No Till Drill seeding wheat 22mph 15 row x 7" Video

First time ever on film direct drilling wheat at 22 mph or 35 kph, speeds never before seen. This machine (owner built $85,000) is one of 4 only ever built and over the last 4-5 years these machines have collectively custom contracted over 150,000 acres in the Western Districts of Victoria Australia. Average prices ranging from $22-30.00 p/acre. This particular machine as per video is on its last paddock (field) of wheat out of 3000 acres of all types crop/pasture all over Western Victoria, this 3000 acres occurred in 5-6 weeks total, just the one single driver, farmers/customers provide lift back to vehicle, fuel, food, accomodation on top. Total downtime (breakdowns/maintenance) did not exceed 4 hours, total breakage costs (parts, bearings etc) no more than $180.00, Discs/coulter blades (18") will do between 5-6,500 acres depending on abrasiveness before needing to be replaced. Tractor is Fendt 712 Vario (Agco) annual payments $32,000 plus balloon at end. It is worth noting that without exception almost all of the jobs these machines do cannot be done with any other type of machine/technology due to rocks, terrain, trash, mud and or combinations thereof - let alone with the precision seed depth placement and seed/soil contact these SNT coulter units are capable of. This combination of tractor/drill sowing wheat 2" deep is generally capable of average speeds of 15-16 mph (25-27 kph) on flat going which equates to roughly 10-12 acres p/hour, every hour, including fill time (20-22 mph (35 kph) - per video is downhill). However when sowing pastures and cutting a groove 1/2-1" deep, sowing speeds well over 40 kph (25mph) are routine enough in order to achieve the appropriate amount of soil throw/desired result. Viewing or bookings by appointment.

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barncrew20: i just do not see how that can be beneficial in anyway, i'd rather go 6 mph with my 50 foot drill and do a super good job, than 22 with that size and have horrible lines...

specialtynotill: If you mean 'not straight' - this is will be due to operator error (no GPS) If you mean those fluffy 'ridges' they are gone in several days and revert to dead flat. The emerging rows (actual results) are always stand alone spectacular mainly due to the influence of the packer wheel, width of the emerging rows and fertilizer splitting. Learn more - visit the website.

indy498: at that speed more seed would be in the neighbours field, 6mph is a sensible speed

barncrew20: thank u...and it seems to me i can cover way more acres with a no till concord or flexicoil with my big deere and fertilize at the same time

southwest43: thats the dumbest thing i ever saw

Author: specialtynotill; Uploaded: Jul 12, 2009; Duration: 3:40; Views: 2171

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