Easy-To-Transport No-Till Drill Built From Scratch

Easy-To-Transport No-Till Drill Built From Scratch DRILLS Drills (42C) 24-1-36 "For less than the down payment on a new air seeder, we built our own no-till drill," says John Fields, Wasco, Ore., who spent about $12,000 to built an easy-to-transport 38-ft. drill. "We looked at several machines and decided to combine a number of different features into one machine. We used our existing 35-ft. Deere 1600 chisel plow and bought used International 510 drill boxes. We bought special "triple delivery" points from a farmer-inventor we heard about and purchased packer wheels from a company in Canada. "We first moved the fold-up mechanism to the front of the machine, and extended the drill frame out to 38 ft. The drill boxes were removed from the drill frame and drives and then raised up about 2 ft. over the plow frame to make the gravity flow work on steep hillsides. One box is set a couple feet ahead of the other two so we can fold up for transport. All three boxes are ground-driven via drive lines from the middle box. "Last fall we seeded 5,000 acres with no problems. In front of the drill, we pulled a 1,000-gal. fertilizer cross cart. "A number of area farmers have looked at the drill and made favorable comments. We will make detailed plans available for the drill if there's enough interest. We might even put together do-it-yourself kits. For more information, contact: FARM SHOW Followup, John Fields, 75960 Hwy. 97, Wasco, Ore. 97065 (ph 541 442-5215; E-mail: ezmover@hotmail.com).

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