Drilling wheat (the old school way)

[cropdusting]

We had to resort to the old equipment while the newer tractor was down with a leaky radiator. Keep checking back I will have a video up of drilling with more modern equipment later.

Drilling (seeding) Wheat JD 3010 and IH 510 drill - YouTube

 

[flusher]

We had to resort to the old equipment while the newer tractor was down with a leaky radiator. Keep checking back I will have a video up of drilling with more modern equipment later.

Drilling (seeding) Wheat JD 3010 and IH 510 drill - YouTube

Neat drill, really neat tractor. Love that old stuff.

Here's what I use to drill oats--an old Minneapolis Moline P3-6 drill (10 ft wide, 20 hoes, single disc openers) that I restored and my 2008 Mahindra 5525

 

[cropdusting]

Well we have two of those IH 510 drills and back in the day we pulled two with a double drill hitch behind a JD 4430. Here is what we use today, but like I said the tractor was down for a few days so we had to resort back to the old way just to keep moving (corn harvest is just around the corner) Keep an eye out for a new thread or subscribe to my youtube channel I will have a video up of this rig in action. BTW nice pics of an old drill. We have several steel wheeled Van Brunts that could be fixed up and running again.

thejunkman's Channel - YouTube

My great grandpa bought these near new.

 

[FarmerG]

I like those chains on the back of that drill to drag over the seed bed. Might have to install something like that myself.

Here is the 1948 Dempster Seed Drill I use for planting wheat (and beans). It does 7 inch rows - 9ft across. I'm pulling it with my 63 MF 35.

 

[cropdusting]

yeah its weird not to see press wheels. I cannot imagine doing 1000's of acres with those drills

 

[SandburRanch]

Iron window weights is what our drill had before press wheels were developed.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

When you said "old school" I thought you were talking hand sowing. I once saw my grandfather hand sow a small field when I was a little boy. He did a remarkably even job. I have tried it a few times with grass seed on my lawn, with considerably worse results.

 

[flusher]

I like those chains on the back of that drill to drag over the seed bed. Might have to install something like that myself.

Here is the 1948 Dempster Seed Drill I use for planting wheat (and beans). It does 7 inch rows - 9ft across. I'm pulling it with my 63 MF 35.

Hey, that's a really nice rig.

My MF is a 1964 MF135 diesel deluxe with multipower. I'd pull my drill with it except I haven't added rear hydraulic remotes to the 135 yet. That job is on the to-do list.

 

[flusher]

yeah its weird not to see press wheels. I cannot imagine doing 1000's of acres with those drills

Press wheels? Drag chains? I don't think it makes that much difference. Here's what my 2009-10 Kanota oats look like after planting with that MM drill

 

[cropdusting]

Looks good!

 

[FarmerG]

Hey, that's a really nice rig.

My MF is a 1964 MF135 diesel deluxe with multipower. I'd pull my drill with it except I haven't added rear hydraulic remotes to the 135 yet. That job is on the to-do list.

Thanks! Forgive the rough seed bed in that picture...it was my first year planting. I've gotten a lot better at the seed bed preparation, and having a harrow drag to pull with the disc on the last pass really helps smooth out the soil.

Those MF 135's are nice tractors! My other MF is an 86' MF250 - 3 cylinder perkins diesel as well. About the same size, but a tad bit heavier.

I don't have any type of press wheel or drag chains on my drill, but that field still yielded about 45 bpa the next summer. That drill does a pretty good job covering the seed by itself when pulled at about 5 mph.

Grandpa did something odd with the 3 pt hookup on that drill. Its bent to be offset so that you put the left side tractor tires in the same mark left by the right side wheels of the drill and everything lines up perfect on your next pass. It also is set up so that when you raise the 3 pt it pulls the discs up. Its a weird fabbed setup....I'll have to take pictures and show you.

 

[Bartcephus]

Press wheels? Drag chains? I don't think it makes that much difference. Here's what my 2009-10 Kanota oats look like after planting with that MM drill

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Green.... that's a color pretty rare in Texas right now..... WE NEED SOME RAIN! Great looking field!

 

[flusher]

Green.... that's a color pretty rare in Texas right now..... WE NEED SOME RAIN! Great looking field!

Thanks. We haven't had rain since early May here in the North Sacramento Valley. Lotsa triple digit temp days the past 3 months. Rainy season starts in mid Oct. I'll plant a cover crop this year--grass mixture and some beans (just to use my new refurbished 2-row JD 71 Flexi Planter for the first time). Dry land farmers like myself plant in Oct/Nov and harvest the following May. Our climate here is Mediterranian (mild, wet winters; hot, dry summers; no snow here on the valley floor).