I noticed about 8 deer grazing on one of my pastures, so guess they like what cattle like! Your plots are really nice. Had first freeze last night, so the coastal will be dying off soon, and now I need to mow it really short before the grains start coming up to keep the weeds and grass from shading the new winter crop. Got it out really late waiting on the grain drill to ship from the factory, but still have several more acres to plant this fall. Keep them coming as all I have to show for my work is some small scratches in the grass where I hope 15 acres or so of winter grains will eventually come up. Hope I can see which will work better for my location. I planted oats on 5 acres, wheat on 5 acres, and Triticale on the next 5 acres and mixed all of them with a little ryegrass (about 11 pounds per acre). I was told that most people that rent, wind up buying the machine after a few delays set back their planting schedule. You can rent these (or similar no-till) drills for about $350 a day, but It would take me 4 days for normal crops and longer for planting Dahl Bluestem and some other crops I want to try this spring. The weight brackets hold 600 more pounds of old John Deere weights, which I am looking for as bone dry conditions were present when I planted this year. Not sure about corn though as many have planted it successfully by locking out 6 rows and planting 3 rows on 3 ft centers. The good news is that it plants well and can run the colters up to 3.5 inch deep and should allow openers for any reasonable depth, depending on ground conditions and weight. As you can see, the 3 point mounted drill without the Native Grass Box, Weight Brackets, and extra Agitator is a lot less, but still expensive. The entire package came to $19,500, which is pretty steep for me. I bought several options including the Pull Type configuration with end wheels, Native Grass Box, Small Seeds box, Main Box Agitator, and Weight Bracket which are approximately $3000, $5043, $1440, $308, and $392 respectively. It is a 6 ft 9 row (7.5 inch spacing) drill. ![]() They are identical except one is orange and the other is green. You have to add about $1500 for freight unless you can go get them and bring them back yourself. Hope this helps a little.The easiest thing you can do is to search on 606NT and you will find several new (and used) Land Pride and Great Plains 606NT drills listed on the auction sites. That price is pretty good not sure what size drill that is. Land Pride is the same drill as GP and is a good machine. Also make sure if custom work is in your plans you have time to work it because planting time is short and you gotta hustle to get it done. Make sure you cover your wear and tear and that you have a market for it in your area. It has bout 4200 acres on it and I am doing some rebuilding on it this year. It has been a good investment for me especially now that I get to use it around my farm. It sits a lot but come fall of the year I spend 2 solid months on the tractor. Also most of my customers have small horse farms so a big drill doesn't work well. Pull tractor and drill up on a gooseneck and away I go. Bought it that way so it is easy to move. I have the 3P605NT which is their 3 point hitch 6' wide model. ![]() ![]() Now that I finally have some farming of my own to do I do both with it. I have a Great Plains that I bought to do strictly custom work many years ago when I first started my business.
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