[AT] rain; now Grain Drill

[Herbert Metz]

John
It has been many decades since I have been around a grain drill; so my 
thoghts may be ??
Have you checked any spring mfgers as to what standard, reasonably priced, 
springs they stock or mfgr that may be of interest to you?     Or what 
spring mfgr they recommend in case they do not mfgr the type/size spring you 
are needing?
Herb

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] rain


> We got a ltitle over a 1/2" yesterday. About 30 miles from me got 2.5". 
> That 1/2" will really help the wheat which has just started showing heads. 
> Gonna be a short crop--saw some heads that aren't a foot off the ground.
>
> Getting ready to plant beans in about 3-4 weeks--not a fun task when you 
> are in a drought. I have been having problems getting the row openers in 
> the ground when it is dry. After some "testing" we determined my springs 
> have gottten considerably weaker compared to new ones. I ordered all new 
> springs and we are going to add a little more tension to each spring. If 
> that doesn't work I'll have to buy a double spring unit for each row 
> opener---That will cost me about $1,000 to convert the drill over. We have 
> already added all the weight to the drill we can. I can get the coulters 
> in but the row openers are another story.
>
> John Hall
>
>
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