Three Simple Ways To Make Grain Drilling Easier

Three Simple Ways To Make Grain Drilling Easier DRILLS Drills (42C) 20-1-9 Emil and Dave Lagerhausen, Shumway, Ill., have come up with three simple ideas that make grain-drilling easier with their Deere 750 no-till drill. 1. They adapted a 6-row corn planter monitor to the drill, setting it up on 6 rows of the drill. To make it work, they used pieces of pvc plastic plumbing pipe. They bought seed tube sensors from their Deere dealer, then drilled holes in the pipe and inserted the sensors, using nylon ties to hold them in place. Next, they wrapped the entire length of each pipe with electrician's tape to make it completely dark inside. Otherwise some light would leak through the white plastic. Emil says you only need to set up the special seed tubes for Deere drills 1993 and older. Newer models have black seed tubes that'll work with the sensors. The Lagerhausens ran the wires from the sensors through lengths of pvc pipe to protect them. 2. To make filling the drill's hopper easier, they simply attached a pants leg from a pair of jeans to the auger spout. It makes it easy to spread seed out evenly across the width of the drill. 3. By accident, the two men discovered that the shadow cast by a single headlight on top of the suitcase weights on front of their tractor was exactly the same width as the grain drill. When drilling at night, they use the shadow to guide the tractor along the marker furrow. The shadow extends only about 5 ft. in front of the tractor, so it doesn't affect the light needed for working. The idea works best with the other tractor lights turned off. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Emil & Dave Lagerhausen, Rt. 1, Box 165, Shumway, Ill. 62461.

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