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Pimp My Maize Drill
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<blockquote data-quote="cquick" data-source="post: 9213369" data-attributes="member: 35800"><p>So I thought I'd post my adventures in pimping my Kuhn maize drill for the upcoming season.</p><p>I use the drill for maize, pumpkins and OSR, where I run ahead with a subsoiler and follow down the lines with the drill. Sort of like strip-till but not quite. I'd like to use it in a truly no-till fashion for the OSR eventually.</p><p></p><p>When doing the OSR last autumn I noticed the slot closure wasn't perfect, so over winter I've been looking up American closing wheel designs to try. Of course importing was out of the question because I'm a cheapskate, so I found some suitable hubs, made a CAD model inspired by the Mohawk wheels, got a local laser cutter to cut some profiles from 12mm plate, and gave it a try. Some pictures from testing today. I think the results speak for themselves! </p><p></p><p>Next steps: Make some custom seeding discs for pumpkins, find a suitable opening tine for direct drilling, and integrate the drill with AgOpenGPS (eventually planning on electric drive for each row...)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Excellent slot closure compared to the rubber wheels going direct into some very wet rye cover crop:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169865[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169861[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]1169862[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p>Tried some 'half and half' which could work in good conditions, but I think will take a lot more setting up to get right, compared to double spiky wheels.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1169863[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cquick, post: 9213369, member: 35800"] So I thought I'd post my adventures in pimping my Kuhn maize drill for the upcoming season. I use the drill for maize, pumpkins and OSR, where I run ahead with a subsoiler and follow down the lines with the drill. Sort of like strip-till but not quite. I'd like to use it in a truly no-till fashion for the OSR eventually. When doing the OSR last autumn I noticed the slot closure wasn't perfect, so over winter I've been looking up American closing wheel designs to try. Of course importing was out of the question because I'm a cheapskate, so I found some suitable hubs, made a CAD model inspired by the Mohawk wheels, got a local laser cutter to cut some profiles from 12mm plate, and gave it a try. Some pictures from testing today. I think the results speak for themselves! Next steps: Make some custom seeding discs for pumpkins, find a suitable opening tine for direct drilling, and integrate the drill with AgOpenGPS (eventually planning on electric drive for each row...) Excellent slot closure compared to the rubber wheels going direct into some very wet rye cover crop: [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20240314_143529_HDR.jpg"]1169865[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20240314_125549_HDR.jpg"]1169861[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20240314_125556_HDR.jpg"]1169862[/ATTACH] Tried some 'half and half' which could work in good conditions, but I think will take a lot more setting up to get right, compared to double spiky wheels. [ATTACH type="full" alt="IMG_20240314_130208_HDR.jpg"]1169863[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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