2010 3310PHD Drill.... 55,000

[farming101]

Flax straw through fine cut chopper
then seed with 12 inch spacing seedmaster
Doable

[farming101]

No money in that

[Goodtime]

I seed with a Seedmaster with 12" spacing....can easily seed in trash conditions, just have to have a decent chopper and don't seed in the same direction as you harvested.

[WiltonRanch]

I wonder, maybe there's no point, but maybe these para links have little resale because there are guys out there with not enough hydraulics to run these things and it may involve a tractor upgrade to purchase a para link. I got into an airdrill several years ago and my old machine has just enough flow to it. If I was to go to a para link my reliable cheap hp would be defunct. I know I'm not a big grain guy but looking at that and complexity of the things scares me away. Besides the farm economy is weaker and guys in the used market are sitting on their hands and waiting to see how this year goes.

[fjlip]

# boat anchor that's worth more as scrap iron

We use the 5.5" pneumatic tire pumped up to 45 psi, floats, never stuck in wet. At 220lbs per packer packs well on a 3" opener, crops equal to $500,000 seed hawk across the fence. NO depreciation!
So simple NO repairs, oh yes if you remember we are single shoot, NO mrbs, one fan, fall applied blends.

[furrowtickler]

fj, no mrb, no anchor on the 5710 and yes they become a simple machine.
All these machines can grow good crops.
I have seen 30 year old seeding outfits out yield big brand new outfits as well and vice versa.
But each machine has its place and seeding outfits vary just as much as the farmers running them. Those big new outfits can be very productive in the right hands.

[fjlip]

Nobody seeds cheaper than another 2000 acre neighbor, 8810 + 3225 AS at 8MPH, harrow packed after.
Unless DRY which is RARE here, his crops with $20000 invested are just as good! 3 X 84 ' Seed hawks even on 15000 acres cost, 10x more per acre, crops no better, all are single shoot units.

[freewheat]

Nobody seeds cheaper than another 2000 acre neighbor, 8810 + 3225 AS at 8MPH, harrow packed after.
Unless DRY which is RARE here, his crops with $20000 invested are just as good! 3 X 84 ' Seed hawks even on 15000 acres cost, 10x more per acre, crops no better, all are single shoot units.

I grew some dang wonderful crops with my 7200 CIH drill. But those were back in the better weather years too. They cost me 12 000 bucks.

[farmaholic]

We had a set of 7200s... went straight from those to an airdrill... skipped the "airseeder" part. Those were a good set of hoedrills, had decent trash clearance compared to some of the rakes on the market. Put alot of hours in with those things only 28 feet, hard to believe when I think back. Lots of filling, not easy to clean out but they got the job done.