HP to Pull a 17-Hole Grain Drill

[Fergienewbee]

Going to another auction next Saturday. They have a JD DBF 17-hole drill. It's a little bigger than I need, but if the price is right .... Can I pull it with my TO-30? I pull a 2-bottom plow without any trouble. I wouldn't think a drill would be any harder. Drill has rubber tires.

Larry
 

[M Nut]

We plant all our oats and hay crops with a 12ft grain drill pulled with an Allis Chalmers D-14. It is no load for the 32hp tractor at all.
 

[rufus80]

You'll have no problem pulling it. I once pulled our IH 510 18 hole grain drill with our JD MT (18hp). For over thirty years my grandfather pulled a IH 510/5100 18 hole with a JD A.
 

[Roger in Iowa]

Pulled a 16 hole with an 8N for years, even some hills, in no less than second gear.
 

[JD Seller]

Pulling the drill would not be any problem. Just make sure the drill has mechanical lift on it. THE TO-30 would not work well with a hydraulic lift drill.
 

[DeltaRed]

I pulled a 7x16 drill with an 8N.Worked well,plenty of power.Dad pulled an even bigger one with his 8N when I was a kid.
 

[sd pete]

You should be ok. I pulled a 12 foot Oliver with a 300 Farmall.
 

[Dick L]

I have pulled my Oliver 64 drill a coupla times with a B Allis Chalmers. Most of the time I use My Farmall C.
 

[RodinNS]

I'm not familiar with that drill... I guess if it has the old style small seed box then you'll probably be alright. If it's a more modern drill like the 8300 that can carry 1/2 a ton of seed then I think you'd want to be very carefull on any kind of grade...

Rod
 

[DiyDave]

amish do it with 4 horsepower!
 

[mazemeister]

i've pulled a 7X21 JD 8200 behind a super C. barely know it's back there. that's level land, firm seedbed.
 

[dmiller]

Planted 16 acres last year with a Farmall A and a Van Brunt FB 17 tube single disc.
Worked great.
 

[Fergienewbee]

Rod;

No I won't be hauling a half ton of seed. More like 30-50 pounds. I can probably plant most of my plots in 3 or 4 passes: cowpeas, oats, wheat, buckwheat, and grain sorghum and millet. If I use a planter, I figure I'll have over $100.00 just in plates. I want a drill, but it's certainly not mandatory.

Larry
 

[RodinNS]

I doubt you'll have a problem if that's as much seed as you're carrying. I'd just be worried with a full box if you had to deal with some steep grades.

Rod
 

[Leroy]

With that much only it will not feed out unless you have someone riding on the drill to keep the feeds full. At that size you need a full bushel left in the box after you are done planting and then it would be close to having some of the feeds running empty. And I wonder if that is the correct model as have never heard of that, FB yes is a common model but the letter on the front throws a person off as to what it is.