cole -v- covington
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dougg, thanks for the reply.
Yeah, what your saying is my impression as well. Though I've never had my hands on either. The Cole looks like it'll just roll over everything. The shovel on the front of the Covington apparently just pushes stuff out of the way as it's making a little furrow for the fertilizer. If it's pushable. If not, what then? My guess is, damaged implement. For my soil conditions I think that I'm going to have to rule out the Covington. Which is really a shame. I was strongly leaning towards the Covington because it seems to have the ability to plant the widest selection of seed sizes. Now if I want to plant both small and large seed I'll need two different planters. Bummer.
Yeah, what your saying is my impression as well. Though I've never had my hands on either. The Cole looks like it'll just roll over everything. The shovel on the front of the Covington apparently just pushes stuff out of the way as it's making a little furrow for the fertilizer. If it's pushable. If not, what then? My guess is, damaged implement. For my soil conditions I think that I'm going to have to rule out the Covington. Which is really a shame. I was strongly leaning towards the Covington because it seems to have the ability to plant the widest selection of seed sizes. Now if I want to plant both small and large seed I'll need two different planters. Bummer.
Redbug
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Hi John,
I asked the same question in one of the other forums I frequent, also. That may help you, too.
Here's a link.
Cole Multiflex vs Covington Planter...
Also, there's some pretty good videos in that link. When you go to the video link, scroll down and near the bottom are the planter videos.
And maybe I will see you on those forums over there, too!
I asked the same question in one of the other forums I frequent, also. That may help you, too.
Here's a link.
Cole Multiflex vs Covington Planter...
Also, there's some pretty good videos in that link. When you go to the video link, scroll down and near the bottom are the planter videos.
And maybe I will see you on those forums over there, too!
Thanks a lot Redbug, I appreciate that.
I've seen the sit and it did significantly move me in the direction of the Covington camp. Although I'd actually forgotten about it. On that sit, Donald, thebayorgardner, site manager, made an interesting comment; that the Covington worked better when he removed the cultivators and-- more significantly--the entire fertilizer unit including the shovel and two arms that the shovel is attached to and that distributes the fertilizer. This is important to me as the shovel and tubes do not seem to float and this is disadvantages in my circumstances and ruled out the Covington for me. Simply removing them (and the fert. hopper), which I had forgotten about, thanks for reminding me, makes the Covington more practical in my circumstances now. Earlier in this thread someone said that the seeder/planter component of Covington floated. I have not confirmed this yet, but presuming this to be correct, and a floating seeder/planter is essential in my circumstances, Covington has moved up significantly in my estimation.
[Sorry for the stream of consciousness. I'm just thinking out digitally.]
OK, I thought I'd posted earlier a comment on my looking into "local usage". Apparently I didn't hit submit. Long story short, the only guy I can find who has any knowledge of either has a 4 row Cole. He doesn't like it and doesn't use it. Specifically because of the shoe/foot. Too fidgety and tends to clog things up to much in his estimation. He prefers disks. The Covington has disks. Bingo. Covington seems to fit the bill. A floating seeder with disks.
Drawback. Why should I pay full price for a piece of equipment that I'm going to strip in half in order to use? Well, maybe because that's my only option. Hmm .... I think I'm going to contact Covington and see if they'll sell me just the seeder component minus the fert. stuff. They do, after all, sell the fertilizer component separately, PT-6A. I'm guessing, probably not. But it doesn't hurt to ask. If not, used market might be worth looking into at this point.
I've seen the sit and it did significantly move me in the direction of the Covington camp. Although I'd actually forgotten about it. On that sit, Donald, thebayorgardner, site manager, made an interesting comment; that the Covington worked better when he removed the cultivators and-- more significantly--the entire fertilizer unit including the shovel and two arms that the shovel is attached to and that distributes the fertilizer. This is important to me as the shovel and tubes do not seem to float and this is disadvantages in my circumstances and ruled out the Covington for me. Simply removing them (and the fert. hopper), which I had forgotten about, thanks for reminding me, makes the Covington more practical in my circumstances now. Earlier in this thread someone said that the seeder/planter component of Covington floated. I have not confirmed this yet, but presuming this to be correct, and a floating seeder/planter is essential in my circumstances, Covington has moved up significantly in my estimation.
[Sorry for the stream of consciousness. I'm just thinking out digitally.]
OK, I thought I'd posted earlier a comment on my looking into "local usage". Apparently I didn't hit submit. Long story short, the only guy I can find who has any knowledge of either has a 4 row Cole. He doesn't like it and doesn't use it. Specifically because of the shoe/foot. Too fidgety and tends to clog things up to much in his estimation. He prefers disks. The Covington has disks. Bingo. Covington seems to fit the bill. A floating seeder with disks.
Drawback. Why should I pay full price for a piece of equipment that I'm going to strip in half in order to use? Well, maybe because that's my only option. Hmm .... I think I'm going to contact Covington and see if they'll sell me just the seeder component minus the fert. stuff. They do, after all, sell the fertilizer component separately, PT-6A. I'm guessing, probably not. But it doesn't hurt to ask. If not, used market might be worth looking into at this point.
Redbug
Veteran Member
I also lean more toward the disk type...Covington...because they would tend to not clog up as much as a foot would do. I guess no matter which one you get, I think you would learn the ins and outs of making it work under different conditions.
What part of the country do you live and what's the soil like, John? Where I live it's fairly sandy.
What part of the country do you live and what's the soil like, John? Where I live it's fairly sandy.
Again with the not hitting submit. Sorry, thought I'd gotten back to you on this earlier.
I'm in the Southern Tier of Western NY. North-East Allegany Count. My soil pH is 6.1. Very unusual around hear. We mostly have very acidic soil. Although there's a section west of me that has predominantly sweet soil. Tilth is moderate which is average to above average. Fertility is poor which is average. And I have rocks and stones in superabundance, which is average. The saying around here is that Allegany County soil doesn't have a single rock in it. They're all married with children.
I'm in the Southern Tier of Western NY. North-East Allegany Count. My soil pH is 6.1. Very unusual around hear. We mostly have very acidic soil. Although there's a section west of me that has predominantly sweet soil. Tilth is moderate which is average to above average. Fertility is poor which is average. And I have rocks and stones in superabundance, which is average. The saying around here is that Allegany County soil doesn't have a single rock in it. They're all married with children.
OK, I contacted Covington last week asking them if they sold the planter without the fertilizer components. They just got back to me today and said that they did. 
So it really doesn't hurt to ask. And some times it helps. I've e-mailed them back asking them how to go about ordering one that way, special order or something, as I don't see it advertised that way. I'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.
So it really doesn't hurt to ask. And some times it helps. I've e-mailed them back asking them how to go about ordering one that way, special order or something, as I don't see it advertised that way. I'll keep you posted as more information becomes available.