canoetrpr
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- Ontario, Canada
- Tractor
- Kubota M7040 cab/hyd shuttle - current, Kubota L3400 - traded
I have about 20 acres of pasture which while generally in decent shape, is in need of some TLC via over seeding. I have cattle on it and I'd like to add some treefoil into the mix along with a mix of seeds just to increase the density a bit.
I purchased a Herd seeder at auction a couple years ago and have all but given up on it. I guess I must have got one that had been sitting out in the rain for years. I replaced the gears after they broke and then something else broke and then something else.
Emailed my dealer to see what he had in stock or what a new broadcast type seeder would cost me. He suggested that I ought to get one of the Landpride seeders. Look awfully nice but man I'll bet the price tag on those is huge. I plan on using this once a year for over seeding. Figured I could rough up the land a bit by running my cultivator lightly over it and then broadcast seeding over it. Not nearly equivalent to a seed drill but it should do the job.
One of these Landpride jobbies is out of my price range for this. So my options are to hire someone who has a seed drill or get a new Herd broadcast seeder, rough up the land with a light run of the cultivator close to the surface and spread some seed and fertilizer.
What do you guys think?
I purchased a Herd seeder at auction a couple years ago and have all but given up on it. I guess I must have got one that had been sitting out in the rain for years. I replaced the gears after they broke and then something else broke and then something else.
Emailed my dealer to see what he had in stock or what a new broadcast type seeder would cost me. He suggested that I ought to get one of the Landpride seeders. Look awfully nice but man I'll bet the price tag on those is huge. I plan on using this once a year for over seeding. Figured I could rough up the land a bit by running my cultivator lightly over it and then broadcast seeding over it. Not nearly equivalent to a seed drill but it should do the job.
One of these Landpride jobbies is out of my price range for this. So my options are to hire someone who has a seed drill or get a new Herd broadcast seeder, rough up the land with a light run of the cultivator close to the surface and spread some seed and fertilizer.
What do you guys think?