Posted by wilson2k3 on May 08, 2014 at 20:27:56 from (192.183.34.63):
OK I have a IH 5100 Soybean Special grain drill, when planting soybeans its not spot on, but its some what close.
But t he big problem has been with planting wheat, and now the same problem with oats. 2 years ago when planting 20 acres of wheat, I had to go over the field 2 and 1/2 times to run the drill out after having it "set" for what it was suppose to be, then the last fall when planting wheat I had to go over the field nearly 4 times to run the drill out, and this was even after opening it up over 40.
And again were having the same problem with oats. We have friends in the area who have the same exact drill or have had it, and we have had them check it out a couple of times, recently as yesterday, and they all say everything looks correct from the sprockets to the chains, to the settings by the chart/book per the seed in the bag and bushel per acre were planting. And even after testing in the driveway 2 different times it looked good. Looked a little spotty but good as can be.
And even then once in the field, we put in exactly enough seed to plant 2 acres, and then drilled the 2 acres and it wasn't even close to being all drilled, not only that I opened it up even further from I think 24 to 32 and still couldn't come close to running the seed out.
So after that I put in a few more bags to test on 2 acres, and this time instead of 24 (I think), and instead of 32, I went to 36, and still it hardly went through the seed.
I do notice that when drill is planting in a low spot or where there is a tire track that plenty of seed comes out like its suppose to, or when turning and picking the drill up it comes out like its suppose to, or least it looks thick in those spots.
So with all that said, has anyone gone though this problem or something like it? Or does anyone generally have any idea what might be going wrong?
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