606NT drill and JD 4120

[treeguy]

Hello,

My county rents out a Great Plains 606nt end wheel drill. They say they require 40hp tractor. The JD 4120 is 43 hp. Does anyone with experience with this drill think this would be enough power?

Also, I've only ever broadcasted seed for my food plots. With broadcast I tried to get the seed down just before a rain. If I have to reserve the drill for a day with no knowledge of rain ahead of time, is it still worth it? I think the seed may be a bit more forgiving being drilled, but I wasn't sure.

Thanks for your help

 

[SwampCat]

Is the rental for only one day? Would be bad if it was a severe weather day. But plantings with drills will not be as dependent on timing with rain as will broadcasting. But even drills often can not overcome severe drought. I have planted with drills during dry hot weather and there was still enough soil moisture to germinate the seed, only for the young seedlings to burn up immediately. At the same time, top sown wheat in an adjacent field did not germinate until a month later when rains came and did great. Not sure any method is fool proof - but a drill does reduce the risk

 

[swat1018]

Being that it's 4x4, I think you will be fine. I don't think you'd be ok with the 3pt. version.

 

[Wind Gypsy]

I dont think you'd have any issue pulling the pull type unless you have some pretty significant hills. I'm flat but my kubota 3560 can pull a land pride 3p600 fine which has same # of rows but no coulters and is a 3pt model.

If you do some searching you'll find a handful of people advising theyd rather plant into dust than mud. Nice thing about a drill is you can get seed covered so it can be protected and wait for the right moisture conditions to germinate.