What size no-till drill do I need?
If you are planting no more thann 2-300 acres per crop season (spring vs fall planted crops) a 15 foot drill would be fine. 50 acres a day can be done without working tooo hard. A Deere no till drill would be the best in my opinion. That being said, 15-20K buys you one that needs a bunch of work.
How much is a no-till drill?
Over 10 years, you would need two no-till drills at a cost of $30,000 along with a $50,000 corn planter. The cost of a conventional drill and two no-till split row planters would add up to $69,000, but you’d need to add tillage equipment investments and costs to this figure.
How much HP do you need for no-till drill?
Transporting Drill The JD 1590 No-Till Drill weighs approximately 7,500 lbs. Movement of the drill requires a tractor or truck equipped with a hitch with adequate towing capacity. Manufacturer recommends a minimum 85 PTO horsepower tractor.
How many acres will a no-till drill last?
But if you could stretch the life of the equipment over 10 years, the conventional drill could handle 10,000 acres while the no-till drill and no-till split-row planter could each handle 20,000 acres.
Can you plant grass seeds with a grain drill?
Free flowing grass seed (e.g. wheatgrass) can be successfully planted with a small grain drill if proper, shallow, and consistent seeding depth is maintained. Drills should be calibrated to monitor seeding rate.
How many HP is a drill?
A wide range of electric drills are available with more or less power (one-half horsepower is about average) and with various maximum speeds (most models top out at between twelve hundred and twenty-five hundred revolutions per minute).
How do you do no-till?
No-till method of farming requires special equipment (disc seeders or agriculture drills) to make furrows, immediately plant seeds, firm them, and cover (unlike double-passing the field after plowing). This way, the soil suffers from minimum disturbance, as it is dug exactly where the seed is supposed to drop.
What can I plant with a grain drill?
The drill will work great when doing cereal grains such as winter wheat, oats, and buckwheat. for soybeans you can plug several seed openings to achieve a 12-18″ row spacing, as far as the small seeds,(turnips rutabagas etc) the grass box will work fine.
Are cordless drills powerful enough?
Cordless drills have the clear benefit of not requiring a cable to plugged in, but they can be powerful machines too. The lithium-ion batteries which power the drills are more than capable of providing sufficient run time and power you need for your job.