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Hillsboro, OH | What would be the best used no-till drill for the money without spending a lot, preferably not more than $5000? I need one that has a grass box and that can plant into rolled cover crops. I need to plant small grains, various cover crops, and possibly soybeans as well. I am not interested in hiring it done. I am open to anything between 10-15 ft and I would prefer spacing of no more than 10". I have an older IH conventional drill now. I considered a press wheel drill, like an IH 6200, but I don't think that will do what I need. Thanks for your help. -John |
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Alberta, Canada | Great Plains makes various smaller Notill drills. 10 ft and 15 ft are common they also made a 12 foot. |
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Northern New York | I was in a similar situation 2 years ago, I had rented a drill from the local Soil Conservation Service but they were charging $17.00 per acre to rent and it wasn't always available when I wanted/needed it.
I found a 10' Tye at a dealer in Ohio that was in very good shape for $5000.
It has a grass box on it but I haven't used that yet. I have used it for oats, barley and soybeans. Mine has 8" spacing.
Check around and be patient and don't be afraid of a less popular brand. |
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| Look at a Haybuster drill. Also they have been sold under the Vermeer and Frontier brands also, but are the same machine. |
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NE Iowa | I bought a Tye 114-4360 no-till drill with coulter cart about a year ago. It is 15' and had markers but no grass seed. I paid $4800. It is 8" spacing. I used it to plant winter rye cover crop into bean stubble in the fall and soybeans into standing cornstalks in the spring. I really like it so far. The one in the pic is not mine but is what mine looks like.
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Sumner GA, Located in southwest GA, | Marliss, Tye, and UFT are probably your best bet for no till drill cheap. I bought a Marliss Pasture King a couple years ago for $3000, my experience, one, if you buy a 3 point hitch drill, it is HEAVY. Two, make it heavier by any means necessary, you will run out of weight in a hurry once the seed level drops. Three, it needs either long attached residue, or short chopped residue. Four, feel the need for speed, it will bunch trash slower than 5 MPH in the field, 6 MPH plus is preferable, any speed that it is not hopping. If I were looking again, not knocking the Marliss, but have used a UFT before and liked it better. Never used a Tye, but they are cheap.
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| We have a Tye drill like that too and it's been a good machine for the money. The biggest downside to the Tye is any parts that aren't available aftermarket are pretty expensive from AGCO and I understand that they have stopped building quite a few parts for them. |
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east of Rochester,NY | We have Great Plains notill drill do soys, cover crops and alfalfa seedings through main runs I see no reason to have small seed box . |
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North Central Alabama | Our local Co-op always had Haybusters to rent.When they got around 3000 acres on them they would auction them off.I bought one 10 years ago for $4000 that's history now they bring close to $7000 when they sell them.If you find a Haybuster don't worry if it does not have a small seed box.They are useless they don't meter small seeds well. |
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| Buy a jd 750 can find as cheap as 9000on tractorhouse i think in the long run you will be happy you did as parts are available just my opinion. I run a sdx case ih the prototype set at 15inch spacings for soybeans that we built from pieces. |
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Iowa | We ran a Great Plains 1500 for a number of years, but switched to a Deere 750 for 2014. The 1500 row unit design had multiple opportunities for improvement that became quite frustrating over time, specifically depth control and wear points. I cannot say how the newer GP row units are.
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Carthage, Indiana | Marliss makes a good no till drill easy to work on |
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Economical no-till drill
