Joel Sanderson
Member
I'd like to hear everyone's opinion on a Minneapolis Moline drill. I am considering buying one. I can't find the model number, but it's a ground lift, has double disc openers, small seed, large seed and, supposedly, working fertilizer. It's ten foot and has markers. I need a drill for seeding alfalfa and grass mixes. I need ground lift because my hydraulics will be in use in the fitting tool ahead of the drill. It's pretty much dirt cheap, so I can't go too wrong, but there are others that's dirt cheap too, so I'd like to know if a Minneapolis Moline drill has a good reputation.
While you're at it, let me hear your opinion of double disc vs single disc openers. I've brought this up before, but maybe I'll hear some different responses.
The chart on the inside of the box lists seeding rates for corn too. For that, the units are blocked off to make 28" , 35" or 42" rows. A ten foot drill would make four rows of corn, I suppose. Now I don't intend to plant field corn that way, but I might try it for the tiny kernel popcorn I plant which I would like to grow on a larger scale but have no way to seed accurately. Anybody here have experience with a drill for seeding corn rows?
Thanks everyone.
Joel
While you're at it, let me hear your opinion of double disc vs single disc openers. I've brought this up before, but maybe I'll hear some different responses.
The chart on the inside of the box lists seeding rates for corn too. For that, the units are blocked off to make 28" , 35" or 42" rows. A ten foot drill would make four rows of corn, I suppose. Now I don't intend to plant field corn that way, but I might try it for the tiny kernel popcorn I plant which I would like to grow on a larger scale but have no way to seed accurately. Anybody here have experience with a drill for seeding corn rows?
Thanks everyone.
Joel