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SE PA | We're looking at getting another NT drill, and the Crustbuster has come to the top of the list. I only plant 3to 400 acres per year or so, but I'd rather do it just once. How well is the placement and covering? There is only one dealer in these parts, and he is trying REAL hard to sell this thing. I have never seen the job from one, so I have nothing to compare to. I'm looking at drilling soybeans into sod, putting small grains in sod, and also putting alfalfa and timothy into small grain stubble. Most of it's work will be no till. What about parts? How often will it break, and how expensive and available are parts? From my experience, drilling beans into sod will be the hardest thing to do, but not impossible.
Rodney
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Effingham, IL | I had a 3400 all-plant and it was a happy day when it left the farm. Parts were expensive and the job it did rarely impressed me. It did make me a better welder though. My advice would be run from it! Craig |
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Cambridge, southwestern Nebraska | The Crustbuster drill doesn't do a very pretty job in no-till but I always get a decent stand. What model are you looking at? Some are a little better than others. Replacement discs are kind of high but they are thicker and 16" diameter. So they last a little longer. If you have a good dealer you should have an avaiable supply of parts. If not, usually 2-3 days from the factory at most. |
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Texas | I asked the same thing ,and was told they are cheap for a reason .
Lots of them down here ,And they are all cheap .
I stayed away .
Tommy |
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Martinsville, Ohio | They are a good, decently heavy notill drill. Get the 4000 series or newer as your budget allows. You can install the little plastic seed to soil disruptors from the Sunflower drill and plant faster and keep the depth at one inch or whatever the desired depth is.
Ed |
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SE PA | The one I am looking at is the 4615 all plant. |
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Saronville NE | I had a 4030 allplant 7.5 spacing bought new in 06 had 9k acres on it when traded in 08, did a decent job of covering and metering seed. But wouldnt go thru the trash like the coulter caddy drill we had before it would and definetly didnt like any wet ground. The parts are crazy high, and usually had to wait a couple days to get them. I personally wouldnt buy another one, Id buy a Sunflower if it was me or find a good used 20ft CIH 5400 with coulter cart, will go theu anything trash wise and cheap to rebuild. |
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| Like any tool there are positives and negaives. The blades don't touch which creates two problems at times. One is I think it can be hard to get it to penetrate into hard soil, at least compared to a single disk. The second is we have had problems getting little pieces of random metal hair pinned between the blades and locking them up. When the blades can't turn the seed tubes fill up with seed, and when you raise the drill with the tube filled with seed the tubes break. That's the part I hate about them the most. Also with a 7.5" drill I don't think they flow through residue very well and the 7.5" seems to disturb the soil a lot. We currently have a 10" drill it disturbs the soil less, and handles residue a lot better. We had the side scrapers on the blades that Ed is talking about, and hated them and took them off. They seemed to make it plug and push residue. We have also had problems with the pressure springs breaking. If you buy one make sure you have a seed tubes and down pressure springs on hand. I would buy another one and wouldn't discourage you from buying one, but I would rather have a deere air seeder. I saw a Landoll at a farm show this spring and other then its color looked like a pretty good drill too. |
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perryton, tx | I have had a 4745 all plant for 13 years and been really happy with it. I have planted wheat, triticale, oats, milo, haygrazer, and beans with it. I think it shines because it plants equally well in no till to conventional till conditions. We have also seeded into sod on several occasions and it worked well. Another strong point is that you can adjust every row individually which really comes in handy to get the tractor tire rows to plant a little deeper without having to put the adjacent rows in deeper too. Its true that parts are kind of high and i'm not sure how hard they are to get shippws as i live just 2 hrs from the crustbuster headquarters. Like any piece of equipment there are positives and negatives but i think it's a great drill. |
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Cambridge, southwestern Nebraska | That will be allright. As another poster mentioned, they do not like wet ground. They do a nice job when it is dry. |
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South Central Kansas | I have a 30 ft 4300 I bought with 5000 acres on it. Dealer gave me new blades with the deal and I ran it 1000 acres and put them on the next season. I drill all my wheat no-till into wheat, corn, milo, soybean and cotton stubble. I have about 10,000 acres on it now.
Have had pretty good luck with it and I put on 10 gal of liquid starter with it also. never failed to get a stand with it yet. I would probably buy another one.
Get the frame filled with iron bars for extra weiaght. |
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