[AT] rain; now Grain Drill

[charlie hill]

John,

Have you tried Agri-Supply?   WWW.agri-supply.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] rain; now Grain Drill


> Herb,
> I've been using Century spring lately---they have  a lot of stock springs 
> but nothing to fit my application. I checked on getting some customs made 
> but the price is about half what a factory conversion to dual springs 
> would be. So I opted to replace teh old ones with new ones and increase 
> the amount of tension. I'll shorten my maximum travel by 1 inch but if I 
> push the opener up that much, something else is probably already broken.
>
> Back when we could afford to full till farm none of this was a problem. 
> Just a minor drawback to no-till, I still prefer it over tillage though.
>
> John
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Herbert Metz" <metz-h.b at mindspring.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2006 11:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] rain; now Grain Drill
>
>
>> 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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