Off Color Grain Drill/Seeder
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Topic: Off Color Grain Drill/Seeder
Posted By: KerryM
Subject: Off Color Grain Drill/Seeder
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 7:58pm
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So I stumbled across a Minneapolis Moline grain drill/ seeder. I can't explain it...I can't get it out of my mind. It's like I'm drawn to it. I was working a field next to this acreage, and there it was. I have no real practical use for it... room for it, etc. PLEASE don't make me go to some MM forum, I am hoping someone here knows a little about it. The owner told me they used it 5 yrs ago and it worked fine. Planted soybeans with it. Been sitting since. He'd sell it for $200. Maybe I could seed some waterways. Maybe it would sit in my yard as an ornament. Maybe I should just walk away... Temptation sucks...    ------------- 1950 C, 1952 CA, 1961 D17 (Dads last tractor) 1944 Farmall B, 1947 Farmall B, Bobcat 610 |
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Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 8:43pm
| That thing looks pretty good. Sorry, I don't know anything about, but I can relate. It looks similar to an Oliver drill I have. I've never actually used it. I just think I might try raising soybeans again someday, so I hang on to it. I know mine raises and lowers mechanically. My guess is that one does too. They look to be similarly built, and I don't see a place for a hydraulic cylinder on it. |
Posted By: im4racin
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 8:48pm
| As nice as that looks...tell me why you should not own it? |
Posted By: KerryM
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 8:49pm
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Nothing hydraulic. He says you pull the rope, it lowers and starts seeding. Pull it again and it raises, and stops. Paint looks good for its age... maybe thats why it looks so cool to me ------------- 1950 C, 1952 CA, 1961 D17 (Dads last tractor) 1944 Farmall B, 1947 Farmall B, Bobcat 610 |
Posted By: KerryM
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 8:51pm
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Ugh...you sound like my brain...
------------- 1950 C, 1952 CA, 1961 D17 (Dads last tractor) 1944 Farmall B, 1947 Farmall B, Bobcat 610 |
Posted By: Ranse
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 9:20pm
| Yes, when it's lowered the drive chains engage. If it's mine, you can flip some of the sprockets around to change the gear ratio for different types of seeds. It works pretty simple actually. My Dad only used it to plant grass seed. The only problem he had was the seed clogging the rubber hoses. That shouldn't be as much of a problem with larger seed. It always worked good for him, but it's not a hard land drill, which is what I could use more than this one. I've heard you can convert one, but I haven't looked into it. |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2018 at 11:28pm
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I used to have a newer version of it with rubber tires. The disks were getting pretty worn so I sold it at a consignment sale for nearly what I'd paid for it 10 years earlier. It went to someone poorer then me in New Mexico. Did a good job. The one in the pictures must not have spent much of it's life outside until recently. Somebody needs it in their shed! ------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: allisorange
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2018 at 6:39am
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Buy it. You will be mad later if you do not get it. John Carlson
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Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2018 at 5:54pm
| Good drill for planting into a tilled seedbed. I have planted thousands of acres with one. Dad bought one a year or 2 before the change to rubber tires,but the drills are the same. The axle is the week point, but on smooth ground should not be a problem. They are a straight shaft just need a pin whole or 2 put drilled. I used mine 3 years ago to plant 130 acres of safflower. I will use mine again if I ever plant safflower again. This one is much better shape than mine. Mine has never been stored inside that I know of. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2018 at 8:38pm
| I got an IH McCormick that is similar in design. I got it cheap. I think its dual drive - got two ropes, one for each side or drive. Anyway it's row opener disc blades were worn out & it has about 20 rows, so it required 40 new openers blades to repair. That was not cheap. It does a good job though & it's reliably simple. So, check its openers for wear. |
Posted By: Reindeer
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2018 at 10:32pm
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I just had a flashback to my teen years when I saw the pic of this drill! Whoa! Had one like it at home when I was growing up. Worked great. Fertilizer boxes were prone to rust out, took time to clean out each year and coat with oil to try to keep them working year in and year out.
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Posted By: matador
Date Posted: 09 Nov 2018 at 2:10pm
| I'd totally buy that thing. Honestly, that thing looks like it's in nicer shape than a lot of the IHC 510/5100s and John Deere 8200/8300 drills I see at auction |