrain, field conditions, soil, trash and speed.
Not to mention how worn all components are. For me, here, I should have bought my P2060 the day before I bought my last 5710. Night and day.
I would not argue with anyone who is successful regardless of color.
Perhaps the newest BG, or just being new, mitigates somewhat the issues I've experienced, but I'm in the 8 year old bracket.
No engineer can convince me the single auger better than individual rollers.
BG is still a market share leader, although less so now.
But then so was JD with their 40-50-60 series after the Magnums/Stiegers came out. Another no brainer from a practical standpoint.

[Sheepwheat]

Best crops I ever grew were seeded with a cih 7200 hoe press. With narrow atom jets the openers just ran on the firm moist soil and was pretty much independent openers. 7 inch spacing, fast inter row canopy closure, clean. Nh3, harrow, seed. Awesome.

But the boxes got small. Other than that, I’d go back in a heartbeat.

[Guest]

you just need to get one of those early caseiH air drills , they were a 7200 hoe drill on a cult frame with a tank behind
hoe drills never missed here
we wore out our JD 9450 , neighbour bought it and still using it

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Best crops I ever grew were seeded with a cih 7200 hoe press. With narrow atom jets the openers just ran on the firm moist soil and was pretty much independent openers. 7 inch spacing, fast inter row canopy closure, clean. Nh3, harrow, seed. Awesome.

But the boxes got small. Other than that, I’d go back in a heartbeat.

And sectional control, decades ahead. Even horse drawn drills had sectional control, you could trip one side at a time.