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on the wings of a snow white dove
Bought this "vacuum planter" last year.
I completely rebuilt her.
 

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It's amazing how much more singulation you'll get with a vacuum planter. I know how much effort you put into your field prep and this is just one more step to ensure proper seed population.
 
BSK said:
Dang, that's some nice equipment!

And to think I used to plant my plots with a weedeater and a hand-crank should-bag seeder!
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our sunflower operation is 1st class. No one does it any better than we do.

our equipment has to stay in tip top shape for a few good reasons.

we plan on this every spring for our fall dove hunting.
my travel loop this year is 51.6 miles
every step in our process takes time due to the mileage traveled.

every farmer is also busy and the farmer could care less about sunflowers
when they are trying to get thousands of acres planted.

I could go on and on.
 
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At least I'm FINALLY up to a real tractor and tiller. But I'm still at the receiver-hitch mounted spin spreader for seed, fertilizer and pelletized lime. And a drag chain harrow for covering seed.
 
BSK said:
At least I'm FINALLY up to a real tractor and tiller. But I'm still at the receiver-hitch mounted spin spreader for seed, fertilizer and pelletized lime. And a drag chain harrow for covering seed.
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My stock broker will laugh every time that I buy another tractor.
Bought 2nd tractor just for bush hogging
Bought 3rd tractor to keep hooked to trailer.

At 70 a person gets tired of hooking and unhooking attachments.
 
Chaneylake said:
At 70 a person gets tired of hooking and unhooking attachments.
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You said a mouthful there. I hate having to switch back and forth between bushhog and tiller. Not a job one person can do and I'm usually trying to do it alone. Why can't 3-point hitches be easier?
 
BSK said:
You said a mouthful there. I hate having to switch back and forth between bushhog and tiller. Not a job one person can do and I'm usually trying to do it alone. Why can't 3-point hitches be easier?
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No joke. Heck, I'm 37, in great shape, and it's still a headache changing from one piece of equipment to another. Luckily, we are moving to a no till system and selling most all our equipment. We'll just have a no till drill and a crop crimper. Getting rid of most all our equipment: tiller, discs, plows, cultipacker and spreaders.
 
BSK said:
Have one, but too afraid to ty it. Do they really work? Especially for implements like tillers that are under a lot of strain?
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We run them on all off our tractors. They are all category 4 hitches but yes they are a life saver.
 
BSK said:
The last thing I need is to repack the soil I've worked so hard to unpack!
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Actually, let me clarify my statement. For planting primarily clover-based plots, a cultipacker is virtually essential. Nothing improves germination of clovers like being pressed down into a firm seed bed, which is what a cultipacker is designed to do. However, I plant no primarily clover plots, and soil compaction is my biggest soil problem. When I use clover in my mixes, I chain-harrow in the big seed (which lightly packs the surface soil) and then spread my clover seed on top of that (overseeding a bit to compensate for lower germination rates).
 
BSK said:
Guess I better try it then.
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They work. It makes it a one man one min operation. I had them on my small kabota, 4450s, 8200s and 8320s. If it gets tight and the implement won't come off the hitch just raise an inch, lower it back dow until the middle rock arm gets loose and either lengthen it or shorten it depending on the situation. Almost every time it's lengthen it. Reason for it is all equipment is designed to run level and sometimes you have to adjust that arm to get things level.
 
If it ever breaks, anything does over time, just unhook the middle arm, ease it down onto a block and take the cover off. It looks difficult but if you get a diagram on it then it becomes the easiest job of the day
 
I use the Pats quick hitc system, and it's a life saver. The tiller is the hardest thing to hook u, but the quick hitch makes it much easier.
 
BSK said:
Dang, that's some nice equipment!

And to think I used to plant my plots with a weedeater and a hand-crank should-bag seeder!
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My Father put out 35 acres of clover every February with a hand crank seeder until the year he died at 76 years of age. You gotta be willing to work though!
 
TnKen said:
I use the Pats quick hitc system, and it's a life saver. The tiller is the hardest thing to hook u, but the quick hitch makes it much easier.
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Have both types of quick hitch (one in ADR's pic & Pats). Just added the Pats this year & so far I like the Pats best.
 

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