Mine were 50lb bags.
Also zero difference In side planted in good seed and side with bird seed. If anything bird seed was a little better. Was a bit slower to get going but caught up and did great. First pic with taller plants was bird seed. Second with shorter sorghum was the expensive seed.
Just saw this question.....and I think it is a fair one to ask. I've never operated one....so there is that. Not sure how easy they are to adjust....but they sure were popular.....so I assume they had that box checked. Also they have a small seed box in most cases. They do have some old fashioned steel tubes generally.....but they seems to stand the test of time too. The double disk Van Brunts can work quite well with light soils like we are doing above. However they are pull type and require more space to turn and position, etc. Also they usually pull some chains to act as a closing wheel rather than a press wheel as found on the drills discussed here. I know several folks that have converted these to a narrower width and into a three point set up....and they seem relatively happy with them.....and can save allot of money.
Did you have any problems when drilling into that (good looking) mess? Is that the "birdseed" plot?? Wow. Pretty impressive if you penetrated that stuff.
Zero issues at all. The thing about millet and Milo is it looks like a mess up high but there is actually a good bit of open ground underneath.
Was just surfing around while watching a movie......and stumbled into this video. Watched a few mins of it......but not all of it - yet. I think this guy seems to know his tuff on these old drills and it appears he will show you how to make one. He seems to know the ins and outs of these drills...from what I watched. ONE thing you will struggle with on such a project tho....is getting adequate weight to penetrate many soil conditions. The openers just dont have much weight. Maybe there is a way to add some?? Good luck.
Not 100% sure. Difficult question to put an absolute answer to. There is defineatly more frame weight to mount those coulters to.....and a somewhat different drive wheel set up......so I would imagine maybe 400 lbs of coulters and 200 lbs of frame. Keep in mind tho....that now those coulters also need to penetrate the ground in addition to the seed openers.....so some of the extra weight for penetration is likely lost. Then again.....if you have a slit in the ground....in theory it's easier for the double disks to penetrate and open that slit. No absolutes here.....but it does take more weight to keep the slicing coulters and the openers in the ground. Some will claim the slicing coulters are not "worth it" others say differently. I do not know....and I am sure that soil types may make it a variable answer.
This has been said many times here, but lots (if not most) of wildlife no tillers don’t use cutting coulters. Grant woods being one of the main ones.
I think all the original "no till drills" had coulters. Now farmers have found other means with row cleaners and trash whippers and such. Stuff keeps changing. A few years ago I thought I needed coulters.....now? not so much. Especially in that I dont do much for corn and I have light soils. The implement dealers and farmers in your area may provide more intel on what the locals prefer. Might be worth your time to ask.
Exactly what I’m doing with 3p600, crimper, and Kubota mx5400 with great results and zero issues.
What type of soil do you have?
